Clearwater FL  

727-667-2728   

Gina@bone-afidedogtraining.com

GINA B. KAISER, CPDT-KSA, a dog trainer for twenty-eight years, has taught obedience classes at all levels, specialty classes in Freestyle, tricks, games and advertising as well as private lessons with clients and their dogs.

Gina has studied basic obedience, aggression, attention, behavioral problem solving, positive methods of training and motivation in training, training for service assistance dogs, Frisbee and Canine Musical Freestyle. She has  attended numerous workshops, lectures and seminars, studying under the top trainers in their fields.

Competing in the obedience show ring with her late Jack Russell Terrier, Nikki, that dynamic pairing earned one leg and second place of the AKC Companion Dog title as well as a Canine Good Citizen award.  Gina’s terrier, Nikki, did media work, appearing on the 2001 cover of Home Style Magazine, in a nationally televised Front Line commercial, a student film at Columbia University and an independent feature film titled, “The Favor”.   Her late Doberman pincher, Cara’s Truman, also earned his CGC title and was a credit to his breed.  

Kress Country’s Relentless, aka Rellie, her late Jack Russell, was an enthusiastic competitor in Go-to-ground events for the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America and conformation.   Rellie has many titles to her name and can be seen on the Kress Country Web site under the “Girls”.  She had been awarded the Canine Good Citizen title as well. 

Her other dog, Nugget, a lab-golden mix, was a certified service assistance dog for PAWS With a Cause and also had his Canine Good Citizen title, Canine Good Citizen Advanced title, Beginner Freestyle title and Sassy Senior Freestyle title, attaining third place and first places as well as having attained his Intermediate Trick Dog title.  Gina and Nugget have also won the Dancing with the Paws contest in Dunedin two times.  Nugget was also a member of the Doggone Dancers who performed in many nursing homes and senior centers in the area.

After a full career as a working service dog with Paws With a Cause, their late dog, Zack, a lab/golden mix came to them at 13 to live out his retirement with them. 

Gina also has a little Lab named Windy and has certified her with Paws With a Cause as a service and seizure response dog.  Windy has also obtained her Canine Good Citizen title as well as the AKC Canine Good Citizen Advanced title and her Intermediate Trick Dog title.  Windy is now learning how to do musical freestyle as well.

In Addition, Gina has certified her newer addition to the family, Suri, a lab, as a Paws With a Cause hearing dog.  Suri also has achieved her Canine Good Citizen title as well as her Community Canine Good Citizen title.

Gina has also competed in Canine Musical Freestyle with Flash, a Portuguese Water Dog, attaining a first place title at the Beginner level.  She and Flash performed their freestyle routine at Eugene’s Nightclub in NYC for the New York City Humane Society and at a pre-Westminster Event in NYC.

She has been featured for her Freestyle work in several local and regional publications and has appeared on Cablevision’s Pet talk program in Connecticut.  Gina has also tested and received the title of Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Knowledge and Skills assessed, (CPDT-KSA) by the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers.  She is a CGC (Canine Good Citizen) evaluator, and field representative with PAWS With a Cause.  Gina is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the  World Canine Freestyle Organization, a former member of the United Doberman Club, and the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America.

She has brought dogs to perform Freestyle to entertain at St. Vincent’s Adult Day Care Center and Grasmere Senior Center in Connecticut, as well as many nursing homes and senior centers around Pinellas County in Florida. Gina has volunteered at Connecticut Canine Search and Rescue. Some of the students in her Acting Class for Dogs have gone on to be in the movies The Interpreter, Freedom Land and The Departed as well as national commercials.

An International Showmanship judge for Sweet Adelines International, Gina  has taught visual performance and choreography all over the world for more than 46 years in that organization.  Her experience in performance and instruction creates a fun and effective instructor for people and their pooches.

Gina and her husband, Bruce, enjoy living in Clearwater, FL with Windy, and their new dog, Suri, a Lab, who is a Paws With a Cause hearing dog.