Biography
I started The Bark Stops Here in 1980 and have helped thousands of dogs and their people to understand one another as a fulltime dog trainer/behavior therapist. I make house calls, teach group classes and workshops, and offer behavioral consultations at Southport Veterinary Center in Fairfield, CT.
My book, Rover, Don’t Roll Over, was published in 2005. I have written for newspapers and Greenwich Magazine; wrote a monthly column for years for Healthy Pet, a now defunct website, and I just finished writing a novel about a feisty dog trainer.
As a volunteer, I ran a foundation that gave money to wolf causes and was instrumental in the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction. I worked with sign language speaking chimpanzees and with Sri Lankan temple monkeys. I started Brain Storm, a not-for-profit organization, following a ruptured cerebral aneurysm from which I have completely recovered.
I am a regular guest on a phone-in radio show and have been interviewed on numerous TV shows. Over the years, many articles have been written about different aspects of my work and about Brain Storm. I lived in Tanzania for one year and now live in Connecticut with four “multiple pedigreed” dogs—all recycled—and five parrots.