Meet Erika Gonzalez, certified dog trainer, behavior consultant, dog lifestyle expert, and founder of From Dusk Till Dog. We’ll be partnering with Erika to share training lessons in the weeks to come. To kick things off, here are 5 questions to get caught up to speed on her style of dog training.
If you’d prefer to watch Erika answer our questions in person, head over to our YouTube channel.
What is your ethos?
My ethos and my mission is to help pet parents everywhere enhance the bond with their dogs through better communication with them and a better understanding of who dogs are and how they learn. And the way to do that is by utilizing humane, science-based positive reinforcement techniques and methodologies.
I also strive to make sure all of our content is as easy to follow as possible, leading to more pet parents actually feeling empowered to try some of this stuff at home with their dogs and see results.
What has been the most defining moment of your career?
I always believe that there are several defining moments in your career. If I had to name a few, definitely graduating dog training school would be one. Even oddly enough this whole state of affairs with the pandemic…