 Our students are the best judges of the value and quality of the ITC experience. Check out what they have to say:
- "ITC Surpassed my expectations. I have never taken a course (dog related or not) that was so positive and uplifting all of the time! For me, it was truly transformational. And the people skills I learned are just invaluable.... Pia and Sue's knowledge, experience, humor and positive attitudes earned my deepest respect and admiration."
- "Dear
Dana, I just wanted to thank you for creating the ITC course in 1999 that opened my eyes and changed my world.
I passed my Certified Pet Dog Trainer test and have often looked back on those courses as foundation and inspiration.
Your vision was a very special gift to me, and for that I will always be grateful."
AC
- "I just returned from a 4-day seminar....Although I think the speaker is a great trainer/behaviorist, I have to say that the ITC
course I took was much more enjoyable and informative! Your great ability to organize 1) people teams with dogs, 2) training/teaching sessions, and 3) Instruction sessions, made the course one of the best I have ever attended! And, of course, you assembled an excellent group of trainers! Anyway, I just thought I'd pass on the kudos... as I was thinking about the ITC course last week, and what a great job you've done with it!"
AN
- "I look forward to next years AITC. Sue left an impression with me that I will carry forward and share with pets and people throughout my career. Pia was a fantastic instructor and my work as a dog trainer will be better due to what she has taught me. Thank You."
- "I liked the laid back, relaxed, positive atmosphere combined with the well planned structure and organization."
- "This was the most intense learning experience that I have ever been through (That includes 6 years of college and multiple continuing ed courses). I felt that every creative juice that I did not have was tapped. It was very well organized and the hands on activities interspersed between lectures helped to keep me from losing focus or getting bored. I experienced a roller coaster of emotions from being extremely physically and mentally exhausted and laughing harder than I can ever remember....It took two full days to recover but then I was energized."
- "I really enjoyed training the shelter dogs as it gave me the experience of working with an unfamiliar dog (which is what one would encounter in a class setting) and also allowed me to work with a dog with a different temperament than ones I am familiar."
- "Hazel and I corresponded this week and we were discussing how much we miss Millie (their shelter dog). You'll never believe it but I adopted a dog from our shelter a week after ITC. I had been looking since last September but didn't know how to go about choosing a dog. I was walking past the kennels and spotted a pup that reminded me so much of Millie I was really taken by surprise. She's a 4 month old German Shepherd mix. I put her through some of the Sue Sternberg paces and she passed with flying colors! She's been doing extremely well and my Chocolate Lab (8 years) is accepting her much better than expected. I am really hoping to train her for pet therapy work (i.e., school and nursing home visitations). Right now I'm having a blast trying out all the new things we learned at ITC. By the way--the pup's name is Millie in honor of ITC Millie!" - Risa Davidson, 2003
- "I thought the course was an amazing experience. At the beginning of the week I was feeling overwhelmed, but I received a great deal of support from Dana, Sue, and my peers. Even though I was the youngest person there (20), I still felt respected as a trainer. I know the experience I have gained from this course will be a huge boost to my fledgling career."
- "Wow! What an intense experience ITC proved to be! After attending AITC, I was a bit concerned that ITC would be "boring", but actually I found the ITC to be even a more challenging learning experience than AITC had been! Would love to do it again!"
- "Absolutely loved the experience of bonding/working with the shelter dog, as well as "struggling through" the pressure of the group projects!"
- "I cant believe
that it was only 1 year ago that I attended the
workshop. That got me on the path that changed my life.
It’s so fulfilling and rewarding to be able to do
something so interesting and fun – as well as be excited
to keep learning. I read my first letter awhile ago and
managed to accomplish everything I wrote 1 year ago. I’m
amazed at how far I have come and I feel like I’ve been
doing this for years.
I’ve learned so much with all of apprenticing, reading,
workshops and teaching my own classes. My students
compliment all the time and no one would ever guess I’ve
been doing this for such a short time. I’m still very
aware of all that I don’t know and careful not to
overstep my abilities, but things keep moving forward at
a perfect pace.. my learning and my teaching.
I wanted to write and share my thoughts with you and
thank you again for helping me get started down this
fascinating career path." JL 2007
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