Elaine Allison CPDT, KA

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Los Angeles, Ca. 90014

Mobile: 970-***-****

adz4y9@r.postjobfree.com

Key Competencies

●Strong problem solving skills and the ability to see both the immediate and long term picture

●Proven attention to detail with advanced organizational and time management training

●Excellent listening, written and oral capabilities

●Able to bring opposing factions to a common goal

●Works and plays well with others

Work History

7/22- present

Santa Barbara County Animal Services

Santa Barbara, Ca 931111

Interim Director/Shelter Supervisor

Interim director of 3 medium sized shelters:day to day operations, adoptions, kennel staff, medical, hiring. Direct report to Deputy Chief.

Incident Command Manager for disaster response.

08/2019 - Covid!

Michelson Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Director of Shelter Operations, Adopt & Shop

Los Angeles, Ca.

●Oversee day to day operations of two shelter locations: Animal Care, Sourcing, Transports and Medical department, including a neonatal unit

●Improving protocols to ensure best possible outcome for the animals in our care

●Long and short term range planning, reporting to the CEO.

●Budgeting and strategic planning

●CatPawsitive 2020 Jackson Galaxy Shelter Program Team Leader 2020

06/17-08/2019

Certified Pet Dog Training

● Behavior consultations and training to the public & local rescue groups in beautiful Moab, Utah

02/2017 06/2017

Tri Cities Animal Care and Control Services Pasco, WA

Behavior Enrichment Specialist

●Behavioral Enrichment and training for dogs and cats needing a little help whilst living in the shelter.

●CGC training and certification for pit bull type dogs (the city has a breed restriction)

●Increased adoptability for these animals through training, socialization and promotion.

01-2013 12/2016

Benton Franklin Humane Society Kennewick, WA, 99352

Operations Manager

●Improved best practices to include altering/inoculating of all animals prior to adoption. As well as Felv/FiV testing in all cats. In general better health for all animals in our care.

●Established working relationships with local agencies as well as transport programs from Los Angeles partners, Best Friends & Humane Society International, we most recently took in some Tosa’s from a dog meat farm in South Korea.

●Mentor trainer to 50 plus inmates at the Coyote Ridge Correctional Institute. They are a fantastic resource for our dogs having a hard time in shelter.

●Increased adoptions by 113%. Decreased returns by 75%

●Working to repeal 35 year breed restriction.

●Member: WA. Federation of Humane Societies and Animal Control

●Budgeting and long range planning committees

●Over seeing fundraising pro tem

●With a generous grant from the ASPCA, we were able to build surgical suite and hire a vet, outsourcing medical is minimal. Whoo hoo!

05-201*-**-**** Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire N. Conway, NH

Director of Operations

●Day to day operations, including budget, staff, adoptions

●Coordinated multi-state transport program

●Created protocols for health and safety of both staff and animals

06/2010 03/2011 WA. Animal Rescue League WA. DC

Director of Training & Behavior

●Created programs to help high/at risk populations become more adoptable

●Trained entire staff and volunteers (over 200)

●Assessments of each dog and cat that came in our doors

●Implemented progressive training classes

03/09 6/10 Humane Society of Wickenburg Wickenburg, Az

Shelter Manager

●Built the brand new shelter’s foundation programs from the ground up.

●Trained entire staff and volunteers

●Created partnerships with local shelters (including Maddie’s Fund)

●Budget creation, grant writing

●Foster network

●Implemented progressive training classes

01/07 03/09 Humane Society of Moab Valley Moab, Utah

Director of Animal Services

●Worked as a liaison between the humane society and the city shelter to move the over flowing animals into foster care.

●Coordinated all adoption and foster efforts

●Built volunteer and foster networks.

●Implemented progressive training classes

012/01 0/07 Explosives Detection K9 Handler Los Angeles, CA

Independent Contractor

●My two dogs and I worked at the Port of Los Angeles and as an independent contractor for security agencies in the Los Angeles area.

07/99 01/07 Canine’s Best Behavior

Owner

●A Los Angeles based dog training company specializing in “problem dogs”.

●My very talented staff of 8 and I provided private instruction and group classes of various levels for most of Los Angeles, the valley and parts of Orange County.

●Winner/Top 10 Finalist SheBusiness Association award 2005

Certifications and assorted bells n whistles

●Certified Fear Free Shelter training

●HSUS, Volunteer: emergency response, policy

●FEMA Emergency Management Courses: 100, 100b, 200b &700a

●Certified Pet Dog Trainer, Knowledge Assessed (CPDT, KA) I was the 22nd person to attain this now nationally recognized certification. I had to get my GED (at age 40) to take it. The GED was harder, there was math.

●Endorsed Member NADOI National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors

●Multiple certifications in explosives detection.

●Certified in narcotics detection

●Mediator for Canine Court.

●Certified Level One French Ring Decoy

●AKC CGC evaluator

●SAFER Certified

●Working Dog Trials: Protection and Detection. Spawn has many shiny trophies.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

●Fearful Feral Dog Taskforce

●Cat Pawsitive Pro 2020-Team Leader

●Dr. Dodman Cat Behavior Conference

●The Future of Behavior Assessments MSPCA

●Sofia Yin Animal Behavior Weekend

●NMHP National Conference

●John Rogerson’s Behavior Counselor’s Course: My personal favorite. Internationally renowned behaviorist’s 7 day course included titling a shelter dog in 3 days with the UK equivalent of a CGC. My dog was the best one!

●Ian Dunbar’s Instructor’s Courses

●Sue Sternberg’s seminars “aka keeping Elaine alive since 1999!”

●Aggressive Dog Handling: “Controversial” Pit Bull Seminar

●Assessing Temperament

●Biting Dog Conference

●SAFER: Risk Assessment/temperament testing Emily Weiss PhD

●Donna Duford: Working with People and Dogs

●Marin Humane Behavior Conference

●Grey Stafford: Positive Reinforcement and Aggression

●Disaster Planning 2016

Stuff other than Dogs….there’s such a thing?

●Cats, I also do cat behavior

●I like tortoises an awful lot too

●Goats are awesome. I have 4, they do agility and are leash trained, they are kind of like big dogs with horns.

●Before I was a dog trainer, I was a performer. I traveled all over the country telling silly stories to drunk people.

●I’m an army brat; I went to 22 schools when I was a kid. It’s normal for me to move around. I didn’t kill a man I swear!

●2013-2016: Atomic City Roller Girl (Retired), I block therefore I am and you shall not pass!

REFERENCES:

Sam Cunningham, Former BOD President, Humane Society of Moab Valley 435-***-****

Denise Cook, Ridge Dogs-Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, Connell, WA 509-***-****

Judy Devine, Photographer extraordinaire/friend. 509-***-****

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