Ali Sutch (she/they) KPA-CTP CCUI

Experience

Current

Up to Snuff owner and head trainer

Control Unleashed certification program mentor

Association of Professional Dog Trainers Professional member

East Bay SPCA Dog foster and playgroup team volunteer

Dynamic Dog Practitioner Program June 2024 cohort

Past

Full Belly Bus dog training class instructor

PAWS Care Navigator

Rocket Dog Rescue volunteer coordinator, adoption counselor

Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Keeper & Education Specialist

Education

Classes and certifications

Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Professional Program - Certified Training Partner
CTP Certification Number 88813

Control Unleashed Instructor Certification Program - Certified CU Instructor

Tromplo - Shaping Canine Fitness, Camille Nguyen, April 2020

Fear Free Shelters program, October 2020

Living and Learning with Animals with Dr. Susan Friedman, July 2021

Pet Harmony - Flight Training, October 2021

Shelter Playgroup Alliance Winter 2021 cohort

Tromplo - Control is an Illusion, Sarah Owings, June 2022

The Muzzle Puzzle - The Dog Behavior Institute, October 2022

Workshops, conferences, and webinars

Mara Velez CPDT-KA, Shelter Playgroup Alliance - Enrichment Program Development, Inter-canine Communication, Managing Inter-dog Play the LIMA Way, May-September 2020

Leslie McDevitt CDBC, Control Unleashed - Conference Unleashed, October 2020

ClickerExpo LIVE, January 2021

Gemma Hodson, Canine Arthritis Management - Posture, Gait Analysis, and Free Work, March 2021

Grisha Stewart, Michael Shikashio - Learning the Ropes: All Things Leash Handling, April 2022

Dr. Kathy Murphy, Behavior Vets - Selecting Drugs for Pain Trials - What is a Pain Trial and Why is it Important in Behavior Cases, January 2023

Dr. Karen Overall, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists - Neurological Versus Behavioural, May 2023

Dr. Eduardo Fernandez - What is "LIFE"? How is it different from LIMA?, June 2023

Dr. Kathy Murphy, Behavior Vets - Skin Sensitivities and Behavior, June 2023

Klarissa Simpson, Divergent Dog Behavior - Choice-Based Recall, July 2023

Klarissa Simpson, Divergent Dog Behavior - Crates Made Easy, July 2023

Daniel Shaw BSc (Hons) GMBPsS CDBC, Behavior Vets - The Neuroscience of Frustration in Dogs, September 2023

Dr. Jana Gams DVM, CCRP, Dogs4Motion Academy - Let’s Learn Dog Massage, December 2023

Eileen Anderson MM MS, Behavior Vets- Listen Up: An Evidence-Based Assessment of Sound Products for Dogs, January 2024

Sarah Keller CPCFT, CCFT, CCBW, NASM-CES, CPDT-KA, Sit Stay Squat: Find 4 Feet, March 2024

Ali’s crew

Minnow
Big Feelings Club president

Paisley
Forever in our hearts

Claire
The matriach

Juice Box
Perpetual optimist

Gilbert
Honorary treat hound