About 

Amanda Hamilton, BSc, KPA-CTP, FDM Owner & Head Coach 

Amanda has been helping people and their dogs in one way or another since 2003. Amanda started her professional life with animals as a BC SPCA Animal Care Worker and worked in various animal related roles from vet hospitals to owning her own pet store and dog daycare business from 2007 to 2022. 

Amanda's passion for dog training really took off in 2016 when she brought home Polly, a Border Collie with anxiety issues and noise sensitivity. Amanda's quest to find effective solutions for Polly led her to become a certified dog trainer with Karen Pryor Academy. She then progressed to more in depth behaviour programs, completing Dr Susan Friedman's Living and Learning with Animals course and IAABCs Principles & Practices program. After interning with Ren Epp and Jeanne Shaw at Love 2 Play, Amanda started running and creating her own training and coaching programs through In Tuition Animal Training & Behaviour. Amanda enjoys helping people find solutions for their training and behaviour problems with their dogs. As well as having some fun doing agility and other sport programs.

Relevant Courses and Certifications: 
2017 Karen Pryor Academy - Certified Training Partner
2017 Behavior Works - Living & Learning With Animals - Dr Susan Friedman
​2018 University of Edinburgh - Clinical Animal Behaviour Semester 1
2019 IAABC - Principles & Practices
2021 Absolute Dogs - Professional Dog Trainer & Geek Certificate
2022 L.E.G.S. Certified Family Dog Mediator

Conferences
Clicker Expo - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Lemonade Conference 2020

In Person Camps & Workshops
Worked Up Camp (Sarah Stremming) 2018
Fenzi Camp 2019
R+ 2.0 (Sarah Stremming, Shade Whitesel, Amy Cook) 2019
Agility with Laurie Huston (In Unison) 2022-Present
Herding Clinics with Melanie Zarchikoff & Marilyn Bell 2021-Present

Online Courses
Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Agility, Herding & Behaviour
Cog Dog Coaching

Active Memberships
IAABC Supporting Member
Absolute Dogs Club Member
Cog Dog Radio Club Member 
Cog Dog Coaching Member

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