History
Certified Trainer Kris Hopkins B.S., CPDT-KA graduated PSU with a B.S. in Animal Science and a minor in Wildlife Science. After 9 years as a zookeeper for the Erie Zoo she became a K9 Police Officer for SCPD and founded the Working K9 Association of Central PA. In 2013 Kris Hopkins retired and went to work for one of 70 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (PhD) in the USA. She then opened her own business Kris' Pet Priorities LLC in 2017 for animal consulting & training services.
Specialties
Kris' Pet Priorities LLC is the only CCPDT Certified dog training option in Centre County. Owner / Trainer Kris Hopkins B.S.,CPDT-KA brings over 35 years of knowledge & experience in animal training. We are obedience trainers and we specialize in problem behaviors that other trainers cannot handle such as aggression, resource guarding, anxiety, reactivity (barking & lunging), territoriality, separation anxiety, etc... We mostly train dogs, cats, and birds but can help with training any animal species you have.