TRAINERS DISCUSSION- with Laurie C Williams

Join Yo as she chats with Laurie about how she grew her audience using a variety of platforms including Tik Tok, one of the newer social media platforms that has recently exploded. Laurie has over 25 years as a dog behavior counselor and trainer, and has been here to see it all.

Laurie is a canine education specialist, dog behavior counselor and trainer for over 35 years, Laurie is the owner and Director of Training and Behavior Counseling at Pup ‘N Iron Canine Enrichment Center in Fredericksburg, VA.

Laurie has competed and titled a variety of dogs in competitive sports including conformation, obedience, rally, and agility since 1986 and appeared on the 2008 CBS summer reality show Greatest American Dog with her seven year old Maltese dog Andrew. They were selected runners-up, but were praised for always demonstrating the beautiful, mutually respectful relationship that can result from positive, dog-friendly training.

One of the first dog trainers in Virginia to beccome a Certified Professional Dog Trainer with the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), Laurie is past Vice-President/Assistant Chair, Board Member and Rally Chair of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and currently a professional member of The Pet Professional Guild.

She is a nationally published writer whose work has appeared in Fitness, Good Housekeeping, Shape, and 9-1-1 magazines and The Dog Trainers Resource Book 2. She is an AKC Canine Good Citizen, Delta Society Pet Partner therapy dog evaluator, a licensed AKC, UKC, World Cynosport (formerly APDT) Rally Judges as well as a C-WAGS Obedience judge.