GOOD AS GOLD TRAINING - Key Persons
Alex Smerchinski is the Social Media Coordinator at Good As Gold Training, where she is responsible for content creation, website design and client communications. Alex graduated from SAIT from the Journalism program and followed a career in social media and communications. After working at the local animal shelter for six years she fell in love with leveraging social media to help pet owners understand their animals better. Alex is passionate about everything social media and digital marketing and uses her skills and knowledge of the digital space to create strategies that engage followers and grow brands online. She knows the importance behaviour training can have on a dog and is eager to share this information with as many people as she can.
Alex has a cat at home and recently adopted a puppy, so you just might see her at a Good As Gold Training class!
Our partnership with Dr. Jennifer Richards is a natural fit. Dr. Jenny shares our commitment to behavioural health via behaviour modification and early puppy training, and lends her unique perspective as a veterinary doctor to both serious behaviour cases and puppy raising and training.
Dr. Jenny works hand-in-hand with training expert Barbara Walmer on severe aggression and anxiety cases for which medical intervention has been shown to aid the speed and effectiveness of training. She also assists in many of our puppy training classes, and hosts our Platinum Puppy Plus day school program at her Sundance facility. Not only does that mean lots of experienced hands involved in your puppy's training, it also means puppies who grow up loving to visit the vet!
Job Titles:
- Academy Certified Training Partner ( KPA
Job Titles:
- Dog Trainer, Class Instructor
Lindsay has been working as a dog trainer since 2014 and quickly discovered her enthusiasm for helping people learn about their dogs and improving the human-animal bond. Lindsay has a passion for animal shelter work and spent three years working in a local rescue's behaviour department. While there, she worked with thousands of dogs of different breeds, sizes and temperaments. Her experience includes developing training programs, overseeing behaviour departments, teaching classes and conducting private training consultations. Lindsay has dabbled in canine agility, the sport of barn-hunt and Nosework classes. She has personal experience living with and working with a reactive dog so understands the patience and positive guidance that is required to achieve long-lasting behaviour modification. Lindsay lives with her senior rescue dog, Lemon, her husband, daughter and new baby girl!
Lindsay's qualifications include:
Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Knowledge and Skills Assessed (CPDT-KSA), via the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers
Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP)
Working towards Tellington TTouch Practitioner, Level 1