A Sound Beginning is a fourteen day program designed to make it easy for anyone to prevent mistakes and create a positive start from the first day you bring your new dog home. This unique program reduces and eliminates the stress that is part of transition period for an adopted dog to acclimate to it’s new home. Based on the book of the same name, A Sound Beginning Program is used in shelters and rescues around Chicago to help abandoned dogs get positioned for a healthy, happy, long-term adoption. Julie and Steve discuss their program and the successes they’ve experienced with dogs and pet parents they’ve worked with.
CEU Credits Pending
To earn continuing education credits you must be a member of Good Dog Pro and watch the full 1 hour episode of this podcast in our learning management system. Sign up for Good Dog Pro and start earning continuing education credits today.
Julie Dorsey-Oskerka is the co-author of “Adopting a Dog? Start Off Right With A Sound Beginning” and is founder of A Sound Beginning Program, a 14 day program designed to reduce and eliminate stress during the first days you bring your new dog home. She is a rally judge and member of APDT, the Pet Professionals Guild and Dog Writers Association of America.
Steve Frost, KPA CTP, SBA, CPBT-KA, is a Karen Pryor Academy certified trainer, a Shelter Behavior Affiliate of the IAABC and a Knowledge Assessed Certified Professional Bird Trainer. He is the shelter program manager and in-home behavioral trainer at A Sound Beginning.
Kim Merritt is a serial entrepreneur who started her first company, Kim’s Khocolate, at eleven years of age. As a teenager, she was discovered by Guy Kawasaki who invited her to make custom Khocolate for Apple. Kim went on to do business with The Rolling Stones, AT&T, MCI, Becton Dickinson, Bausch & Lomb, and Range Rover. Her second company, an e-commerce play, sold brand name dinnerware and home decor items across North America. She founded Good Dog in a Box with her sister, professional dog trainer Jenn Merritt, CPDT-KA. Her love of dogs and kids has pushed her to develop and co-develop a number of products, online training courses, and curriculums revolving around dog bite prevention and dog safety. Her latest endeavor, Good Dog Pro, is a subscription based online education system and community for dog professionals.
Subscribe to Good Dog Pro for Full Access To Our Video Podcasts
Good Dog Pro members get full access to both our video podcasts, plus 200+ reward based training videos, dog bite prevention and humane education curriculums, discounts of up to 75% off Good Dog products and courses, webinars, and so much more!
Leave a Reply
Want to join the discussion?Feel free to contribute!