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Nose-Centric Dog Training
and Rehabilitation™
What is Nose-Centric™?
Nose-Centric Dog Training and Rehabilitation is a dog training system that optimizes a dog’s natural behaviors, especially sniffing, to promote healing, recovery from fear, improve behavior, and reduce reactivity.
This method brings the dog’s sense of smell to the forefront of training and rehabilitation, from the overlooked to the forefront.
After watching, studying, rehabilitating, and training dogs for 15 years, I have learned that utilizing a dog’s sense of smell can improve confidence, attentiveness, and positive behavior while reducing reactivity. We can also form deeper, trusting connections with our dogs by speaking their language of sniffing.
Learn how to truly connect with a fearful dog.
Let me show you how to make a real difference in the lives of fearful and feral dogs who traditional training methods have failed.
Help your dog learn how to be comfortable with you and other people, be happy to have a leash put on and go for a walk, like to be touched, come when called, not hide in the house or yard, and live a fulfilling life with a higher level of welfare, all within a reasonable amount of time.
Use a dog’s natural behaviors, especially sniffing, to help them.
A dog’s nose is for more than just sniffing — it’s the key to their wellbeing. Nose-Centric™ channels natural behaviors like sniffing, searching, and exploring to lower stress, support recovery from fear, and create positive experiences that reduce reactivity.
By basing training on behaviors that come naturally to a dog, we give dogs a way to process their environment safely and confidently.
This science-based approach doesn’t fight against instinct — it works with it. When dogs are allowed to follow their nose, they unlock calmer states of mind, greater trust in their handlers, and an eagerness to engage with the world around them. The result is not just better behavior, but a healthier, more balanced life.
A method to reach severely fearful and feral dogs and earn their trust.
Some dogs shut down completely — too afraid to take food, be touched, or even move freely around people.
Nose-Centric™ offers a path forward by meeting fearful and feral dogs where they are while using their natural instincts to explore and sniff as the first step toward safety and connection. With patience and consistency, even the most fearful or feral dogs can begin to let down their guard.
As they learn to trust their nose — and the calm presence guiding them — they discover that people, leashes, and gentle touch don’t have to be frightening. Step by step, this method turns fear into confidence and survival into genuine companionship.
Ways I can help
Online Courses
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Fearful and Feral Dog Rehab
Reactive Dogs
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In-depth advice featuring Nose-Centric techniques
Multiple examples with real case studies
Unlimited access for 6 months
Affordable & convenient
One-on-One Sessions
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Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico for In-Person
Virtual - Anywhere
Fearful and Feral Dog Rehab
Other Common Dog Training needs such as leash walking, polite behavior, puppy raising, reactivity, and more.
Consulting with trainers on challenging cases. Learn while you get paid.
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Bespoke, individualized solutions for you and your dog.
Combine with Online Learning and multiple lessons. I can also collaborate with a trainer local to you
Workshops
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Fearful and Feral Dog Workshops
For Dog Guardians, Trainers, Rescuers, and Shelters
Presentations also available
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Cost-effective learning for groups
Your dogs get trained by me while you learn.
I travel to you
See improvement in real time
Learn Nose-Centric techniques to help build trust with ALL dogs to improve training and rehab results
Who I Can Help
Dog Parent Support
I have helped my clients, both locally and through virtual lessons, enhance their relationships, trust, and communication with their canine companions since 2014, with a particular focus on dogs that are fearful or feral.
Many clients transform their fearful or feral dogs into brave, happy, and content companions through my workshops, online learning, and one-on-one sessions.
I can also assist you and your dog in achieving a loose-leash walk, reduced reactivity, peaceful coexistence, contentment, decreased barking, and improved many other concerning behaviors.
Dog Rescues and Shelters
I have taught many shelter staff and rescue volunteers how to rehabilitate fearful and feral dogs in a simple yet quick and effective way, so your dogs can thrive in their new homes.
Rescues and shelters tell me my approach is very effective, easy to implement, and completely unique compared to other methods out there.
I have fostered dogs and acted as a foster coordinator and training support for rescues since 2009. I have volunteered in rural shelters since 2012, so I understand the particular challenges faced by rescues and shelters.
Dog Trainers & Pros
Since 2015, I have been sharing my Nose-Centric system and expertise through dynamic workshops tailored for diverse audiences, including dog trainers, rescuers, veterinary staff, and other canine professionals.
I have conducted workshops locally in New Mexico and nationwide, and also presented at prestigious dog training conferences.
I have helped many professionals dealing with challenging cases through personalized virtual consulting sessions.
I Connect With Dogs Naturally.
After watching, studying, rehabilitating, and training dogs for 15 years, I have learned that utilizing a dog’s sense of smell can improve confidence, attentiveness, and positive behavior, while reducing reactivity and forming a more profound, trusting connection with our dogs by speaking their language of sniffing.
How Can I help You?
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If you are seeking one-on-one dog training sessions, please fill out the Dog Training Application