Friends For Life Dog Training LLC. Trainers Education and Experience

Professional Dog Trainer Dennis Fehling CPDT KA, CBATI, TTouch Practitioner level 1

Professional Dog Trainer Pam Bigoni 

I have had a life long love of all animals especially dogs, I learned from my dad at an early age to work with dogs in a positive way.  After a career in the aircraft industry and the military I decided it was time for a change of careers.  I had tried many different businees ventures including a marital arts instructor in Portland Oregon, I also had a window cleaning business and a bike shop business.  None of these were as rewarding as working with dogs.  I knew after my first dog training seminar I was hooked.  My passion for working with aggression and fear came to me by the way of my own dog Meika.  Meika taught me so much when it came to dogs with fear based aggression I knew that this was going to be my chosen path.  My goal is to help as many dogs as I possibly can using positive based training methods that teach rather than harm.   

• Animal Behavior College Graduate two year training program.
• CPDT Certified Professional Dog Trainer
• Tellington TTouch 2 year program level 1 practitioner completer 2010
• CBATI. Certified Behavior Adjustment Training Instructor First class 2012
• Aggression and temperament tester and head trainer for the Redmond Oregon humane society 2007-2009
• Coaching People to train their dog’s workshop with Terry Ryan...August 2-August 16 2009
• Improve your I-Cue seminar with Kathy Sdao.
• Helping fearful dog’s seminar with Nicole Wilde.
• To be Mod or not to be Mod seminar with Pia Silvani.
• Brave New world of Dog Training seminar with Roger Abrantes.
• Constructional Aggression Treatment Training workshop with Kellie Snider and Dr Jesus Rosales-Ruiz.
• Graduate Dogtec professional dog walking academy
• Aggression and Play seminar with Dr Patricia McConnell PHD.
• Bat" Behavior Adjustment Training" With Grisha Stewart
• APDT(association of pet dog trainers) 2009
• Assistant to George and Alta Tawzer of Tawzer dog training videos
• Masters Of Behavior Conference Troutdale Oregon
• Kathy Sdao Unplugged - Hands-on "Think Tank" for Dog Trainers and Advanced Handlers
• Completed the two year TTouch Practitioner training Program Nov 2010
• Assistant to Debbie Potts for two day TTouch for you and your dog workshop(Portland, Oregon) 2010
• Masters Of Behavior Conference Feb  2011
• Instructor Training Course with Pia Silvani March 2011
• Canine good citizen evaluator # 76279
• PetTech first aid Instructor Training Course completed June 2011 Instructor #1647
• Emily Larlam seminar 101 ways to think outside the box Seattle Washington 2 day seminar
• Assistant to Lori Stevens Tellington TTouch workshop Seattle Washington.
• Living with and training a fearful dog with Debbie Jacobs Seattle Washington 2011
• 2-Day "BATTING 1000: BAT for Dog Reactivity (Fear, Frustration, and Aggression)" With Grisha Stewart.
• Member of the PPG(pet professionals guild) dedicated to a nonviolent approach to training dogs and humans.
• Assisting Lori Stevens TTouch Walking in Balance May 19th 2012 one day workshop
• Attending five day BAT(Behavior Adjustment Training) for dog reactivity Instructors workshop August 20th through 24th 2012
• Attended Pat Millers Problem behaviors in dogs two day workshop June 9th and 10th 2012
• Attended Tellington TTouch 3 day advanced training Seminar July 2012 In Vernon BC.
• Attended "From brain to Bite" an aggression seminar with Chirag Patel in October
• Became one of the first Certified BAT or Behavior Adjustment Training Instructors in the world. Certified by the founder of BAT Grisha Stewart MA, CPDT(KA) CTP
• Making the impossible possible seminar with Ken Ramirez.  January 2013
• Assisting Lori Stevens "Tellington TTouch for Senior dogs" workshop July 2013
•  Three day Seminar with Dr Ian Dunbar:Development of Social Behavior & Treatment of Fearfulness, Reactivity & Aggression March 15-17th 2013 Portland Oregon
