Tamar Geller is the founder of The Loved Dog™ method of dog training and
bestselling author of a book by the same name. She is a renowned life coach
for dogs and the people who love them. Known for her insight, enthusiasm and
celebrity clients, Tamar rejects both the notion that a dog needs to be
submissive as well as the usage of painful prong collars and choke chains
that have been common tools of dog trainers for decades.
Tamar became interested in dogs as she watched their training while serving
as an Intelligence Officer with the elite Israeli Army Special Forces. After
finishing her service, she had the extraordinary opportunity to study wolves
in their natural habitat, observing that they taught their young primarily
through games. Concluding that a dog possesses aspects of both wolf and
human toddler, Geller created her innovative and revolutionary approach to
dog training-an approach that is light-years ahead of the typical dog
trainer pack.
"Dogs are amazingly sensitive and intuitive creatures," Tamar says. If you
use stress-free, game-based behavior training (such as what we use with
children) to teach them to communicate with you, you can coach (train) them
not only to do what you want, but also to anticipate what you want. This is
a much more successful method than using fear and aggression to force a dog
to obey your command or submit to your will."
Preferring the term "life coach" to "dog trainer," and "well-mannered" to
"obedient," she provides insight to millions of dog enthusiasts nationwide
as the resident dog expert on "The Today Show." Tamar has also appeared on "The
Oprah Winfrey Show" (while training Oprah's three Golden Retriever puppies),
Animal Planet's "Who Gets the Dog," CNN"s Larry King, 20/20, Regis & Kelly,
Fox News, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, E!, "Good Morning
Britain," as well as in the pages of USA Today, NY Times magazine, Los
Angeles Times, Newsweek, US Weekly, GQ, Mens' Health, among others.
She is the go-to dog coach (trainer) for celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey,
Ben Affleck, Hilary Swank, Natalie Portman, Larry King, Ellen DeGeneres and
Portia DeRossi, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Nicollette Sheridan, Owen Wilson,
Brad Paisley and Kim Williams, Mark Concuelos and Kelly Ripa, Ali Larter,
Perry Reeves, Jenna Elfman, Goldie Hawn, Nicolas Cage, Rosanna Arquette, Issak Mizrahi,
Whoopie Goldberg, Mariska Hargitay, Rosie O'Donnell and many others.
An active humanitarian and doggytarian, Tamar has an uncanny ability to give
a voice to dogs and represent the people who love them. She created
two outreach
programs that help many shelter dogs as well as wounded members of the armed
forces and juvenile prisoners. Tamar is
also serving as an advisor for the Humane Society of the United States and
Best Friends Animal Society.
Her extraordinary vision led her to open The Loved Dog™, Southern
California's first cage-free doggie daycare and boarding facility, in 1996,
a concept that was ridiculed at the time, and now can be found at any major
cities in the United States.
Tamar's bestseller book,
"The Loved Dog: The Playful Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your
Dog Good Behavior" (Simon and Schuster) was launched by her client and
mentor Oprah Winfrey, and forwarded by the CEO of The Humane Society of The
United States. She also has a DVD,
"The Loved Dog Way of Training," both
are based on her innovative and revolutionary approach to dog training - one
that is light-years ahead of the typical dog training method. They are now
available on line, in book stores and Petsmart.
The Loved Dog method is nothing short of a revolution. Tamar shows us a way
beyond punishment, and reminds us that understanding and respect are the key
words in dog training in the twenty-first century. Now these common-sense
and humane principles are set out clearly in a single accessible volume.
-- Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, The Humane Society of The United States
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