Molly Stone, Dip.A.B., CDBC, CC/SF-SPCA
Vice President
Advisory Board Member
Certified Dog Behavior Consultant
Education
Counseling Certification (SF-SPCA Graduation with Honors)
Diploma of Animal Behavior (Companion Animal Sciences Institute, Graduate with Distinction)
Diploma of Advanced Canine Behavioral Sciences (Companion Animal Sciences Institute, Student)
Mememberships and Affiliations
Professional Member: Association of Pet Dog Trainers
Clinical Member: International Association of Dog Behavior Counselors
Member: Animal Behavior Society; Humane Society of the United States; American Humane Association
Current Experience:
Owner/Director of Training: Communica-nine Motivational Dog Training Services (http://www.communicanine.com)
Staff Animal Behavior Specialist: SPCA of Wake County, Raleigh, NC (http://www.spcawake.org)
Molly designed one of only a hand full of progressive shelter programs that make use of crate training / house training program with the communal housing and obedience training protocols (like the SFSPCA, San Diego, and Richmond). Molly evaluates all the dogs for adoption, writes and maintains their daily schedule, care (feeding, turn outs, environment enrichment, etc), and training programs. At the shelter, she also trains the staff and volunteers to implement the programs, and she oversees whether or not things are going well and makes adjustments as necessary. Molly is also responsible for "matching" dogs in the communal shelter "Bedrooms" with their roommates, and overseeing introductions of shelter dogs to owned dogs that belong to families that are considering adopting from the SPCA. Molly's dog training and behavior modification counseling services are available free of charge to anyone that adopts a dog or a cat from the SPCA and then encounters behavior problems after their new pets have come home.
Molly also runs her own dog behavior consulting and dog training business, Communca-nine. Communica-nine is an organization committed to humane education and training for pets and their people. Communica-nine's goal is to help reduce the number of pets surrendered to shelters or put to sleep due to behavior problems in the Research Traingle area in North Carolina. Through private training, behavior modification consultations, and public presentations, Communica-nine teaches pet owners about natural, non-aversive training techniques and about more effective communication between people and their pets.