Barbara Kraemer is a certified dog trainer and the owner and head trainer at Train Dog Now. She has a bachelor's degree in Psychology specializing in behavior modification. She has successfully trained over 500 dogs, and she has yet to find a dog that cannot be trained successfully. She is the Director of Training at Happy Mailman Dogs, where she teaches both group classes and private lessons most recently replacing Lee Mannix. She also teaches private and group classes on her own.
Barbara Kraemer has trained dogs of all breeds for several years. She is a certified trainer who specializes in behavioral issues such as biting, barking, digging in the yard, potty training issues, jumping up, pulling on the leash and much more. She is a volunteer at the Austin Humane Society, and is an active member of the Association for Pet Dog Trainers which sets very high standards for the ethical training of animals.
Her training and curriculum is based on information from some of the top professionals in the industry such as Dr. Ian Dunbar, Dr. Patricia McConnell, Dr. Pamela Reid, Prof. Nicholas Dodman, Jean Donaldson, Nicole Wilde and Karen Pryor, to name a few.
Train Dog Now specializes in training for dogs of all ages, from a 10-week old puppy to a dog in his or her senior years. We believe in positive, reinforcement-based training. This type of training greatly enhances the dog-owner relationship and builds trust between the owner and his dog and has been proven to be a highly reliable form of training. In order to accomplish this we utilize the clicker method. Our goal is to teach pet owners how to communicate effectively with their dogs, to become an integral part of their family.
Barbara has lived in Pflugerville for the past 13 years with her husband Dan. They have three wonderful dogs who are all Rottweiler mixes (Zander, Harley and Tessa Marie) and a beautiful smoke and white colored Persian cat named Gianni.