Certified Dog Trainer Maura Porter, CPDT-KA

Maura is a Certified Canine Behavior Consultant, received through The International School for Canine Psychology and Behavior

Certified Dog Trainer Maura Porter, CPDT-KA has years of experience with force-free, positive reinforcement training and techniques with dogs of all breeds.  She is the Canine Manager at the Quincy Animal Shelter and has volunteered at several area animal shelters where (in all honesty) the best training in the world can be found, with the dogs who need it the most. Maura is also an AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator and a Dog BONES of Massachusetts therapy dog certification instructor. Maura works with area rescues and shelters to evaluate their dogs and help create training plans. She believes too many dogs are mislabeled as aggressive and lose their lives because of it; the reality is that most dogs are nervous and scared and it is our job to train the owners to better understand their pup’s behavior.

Clear Skies offers in-home sessions to work on both basic commands and skills, as well as offering behavior modification training for nervous, reactive, and scared adult dogs that exhibit behavioral issues. Clear Skies also hosts group training classes at the Brockton Animal Protection Center throughout the year. For low confidence and reactive dogs, we do weekly pack walks, as well.