Meet Our Behavior Expert - Linda Thomas, LVT, CPDT

Friends Staff Trainer & Behavior Evaluator
Approved AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator to certify dogs for the CGC title.

Linda Thomas graduated on the Dean’s List and at the top of her class from Wayne County Community College in 1983 with an Associates of Science for Veterinary Technology. She started her career in at Huron Valley Humane Society sterilization clinic and quickly became the Adoption Coordinator, helping match animals with new families to find permanent homes. At this time she took her first training class and became interested in training and animal behavior. This lead to offering free pet parenting classes at the humane society where she worked and soon started to offer them at other humane society’s as well.  Linda became a member of a local training club and was in training to become a dog trainer. In 1995 she attended her first Association of Pet Dog Trainers seminar with other colleges. At this seminar the idea of a behavior department for the Michigan Humane Society was developed. Linda became a member of the planning committee, creating the mission statement, class names and helping with the class content, even creating and implementing classes on her own. She quickly became head of the satellite training facility while still working as a Licensed Veterinary Technician. Linda has attended seminars for feline and canine behavior and training from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine  in Ithica, New York, Purdue University in west Lafayette, Indiana, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbane, Illinois. She became a Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers in 2003. She has written numerous papers and provided in depth presentations for feline/canine behavior for the Southeastern Veterinary Medical Association on feline and canine behavior. Is a lifetime member of North American Veterinary Technician Association, Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians, and Association of Pet Dog Trainers. In 2007 she started her career at Friends For The Dearborn Animal Shelter.  Linda has 5 cats and two tanks of fish.

Let Linda help you with dog (and kitten) behavior - counseling, training, and individual help

Let Linda help you plan a Puppy Play Date -or- a Pooch Party - Celebration, Get-Together or just a Play Date

Contact Linda for more information

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