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Angela

Angela is an ABC (Animal Behavior College) graduate and has great interest in healing aggressive dogs through positive reinforcement training, starting with her rescued Australian Shepard, Pax, as her learning dog. She also has an older Pit bull mix named Bella and an Akita mix named Ash.

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Brooke

Brooke, has been a loyal employee at Blue Prints for the past six years. She enjoys teaching the Intermediate classes as well as the Agility for Fun classes here at Blue Prints. She has a Labrador Retriever named Chester who has been Delta Therapy Dog certified for the last 6 years. Deacon, her Basset Hound, is also Delta Certified for four years and has recently started competing in agility trials at the novice level in both AKC and USDAA.

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Crystal

Crystal is a graduate of Broome Community College. She went on to grooming school in New York City. Upon graduating, she worked at a grooming salon for a year. She gained much of her animal behavior experience by working at the ASPCA in New York City. She then moved to CNY and has been a wonderful addition to Blue Prints Dog Studio for the past 2 years. She enjoys working with dogs and has adopted two of her own, Jackson and Maddy.

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Erin R

Erin moved to Syracuse from Sacramento, California when her husband accepted a teaching position at Syracuse University. She loves spending time with dogs so Blue Prints was a perfect fit for her. She currently owns a wonderful, lazy Greyhound named Lily, and a funny Whippet named Keiffer, who spends half his time making mischief and the other half snuggling with his family. Outside of work, Erin is in the process of getting her Master's degree in Creative Writing through Chatham University. She is working on writing a novel that she hopes one day will be published.

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Kevin

Kevin is a graduate of Nottingham high School; class of 2008. He has lived in Syracuse his whole life, and is now enrolled at OCC majoring in Environmental Science. Kevin is a strong advocate for positive reinforcement training, he knows it makes for a happier dog with a better quality of life. Kevin owns a beautiful, charming, and sweet rottweiler named Kenda (after his favorite brand of bike tires). Outside of Blueprints, he enjoys mountain biking, camping/hiking, recreational league sports, and hunting.

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Krista

Krista has always loved dogs. Growing up in Syracuse, she used to spend hours memorizing her dog encyclopedia. Her family first rescued a mix breed, and eventually they fell in love with an American Pitbull Terrier. Krista has always had an interest in animal psychology as it pertains to human psychology. For her, working at BP is like a dream come true- she plans to use her newly acquired skills and knowledge to someday own her own shelter.

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Melissa Spicer

Melissa Spicer is the co-founder of Blue Prints Dog Studio which has been promoting positive reinforcement training for almost ten years. Concentrating on animal behavior, Melissa modeled her training philosophy around trainers Ian Dunbar and Paul Owens, the ("Original Dog Whisperer") and had helped many families and dogs better understand each other. She and her husband, David, currently own three dogs: Maddy, Spunky and Spike who live happily on their 200 acre beef farm located in Manlius, NY.

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Michael L

Michael is one of seven children and has always been an animal lover. In the past, Michael has assisted in raising puppies for Canine Working Companions. Previously, Michael worked at a restaurant but when he heard about the opportunity to work with dogs at Blue Prints, he gave it up to get involved in the animal field.

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Michael K

Mike is a Fayetteville-Manlius High School alumnus. After graduating, he attended SUNY Potsdam for a year and a half before transferring to OCC. He has since realized his passion for animals and is enrolling into the Zoo Animal Technology program at Santa Fe College. Upon graduation, Mike hopes in go into training. Mike has had three canine family members throughout his life, most recently an Australian Shepherd named Jack, who sadly passed away last summer. He is a certified SCUBA diver, and he also enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee with his friends.

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