• PetMD: The Best Cat Toys That Simulate Hunting Prey (quote)
• The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants: Glucocorticoids and Behavior Consulting (author)
• Red Rocks Community College: presenter for college course on animal behavior (presentation)
• Companion Animal Psychology: Which Dog Breeds Are the Best Alternatives to the French Bulldog? (quote)
• The New York Times Wirecutter: The Best Dog Boots (quote)
• Hill's Science Diet: A Day in the Life of a Pet Adoption Counselor (quote/feature)
• Reader's Digest: "53 Mistakes Every Dog Owner Makes." (quote)
• Paw Culture: Six Ways to Prepare Your Dog for a Baby (quote)
• Denver Dumb Friends League: I worked here for two years and helped revamp their Behavior Helpline Service. She also wrote English and Spanish behavioral help packets for adopters.
• Ollie Blog "Dog Eared:" Should You Get Another Dog? (quote)
• Walkin' Pets Blog: Seven Ways to Create a Deeper Bond With Your Dog (quote)
• How Stuff Works: Can a D-O-G Learn to S-P-E-L-L? (quote)
• The Clymb: The Do's and Don't of Taking a Dog Camping (quote)
• Buzz Custom Fence: 5 Ways to Make Your Backyard A Doggie Paradise (quote)

If you need an excellent writer or web designer familiar with X Theme and obsessed with Google Analytics & SEO, I'm your girl.

Looking for a fully bilingual research assistant who can rock climb, run 26 miles in a day, and drive manual on rough and muddy roads? Count me in.

Struggling to change a behavior in yourself, your team, or your pet? I'm all in.

Enjoying yoga with sea lions in the Galapagos

I grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. I entertained myself by training homing pigeons and writing novels. My dad took me electroshocking for fish and we tagged butterflies.

My mom, a writer, taught me how to take what I learned and make it into something that could be shared.

I captained the high school ski team, totally falling in love with this challenging and frigid sport. I spent a semester at an outdoor leadership school and another semester at an agricultural school in rural Panama.

At Colorado College, I started a dog-training business so I could buy more rock climbing gear (and pay rent). I tackled a degree in biology on the fast-paced blog plan and did thesis research on the communicative and cognitive abilities of a monk parakeet named Francis. I took classes on cognition, learning theory, and neuroethology. I did research on stress behaviors in zoo-housed gorillas and the purpose and perception of America's National Parks.

Post-college, I worked on the communications team for Conservation Colorado, then worked at the nation's fourth largest animal shelter as an animal behavior technician.

And Now…

In March of 2018, I left Denver for an international road trip known as El Perro Tambien. We're traveling the US and Canada until October, then we're turning south and plan to drive until we hit the end of South America (or I get accepted as a Fulbright Scholar to New Zealand, whichever comes first).

I spend my days teaching people how to interact with behaviorally challenging animals, writing, reading research studies, and designing websites. My clients include K9ofMine.com, KennelTrainer.com, and PlantSnap.com.

My weekends are full of mountain trail runs with my border collie, cocktail sampling with my boyfriend, and freelance work.