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  Nicole Wilde

www.gentleguidance4dogs.com
phantmwlf@aol.com
 
P.O. Box 2814
Santa Clarita, CA 91386
661-299-5704

Seminar Topics and/or Area of Specialty

Fear issues ,canine body language and behavior, wolfdogs (aka wolf hybrids), in-home training, people training skills, business aspects of dog training, self-publishing, canine fear issues, solving common canine behavior issues. *If there is a topic you do not see listed, please inquire.

Biography/CV

Nicole Wilde is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT) who specializes in behavior issues, and a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). Nicole is a popular seminar presenter who lectures worldwide. She is also on the Advisory Board and faculty for the Companion Animal Sciences Institute.

Nicole is an internationally recognized author. Her books include Living with Wolfdogs, Wolfdogs A-Z, So You Want to be a Dog Trainer, It's Not the Dogs, It's the People!, One on One: A Dog Trainer's Guide to Private Training, and Help for your Fearful Dog. For more information about her books and seminar DVDs, please visit www.phantompub.com. She also writes training and behavior articles for various newspapers and magazines. Nicole co-stars in the DVD "Train Your Dog: The Positive Gentle Method," and has co-hosted the "Dog Talk" radio show.

As Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles' Animal Services in the 1990s, Nicole instructed volunteers in canine handling and behavior, handled hundreds of dogs, and served as adoption counselor. Her efforts were instrumental in many dogs finding loving homes.

Nicole served as Executive Director for Villalobos Rescue Center, a sanctuary for rescued wolves/wolf hybrids, pit bulls and exotics. She specialized in socializing the fearful wolves and wolfdogs who were to live out their lives at the rescue. She also trained wolfdogs, and gave seminars for animal control officers, schools and other groups.

Nicole runs Gentle Guidance Dog Training in Southern California, training owners to work with their dogs' obedience and behavior issues. Nicole continues to teach seminars for professional and aspiring dog trainers, to educate the public, and to assist rescue groups and dogs in need whenever possible.

 

2012 Seminars

  Two Timely Topics:
Separation Anxiety & Dog-Dog Play
  Nicole Wilde
  September 8, 2012
  Lawrenceville, GA

  Creative Client Coaching
  Nicole Wilde
  May 13, 2012
  Springfield, MO

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  May 12, 2012
  Springfield, MO

PAST SEMINARS

2011 Seminars

  APDT 2011 Conference
  Anderson Teoti CPDT-KA
Bailey Bob BS, Chemistry/Biology
Boutelle Veronica MA Ed, CTC
Branigan Hannah MS, CPDT-KA, KPA-CTP
Brown Ali M Ed, CPDT-KA
Clothier Suzanne
Duman Beth BA, CPDT-KA
Dunbar Ian PhD, MRCVS
Fisher Gale
Gorman Dunbar Kelly CPDT-KA
Herot Amy CPDT-KA
King Trish CPDT- KA, CDBC
Mertens Petra PhD, MSW, FTAV, DECVBM-CA, CAAB, DACVB, LGSW
O'Brien Jill Marie CPDT-KA
Parthasarathy Valli Phd, DVM
Phairas Gina Bsc Comms, CTC
Pryor Karen BA
Reid Pamela PhD, CAAB
Ryan Terry
Sdao Kathy MA, ACAAB
Silvani Pia CPDT-KA
Stafford Grey PhD
Sternberg Sue
Stewart Grisha MA, CPDT-KA, CTP
Thomas Terena BS, CPDT, CEIP, CGC
Wilde Nicole CPDT-KA
Williams Laurie CPDT-KA
Yin Sophia PhD, DVM, MS
  October 12-16, 2011
  San Diego, CA

  Help for Your Fearful Dog
  Nicole Wilde
  September 10, 2011
  St. Louis, Missouri

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  August 6, 2011
  Pittsburgh, PA

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  June 12, 2011
  Riverside, CA

  Working with Fearful Dogs & Creative Client Coaching
  Nicole Wilde
  May 28 & 29, 2011
  Vancouver, BC

  Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  May 15, 2011
  Plainfield, IL

  Helping Fearful Dogs AND
Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  April 2 & 3, 2011
  Pasadena, CA

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  March 19, 2011
  Pacifica, CA
  415-578-5735

  Helping the Fearful Dog
  Nicole Wilde
  September 19, 2010
  Plainfield, IL

  Helping Fearful Dogs and Creative Client Coaching
  Nicole Wilde
  June 26 & 27, 2010
  Smyrna/Vinings, GA

  Helping the Fearful Dog
  Nicole Wilde
  June 12, 2010
  Boulder, CO

  Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  May 29, 2010
  Langley, BC (Canada)

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  May 23, 2010
  Dallas, TX

  Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  May 8, 2010
  Emeryville, CA (northern CA)

  Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health and Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  April 10, 2010
  St. Louis, Missouri

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  March 21, 2010
  Canoga Park, CA

  Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  September 6, 2009
  Atlanta, GA

  Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior
  Nicole Wilde
  August 23, 2009
  Los Angeles, CA (Canoga Park, San Fernando Valley)

  Saturday, August 8: "Helping Fearful Dogs"
Sunday, August 9: "Alternative Approaches to Healing Canine Health & Behavior"
  Nicole Wilde
  August 8 & 9, 2009
  St. Petersburg, FL

  Working with Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  June 6, 2009 (6/7 Roger Abrantes)
  Arlington, VA

  Working with Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  May 30, 2009 (5/31/09 Roger Abrantes)
  Seattle, WA

  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  May 17, 2009
  West Swanzey, New Hampshire

  Creative Client Coaching and Modifying Assess-A-Pet ™ for the Home
  Nicole Wilde and Sue Sternberg
  Saturday, August 23, 2008 and Sunday, August 24, 2008
  TBD New Jersey
   
  Helping Fearful Dogs
  Nicole Wilde
  August 2, 2008
  Gordon College, Barnesville, GA

Telecourses on Audiotape

  Wolfdogs: Facts, Myths & What Trainers Should Know
  Nicole Wilde
  Raising Canine Seminar on audiotape

 

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