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The purchase of the Fear Free Animal Trainer Certification Program provides you with an annual membership for the program, which requires an annual renewal fee and completion of additional annual CE to maintain your membership.
CloseEligibility and Requirements for RegisteringThe Fear Free Animal Trainer Certification Program is open to training professionals who meet prerequisites that ensure a specific level of knowledge, education, and experience. Trainers seeking Fear Free Certification are highly encouraged to have experience working in a veterinary hospital/practice setting. Eligible trainers will meet the following prerequisites:
This certification program requires an annual membership renewal fee of $49. In order to keep your certification and membership active, 2 hours of Fear Free-specific CE and 2 hours of CE of your choice need to be completed annually. CE can be easily recorded in our convenient CE Tracker within your account.
Please note: If you were recently removed from your Fear Free team, your membership will either expire 90 days from the removal date or expire at your current membership renewal date, whichever comes first. Already renewed? Update your account information through the link above. You will continue to receive this notice until your company information has been updated.
Need to join a different Fear Free team or have questions?
Please contact our Customer Experience team at wa...@fearfreepets.com or call us at 303.952.0585 and we will be happy to assist!
The online self-assessment is comprised of the Fear Free Certified Practice Standards and is accessible via the Practice Certification Dashboard (PCD). Access to the PCD is provided to the Team Admin account after the $500 USD non-refundable registration fee is paid.
Virginia-based trainer Justin Haefner is participating in the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off, a 100-day challenge in which horses taken in by Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue are paired with trainers to learn new skills and, ultimately, make them better candidates for adoption. Over the next few months, Haefner has agreed to take us along on his training journey with his assigned horse, Scottie. Read his first blog here.
Scottie has turned a corner, but we have a long way to go. This is certainly a case where the path forward is hazy, so each day when I show up to the barn, I will bring my best, take a deep breath and listen. This is his story being told truly as it unfolds.
Justin Haefner is a born and raised Virginia horseman who dedicates his life to helping riders and horses reach their full potential. He specializes in the foundational development of young high-performance horses, and with a background in vaquero-style natural horsemanship, Justin has developed a passion for creating a style that incorporates the teachings of classical dressage and equine bodywork to best understand the psychology and physiology of every horse he trains. In his partnership with his father, Dr. Paul Haefner, Justin runs Riding Far, LLC, which brings together modern psychology and foundational horse development to help horses and riders work through their individual roadblocks to reach their full potential.
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Originally from New York City, Louise started her riding career in early 60s. With that lack of farm and horse experience also came a great deal of fear. But through years of regular lessons, even in the snow and cold, Louise has improved dramatically and learned more about her own capabilities and the nature of horses as prey animals.
Within a few weeks Candie had found a new home with Louise and the pair went to work every week for the better part of two years. Despite the comfort of knowing her track record as a beginner lesson horse, Candie also presented her own set of challenges.
Although Candie was retired to lead the life of a pasture puff earlier this year, Louise is continuing her riding career with a younger horse named Lil Tug and credits much of her ability to deal with fear under saddle to that little stubborn mare.
An animal lover my entire life. I have studied Applied Behavior Analysis and how it relates to setting people and their pets up for success since meeting and being inspired by my first teacher and mentor, Dr. Susan Friedman, Ph.D., more than 18 years ago. Dr. Friedman pioneered the use of ABA with companion and captive animals worldwide.
Over the years, I have and continue to attend courses, classes and conferences with presenters that have included some of the world's leading positive trainers and behaviorists such as Dr. Friedman, Steve Martin, Susan Garrett, Dr. Ian Dunbar, Suzanne Clothier, Dave Kroyer, Denise Fenzi, Kathy Sdao, and others.
Additionally I completed a two day Training and Handling with Aggressive Dogs (taught by Michael Shikashio, CDBC, and Trish McMillan, MSc, CPDT-KA, ACCBC, C DBC); and graduated from The Aggression in Dogs Master Course by Michael Shikashio.
Lisa Desatnik, CPDT-KA, FFCP, FDM, CPBC, is a certified professional dog trainer-knowledge assessed, a certified Family Dog Mediator, and a certified Fear Free dog training professional, as well as a certified parrot behavior consultant.
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The trainers on this list are all members of Greater St. Louis Training Club (GSLTC) and have provided certification to GSLTC of their qualifications, areas of service, liability insurance, and adherence to positive reinforcement, force-free, least intrusive, minimally aversive methods. Greater St. Louis Training Club provides no endorsement of these trainers or their services. GSLTC Referral list 2023
Unfortunately for many dog owners, reactivity is a common behavior issue. While this article is focused on dog-dog on leash reactivity, dogs can be reactive to all sorts of things. Some bark and lunge at moving objects like trucks and scooters. Sometimes they react towards joggers, or people holding bags or walking with canes. Here at Behavior Vets, we work with many pups who struggle around kids, loud noises, and sudden bursts of activity.
Reactivity is an overreaction to external stimuli. A common display of reactivity is barking and lunging. Dogs may be reactive to people, animals, other dogs, noises, movement, or any combination of the above. Essentially, it is a reaction to something that is upsetting to your dog.
Some fear or dislike other dogs because they had a bad experience or were under-socialized when younger (lacked positive experiences with other dogs). These dogs are barking and lunging to keep other dogs away.
To get you started, or to help you stay on track, your Behavior Consultant can also coach you virtually. If you are not already sharing videos and tracking sheets with your professional, ask them to get you started. We have virtual coaching packages and online training classes that you can follow at your own pace.
Each participant studies with us for 3 months. The program is designed to work around work schedules and other obligations, but a commitment of 8 hours per week is required. (Students should generally expect 5 interactive hours plus another 3 hours of assignments.)
The Certification Program for Separation Anxiety is designed for experienced professional dog trainers and behavior consultants. So that you can determine if this program might be right for you, we anticipate applicants will have the following experience:
A minimum of three years of experience working with clients and their dogs, with solid experience coaching and counseling clients through challenging behavior modification issues, such as fear and anxiety, reactivity and/or aggression.
Course material ls updated regularly to provide the most up-to-date data and information to ensure our CSATs have the high success rate possible with their cases. During the course, we discuss of the nuances of how and when to incorporate all environmental aspects such as pre-departure cues and other salient triggers. Special attention is paid to adapting successful protocols for special cases and circumstances: puppies, seniors, multi-dog households, and various comorbidities including sound sensitivity and confinement anxiety. We also provide detailed instruction in collecting and distilling data to drive behavior decisions.
Additionally, we help our students learn how to partner with vets and VBs (including written and verbal approaches) and provide accessible mechanisms for client communication and data tracking to help ensure you help clients and their dogs get the best results possible.
We believe personalization of instruction is key to ensuring our graduates are set up to succeed. Small class sizes ensure student/teacher interaction is maximized and inter-student relationships can thrive. Your instruction is delivered by the foremost separation anxiety expert, Malena DeMartini, in addition to co-teaching provided by highly respected specialists.
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