Biography
I started The Bark Stops Here in 1980 and have helped thousands of dogs and their people to understand one another as a fulltime dog trainer/behavior therapist. I make house calls, offer phone consultations, teach group classes and workshops, and offer behavioral consultations at Southport Veterinary Center in Fairfield, CT.
My book, Rover, Don’t Roll Over, was published in 2005. I have written for newspapers and Greenwich Magazine; wrote a monthly column for years for Healthy Pet, a now defunct website, and I just finished writing a novel about a feisty dog trainer.
As a volunteer, I ran a foundation that gave money to wolf causes and was instrumental in the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction. I worked with sign language speaking chimpanzees and with Sri Lankan temple monkeys. I started Brain Storm, a not-for-profit organization, following a ruptured cerebral aneurysm from which I have completely recovered.
I am a regular guest on a phone-in radio show and have been interviewed on numerous TV shows. Over the years, many articles have been written about different aspects of my work and about Brain Storm. I lived in Tanzania for one year and now live in Connecticut with four “multiple pedigreed” dogs—all recycled—and five parrots.