Laurie Lawless, CPDT-KA
Owner in Burlington, Vermont
Laurie Lawless, CPDT-KA
Owner in Burlington, Vermont
Laurie Lawless is both a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and an Associate Certified Behavior Consultant.
Laurie has spent the past decade working with dogs in various capacities. Laurie started volunteering at a shelter when she was 18, and went onto manage a doggie daycare, serve as the dog program coordinator at two different shelters, and launched her own dog training and consulting company in 2015.
In addition to running her Burlington-based behavior consulting business, Laurie volunteers with the ASPCA's Field Investigations and Response Team and Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team assisting with dogs being temporarily sheltered from natural disasters and hoarding, puppy mill and dog fighting cases.
Background, Knowledge and Experience:
-Associate Certified Behavior Consultant with the IAABC
-Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the CCPDT.
-Pet Professional Guild Member
-Vermont Professional Dog Trainer's Network Member
- ASPCA Field Investigations and Response Team Volunteer Responder
Previous Experience:
- Operations Manager at Wags Doggie Daycamp and Boarding in Danbury, CT
- Consultant at Canine Kindergarten Dog Daycare and Boarding in MT Kisco, NY
- Canine Program Coordinator at the Humane Society of Chittenden Country
- Canine Adoption Coordinator at Pet Animal Welfare Society in Norwalk, CT
- Volunteer with Danbury Animal Control, Danbury Animal Welfare Society
- Summer Intern in Student Outreach with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
- Award winning college investigative journalistic piece and senior thesis - "The truth about Pit Bulls"