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About Sonya Bevan
Sonya Bevan is an avid dog lover with a Bachelor of Science degree in physiotherapy. This combination lead to seeking science based information on how to teach dogs and she completed a Diploma of Canine Behaviour Science and Technology (with distinction) through the Companion Animals Science Institute. Sonya works as a behaviour consultant in her business, Dog Charming. She has been a university facilitator for vet students in animal behaviour for the past 5 years. Her special interests are;
- Fearful and reactive dogs
- Low stress handling/cooperative care
- Assistance Dogs (She is a MindDog trainer for psychological support dogs)
- Ethics in animal training
- Separation Anxiety. She is a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer.
- And
- Providing freely available video training tutorials.
She believes that dog and animal training is both a science and an art. When based on solid principles of applied behaviour analysis, teaching also allows creativity when applied to each unique learner. And fun. Training should be fun!
- CLICK HERE for Sonya’s website
- CLICK HERE for dog charming on FaceBook
- CLICK HERE for dog charming on Twitter
- CLICK HERE for dog charming on YouTube
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Loved this podcast. I loved hearing Sonya’s journey from physio to behaviour specialist and how she brought all the best bits from her past experiences with her into her dog training career. It was clear to me that it wasn’t just the SOAPIER framework that was transferable, Sonya has well developed people skills, she’s compassionate and genuine. I bet the physio world was sad when she defected! 🙂
Sonya reminded me how we are all human, we’re not perfect and that’s ok.
I gave my dog a huge cuddle after listening to this. How lucky we are to have our dogs trust us and they we have access to such awesome trainers.
Thanks for sharing.