See Spot Sit, LLC About the Instructors

Jennifer Lund, Ph.D., CPDT-KA

Jennifer has been teaching and training dogs and people since 1990. She started with competitive obedience and agility with her own dogs, and then began teaching classes with a local obedience club. She focused on puppy and household obedience training, and started a drop-in puppy kindergarten class that was so successful it eventually had to be split into 3 sessions. She created and taught a public education seminar entitled "So You Want to Get a Puppy..." designed to help people make educated choices about dog ownership. In 1996, Jennifer received the Instructor of the Year award from the Ann Arbor Dog Training Club.

While in graduate school, Jennifer raised several puppies for Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, MI. From 1997-2002, she taught weekly puppy socialization classes for Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Yorktown Heights, NY and acted as co-coordinator for the foster families raising puppies in Westchester County, NY. In this role, Jennifer helped dozens of families raise happy, well-socialized, well-mannered pups who went on to become guide dogs. She has also raised numerous German Shepherd puppies for Guiding Eyes and for the Connecticut State Police. Jennifer has also been teaching privately and helping people address dog behavior problems for many years.

Since 2002, Jennifer has been teaching 8-10 group classes per week in puppy socialization, basic obedience and manners, and agility, as well as counseling clients with dog behavior problems and supervising apprentice trainers. Jennifer is a frequent speaker at free community educational events sponsored by Your Dog's Friend, addressing such topics as puppy/dog selection, integrating a dog into your household, common behavior problems, aggression, and fear and anxiety. Jennifer is also an instructor in the Canine Training and Management Program at Kutztown University. Jennifer is an approved Canine Good Citizen evaluator for the American Kennel Club, offers CGC preparation and the S.T.A.R. Puppy Program in her classes. Jennifer maintains professional membership in the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). She has received the designation of Certified Pet Dog Trainer from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. See the CCPDT website for more information on the requirements for certification.

Most recently, Jennifer founded the nonprofit organization Hero Dogs, Inc. Hero Dogs is a 501(c)(3) charity whose purpose is to train and place service dogs with veterans of the U.S. military who have been injured or disabled while serving our country. Although it costs approximately $30,000 to place each dog, there is no charge to the veteran for either the dog or the training. Currently Jennifer serves as the President and Executive Director of Hero Dogs. Please consider making a donation to this worthy cause:

When she is not training dogs, Jennifer is a research scientist, formerly with IBM. She has two children, two dogs of her own, a cat, and some other miscellaneous creatures. And a very tolerant husband.

Lynne Bettinger, CPDT-KA

Lynne has been training dogs professionally since 2007 and became a CCPDT-certified dog trainer in 2009. She earned certificates in Canine Training and Management (2008) and Canine Behavior (2009) from Kutztown University. She teaches at Kutztown University as an instructor for the Level I Canine Training and Management program. She also is an adjunct faculty member of Anne Arundel Community College. Lynne earned a B.A. in history from the College of William and Mary and an M.S. in telecommunications from The George Washington University. Lynne is a volunteer and board member of Oldies But Goodies Cocker Rescue which serves the mid-Atlantic region. Her involvement includes fostering dogs, researching grant opportunities, assisting with the Combined Federal Campaign, providing training and behavior advice, and producing the organization's newsletter. Lynne has been teaching American Red Cross pet first aid classes since 2001, and she has trained in canine massage. Lynne is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Baltimore Dog magazine and The Humane Society of the United States' All Animals magazine. She currently writes for Examiner.com as the DC Dogs Examiner. Lynne also serves as a Board Member and trainer for Hero Dogs, Inc.

Tammy Tucker, CPDT-KA

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