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Andrea Arden, Trainer

Andrea Arden

Underdogs need lessons in etiquette and Andrea is Ms. Manners.

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Andrea Arden has written five books including Dog Friendly Dog Training (Wiley, second edition 2008), Train Your Dog the Lazy Way (Macmillan, 1999), and The Little Book of Dog Tricks (IDG, 2002). She is the Tricks columnist for Modern Dog and has also been the behavior columnist for Dog Fancy and The New York Dog magazines as well as a contributing writer for the AKC Gazette, and numerous other publications.

Andrea was the on-air trainer for The Pet Department, FX’s Emmy award winning daily show and has appeared on The Today Show, 20/20, Dateline NBC, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Live with Regis & Kelly, The View, CBS News, CNN, Fox, PBS, Fox News, and Lifetime, as well as numerous radio shows.

Andrea has served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Animal Haven Shelter and Sanctuary.

Andrea is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Pet Dog Trainers as well as a Certified Pet Partners Team evaluator for the Delta Society and the AKC’s Canine Good Citizen test. She is the director of the Manhattan Dog Training & Behavior Center, and was named the best dog trainer in New York by New York, W, Time Out and Quest magazines as well as the Daily News.

Andrea is the proud parent of four dogs, two cats and a horse.