Charmaine Anthony, CPDT-KA, Trainer
Charmaine Anthony, CPDT-KA started volunteering at a local shelter in 2001 and discovered a passion that eventually led
her to become a trainer with Collins Canine. After three years of catering to the daily needs of the shelter
dogs and assisting with behavior assessments, she attained a coveted job with The Anti Cruelty Society's Behavior
and Training Department. At The Anti Cruelty Society she holds the titles of Senior Trainer, Behavior Specialist
and Registration Coordinator for the School of Dog Training. In the Spring of 2008 Charmaine began apprenticing
with Collins Canine and accepted a training position with us in September 2008.
Charmaine has a wide variety of interests both within the dog community and outside of it. Her household is made up
of multiple Chihuahuas, but the canine that taught her the most about animal behavior was a dog-reactive Pit Bull.
The Anthony residence is also a licensed foster home and the family has fostered over fifty dogs throughout the
years, including Chihuahuas, Boston Terriers, Poodles, Chow Chows and various other mixed breeds.
To go along with her range of interests she is also a metalsmith and has been making jewelry for thirty years.
During this time, she has raised over $35,000 through her jewelry business for various not-for-profits.
Charmaine's down-to-earth and personable manner has made her clients her devotees.
Photos by John Caruso
Charmaine Anthony
Seminars
- The Evolution of Canine Social Behavior & The Brave New World of Dog Training with Dr. Roger Abrantes (May 2011)
- Positive Gun Dog Training: Jim Barry (2010)
- The Well-Behaved Dog: Dr. Nicolas Dodman (2010)
- Dog-Dog Group Dynamics: Healthy Interaction vs. Aggression with Sue Sternberg (June 2010)
- Feline Aggression and Elimination: Dr. John Ciribassi (2010)
- Canine Anxiety and Pharmacology: Dr. John Ciribassi (2009)
- Dominance, Fighting & Biting, Compliance & Punishment, Constraints on Learning, and Raising the Bar in Dog Training: Ian Dunbar (2009)
- Dog Behavior: Innate, Developmental or Emergent, with Ray Coppinger at Wolf Park(November 2009)
- Association of Pet Dog Trainers Conference (October 2008):
- The Revolution in Horsemanship: Robert Miller, DVM
- The Multi-faceted World of Clients: Teoti Anderson
- Introduction to a Day of Play: Patricia McConnell, PhD
- Play & Development of Social Relationships in Dogs: Camille Ward, PhD & Barbara Smuts, PhD
- Appropriate Versus Inappropriate Play Between Dogs: Pia Silvani
- Appropriate Versus Inappropriate Play Between Humans & Dogs: Patricia McConnell, PhD
- Using Play to Treat Aggression Related Behavior Problems: Karen London, PhD
- Role Playing in Play: Ian Dunbar, PhD, MRVS
- Are You Seeing What You Think You Are Seeing: Sophia Yin, DVM
- Behavior Modification in the Real World: Ian Dunbar, PhD, MRVS
- RAT: The Relationship Assessment Tool: Suzanne Clothier
- Finding the Gem in every Individual: CARAT tm - A Novel Assessment Tool: Suzanne Clothier
- Aggression Management Through Positive Reinforcement: Grey Stafford, PhD
- Conditioned Reinforcement: The Whys, Hows, And Whens: Jennifer Sobie, PhD
- Alternative Medicine - 10 Tips for Trainers: Doug Knueven, DVM
- Talk Dog, Think Dog - the Canine Experience: Victoria Stillwell
- Dog Cognition and Training, Evolution, and Domestication: Jean Donaldson (2009)
- Canine Aggression Problems and Solutions: John Rogerson (2008)
- Principals of How Dogs Learn & How to Best Teach Them: Pam Reid, PhD (2008)
- Dog Evolution: Ray Coppinger, PhD and Ken McCort (2008)
- Addressing Behavior Problems in Dogs: Trish King (2007)
- Police Dog Training with Positive Reinforcement: Steven White (2006)
- Advanced Trainer's Clinic: Brenda Aloff (2006)
- Behavior Evaluations: Sue Sternberg (2005)
- Training and Shelter Dogs: Sue Sternberg (2004)
About Charmaine's private lessons:
I would highly recommend Charmaine Anthony as a trainer. She is a very pleasant individual whose affection for animals is
obvious by her actions. She was timely, flexible, and able to seemlessly incorporate our energetic three year olds in the
training process where appropriate. Charmaine listened as we expressed our needs for the dog's training and was able to
develop a program that was individually geared towards our dog and our family. She followed up each training session with
an email that outlined everything we had worked on and key points for us to focus on as we continued our training at home.
Her knowledge of animal behavior and training tools helped us to incorporate a successful training program for our dog. She
is very insightful and has many recomendations on how to gain the most benefit from each training session. Our three year
olds have gained a high level of self esteem with their abilitiy to get Tyrone to sit, lay down, and come. Charmaine even
followed up about a month after our training was over just to see how things were going and if we needed any assistance or
had any questions. Collins Canine is very fortunate to have Charmaine Anthony as a trainer on their staff and any family
would benefit from having her work with their dog.
Julie F. and her dog Tyrone
Charmaine was one of the best trainers I have encountered. She was always the ultimate professional. I loved her relationship
with Woodroe and envied her ability to connect and communicate with him so easily. I would recommend her in a heart beat!
Theresann S. and her dog Woodroe
