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Sandra Myers, CPDT-KA
Head Trainer & Owner
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Sandra found her love of dog training at the young age of eighteen after her family adopted a dog with an unknown history of aggression.
Since 2015, she has gained invaluable knowledge and experience through training with over 10 species of large animals, box stores, private dog training businesses, board certified veterinary behaviorists, and board and train facilities.
Sandra now specializes in doing in-home work with aggression, reactivity, and anxiety based behavior modification for dogs.
She constantly strives for new certifications, takes online courses, and attends conferences to keep herself up to date on the most recent reward-based, humane, and scientifically effective training methods.
Our Team
John Dao, CPDT-KA
Dog Trainer
John has been training his own fearful dog for five years, which sparked his passion for helping other dog guardians facing similar challenges. Certified through the CPDT, John has over 400 hours of hands on experience. He focuses on basic manners, mild behavior modification cases, and young hyperactive dogs using humane, reward-based training methods.
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John offers in-home training for dogs of all ages.
Nick Myers
Nick is the "human guinea pig" in our Reactive Rovers programs.
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Nick is on his way to working in the film industry but, being the guardian of a reactive dog himself, loves helping people reach behavior modification goals in between college classes and content creation.
Canine Behavior Attendant
Rosie
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Rosie is Sandra's heart and soul.
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She's also an excellent demo dog, being that she is very neutral around other dogs and trained to near-perfection (duh, her mom's a dog trainer!). She loves working for Turkey Pepperoni and would trade her humans for a Honey Nut Cheerio.
Demo Dog
Training Philosophy
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Our team has a core belief that the animals we invite into our lives deserve the best version of us. We strive to truly understand the canine mind and create effective wavelengths of communication between them and their humans.
All of our research, hands on experience, and time with top professionals in the field has brought us to the conclusion that dogs learn most effectively and retain knowledge for much longer periods of time with motivational, force-free training methods.
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What does this mean for you and your dog?
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Amazing things! It's our dream to reach into as many households as possible to change the way humans interpret their dog's frustrating, funny, and confusing behaviors. We provide positive, structured training programs to help you understand your dog like a pro and give you and your dog a new level of appreciation for each other.
At Alohomora Dog Training, we look at behavior through the lens of something we call Whole Dog Wellness.
Our goal is to help you create a physically, mentally, and emotionally sound dog. This may include teaming up with your veterinarian to rule out physical and/or mental health issues that could be contributing to behavior issues, deep diving into the addition of mental enrichment and stimulation, including a groomer that can help with coat, teeth, and nail care needs, adjusting physical exercise routines, and identifying and encouraging species and breed-typical behaviors.
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Basically, we really like letting our dogs be dogs here, and we want them to be the healthiest versions of themselves so they can be the calmest, happiest, best behaved versions of themselves!
What Should You Expect When You Work with Our Team?
What is Alohomora?
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Growing up in the age of Harry Potter, Sandra was infatuated with the wonderful wizarding world J.K. Rowling created in her books. During a re-read of the series in 2017, Sandra stumbled on the word "Alohomora." This fictitious word is rooted in a language used in West Africa and is explained as "The Unlocking Charm."
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The definition specifies that this charm only works to unlock items that have not been locked with magic. Sandra appreciated the meaning behind the definition because the decoding process of a dog's mind is a simple one once you've learned to understand what your dog has to say. She loved turning it into the idea of "unlocking the canine mind," hence the name "Alohomora Dog Training."
