Pia Silvani, CPDT-KA

Pia Silvani, CPDT-KA

Pia is Vice President of Training and Behavior at St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center located in Madison, New Jersey. She has developed various courses focusing on positive, reward-based techniques, which are extremely effective in the enhancement of the bond and relationship of the dog and her human companion. The result of her efforts is an astounding 100+ classes per week, which includes eight levels of pet training classes, specialty courses designed for dogs with extreme behavioral problems and much more.

Pia also developed a canine coach program where volunteers and apprentice trainers work with shelter dogs on a daily basis to help the dogs become more adoptable by achieving and maintaining good manners.  Additionally, Pia has developed behavioral protocols for dogs which may not be ready for adoption. Through word of mouth and a good reputation, St. Hubert’s now has a very successful private consultation center for pet owners specializing in aggressive and anxiety-related problems for dogs and cats.

Pia lectures internationally, has been written up in many magazines, appeared on television and is the author of Raising Puppies and Kids Together – A Guide for Parents. She has made contributions to many other books and routinely writes behavioral articles for various magazines around the world.

She shares her home with her three Belgian Tervurens, Guinn, Lena and Gilly as well as the ruler of the house, Soldier, the cat. Pia competes in Obedience, Rally-O, Agility, and tinkers in tracking, K9 Nose Works, Disc Dog and Dock Diving. Her dogs have reached national rankings in a variety of sports.

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