About Bow Wow Behavior Buddies

Is your four legged companion a barking Boston? A jumping Jack Russell? A biting Boxer? Does your pup need some manners? Ever feel like your dog rules you and the house, and your personal belongings have become their daily toys? Well, perhaps we can help you with a game plan designed to turn your bench warmer into an All Star!

Introducing Bow Wow Behavior Buddies, the Premier Dog Training Program from the largest pet care providers in North America - Camp Bow Wow® and Home Buddies! Bow Wow Behavior Buddies was created to help you modify your canine player's behavior issues, teach a new puppy the game, or make an already good dog an MVP!

Your Certified Bow Wow Behavior Buddies trainer will visit with you and your dog then design a game plan to get your pup to All Star status! Our program is led by top national training experts with a focus on a variety of proven training methodologies. We combine our extensive knowledge of dog behavior with your willingness to create a great relationship with your pup to create a slam dunk!

Let the industry experts in dog play coach your dog, and you, to a winning game through a program based on respect, rewards and results!

Our Credentials

Behavior Buddies trainers spend several weeks in grueling training with a nationally renowned trainer, Nick Fisher. Nick teaches the scientific principles behind training techniques and dog pack psychology to modify behavior. Through a combination of classroom instruction and daily hands-on experience with various behavioral dogs, Nick provides full-bodied handling and training experiences, unrivaled by most other dog training schools and programs throughout the country. While in training, student trainers learn how to assess issues as well as implement appropriate tools and training protocols to modify dog behaviors. Fisher's partnership with Camp Bow Wow in implementing the premier dog training program continues to produce trainers that are able to use a variety of interventions based on a comprehensive approach through utilization of training principles.

Our Behavior Buddies Experts

NICK FISHER

Nick Fisher is a Canine Behavior Expert and the founder and owner of Balanced Dog LLC. He has worked in the animal welfare field for over 20 years in animal control, canine behavior and in animal shelter management. In addition to his behavior work, Nick is currently the CEO of the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley.  He has created innovative rehabilitation and enrichment programs for shelter dogs based on dog psychology methods and canine energy theory and principals.  The shelter’s rehabilitation and socialization programs have helped the Humane Society boast an annual 95% save rate for all animals that have entered the shelter and an incredible 99% save rate for dogs.  In 2008, Nick received the Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation's Colorado Animal Hero's - Human Hero Award for his work with his shelter dog rehabilitation program.  

Nick has worked as a consultant for Camp Bow Wow since 2009 helping revise behavior training for Camps in canine behavior practices, policies and interview techniques and helped facilitate the implementation of the Certified Camp Counselor program.   He has presented pack management dynamic training at the annual corporate conference and has worked with individual camps in training counselors about play yard management and dog pack dynamics.  Nick has co-instructed two of the three Behavior Buddies Dog Trainers Programs and is now the lead instructor for the program.

Nick has worked with thousands of dogs using dog psychology and pack dynamic training techniques.  Nick specializes in teaching owners/guardians and organizations who work with large groups of dogs, pack leadership techniques and canine human energy principles and theory.   Nick enjoys and gets great personal satisfaction in helping dogs and their owners/guardians overcome serious behavior issues like aggression, anxiety and fear.

Nick continues to develop programs for shelter, rescue and corporate organizations designed to achieve unique and specific results.  Some of these programs include:

•    Behavior Assessment and Interview Evaluation Techniques
•    Dog Psychology Training and Leadership Techniques
•    Canine and Feline Enrichment Programs for Animal Shelters
•    Rehabilitation and Socialization Programs for Rescues and Animal Shelters
•    Advanced Dog Psychology Training
•    Behavior Modification Methods and Philosophy
•    Programs Designed for Play Groups and Canine Energy Theory

LAURA ROACH

After moving to Colorado from the East Coast in 2007, Laura decided to follow her passion and become a dog trainer. Since then, she has helped over 1,000 dogs stay in their home by helping parents learn how to live a good life with their dogs through fixing behavioral problems and implementing obedience training. She has also worked with many of her clients by creating behavioral modification programs to help issues such as fear, anxiety and other more complex doggie issues.

Laura also has an extensive business background that includes advertising, sales and management. Although these were fantastic careers that she enjoyed, she feels helping pets was her best career choice by far. All of Laura's dogs are “special cases” that she decided to take on to make sure that they led happy lives in a home where they could get the attention and rehabilitation that they needed.

Laura is married to her husband, Brian, and in their spare time they love to ride motorcycles, go snowboarding and enjoy all Colorado has to offer.