• Assisting Linda Tellington Jones PHD(Hon) at Tellington TTouch week long training November 2013
• Attending Dr Susan Friedman's professional course Living & Learning with Animals: The Fundamental Principles and Procedures of Teaching and Learning 8 week course in September 2013.
• Attended Camp R.E.W.A.R.D for aggressive and reactive dogs. (Realizing Excellence with Attention, Redirection and Desensitization) With Pam Dennison. 
• Completed Susan Friedmans Living and Learning with animals course November 2013.
• Attended APDT( association of professional dog trainers) 4 day conference Spokane Wa. 2013
• Team leader BAT instructors course Seattle Washington August 2014.
• Attended Susan Friedmans Living and Learning with animals seminar August 2014
• Attended Clicker Expo Portland Oregon January 2015
• Stress and Behavior seminar with Anders Hallgren, February 2015 two day seminar Seattle Washington.
• Attending Suzanne Clothier two day behavior seminar, Oakland California April 2015
• Assisting Joey Iverson as a team leader 5 day inensive BAT( behavior Adjustment workshop) August 2015
• Attending Clicker Expo in Reno Nevada in January 2016
• Attending How to work aggression cases with Micheal Shikashio March 2016. 
• Priblem solving for reactive behavior in dog with Sarah Fulcher CDBC Richland Washington March 2016.
• 1. Exploring Dog Sociability, With You as the Scientist
  (A RESEARCH PROJECT SEMINAR)
  2. Sociability: Hands-on Science Internship Workshop with Sue Sternberg and Dr. Tim lewis June 2016
• Clicker Expo Portland oregon January 2017 a three day intensive training workshop
• Assisting Edie Jane Eaton Tellington TTouch Instructor Portland Oregon April 2017.  Week long Tellington TTouch workshop.
• Handling problem behaviors and Mistakes human and animals and aggression seminar with ken Ramirez October 2017 at the Karen Pryor Ranch. 
• Attended a week long interactive workshop by Ken Ramirez at the Karen Pryor Ranch.  This is called " The Ranch Experience" my focus will be on cooperative medical behaviors with animals.
• Attended and assisting( leash skills) a two day aggression workshop with Grisha Stewaert and Jordan Shelley June 30-July 1st in Eugene Oregon
• Attended Canine aggression and bite prevention seminar through the Pet professional Guild April 26th -28th 2019
• Attended The Convergence of Human & Animal Training and Technology 2019" (19 Jul 2019 3:00 PM - 21 Jul 2019 5:00 PM (PDT), Seattle, University of Washington.
• Professional member of the PPG ( Pet Professional Guild)
•  Attending the aggression and defenssive handling workshop with Michael Shikashio May 2020 in Sumner Washington . 

• Currently taking the aggression in dogs master course taught by Michael Shikashio November 2021.

• Completed the Aggression in dogs master course in 2022

           Pam Bigoni

• Completed the Karen Pryor academy for dog trainers September 2010
• Pet Tech first aid instructor training course completed June 2011 Instructor #1646
• Completed the instructor training course with Pia Silvani and Trish King November 2011
• K9 Nose Work ® two day seminar Las Vegas October 2011
• Enrolled in the K9 Nose Work ® instructors training program.
• ANWI(associate K9 nose work® instructor
• Board of directors Redmond Oregon humane society
• Contributed to the dog walking program at the Redmond Oregon humane society
• Assistant instructor at Friends for life dog training in Redmond Oregon
• Retired after 25yrs from Precision Castparts Corp as an Engineer in the Aerospace Industry 2012
• Certified K9 Nose work® Instructor CNWI in 2010
• Converging odor workshop Febuary 2013
• Hosted first national K9 Nose work Trial in Bend Oregon September 2013
• Attending K9 Nose work week long camp in Colorado with the founders of K9 Nose work
• Attended APDT(association of professional dog trainers) conference Spokane WA. 2013
• Continuing education for CNWI September 2014.
• Clicker expo Portland oregon 2017 A three day intensive training workshop