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Get to know the AKC Certified Trainers
Nikolett is the owner of Naughty to Nice Dog Training. Her love for animals started as a little girl. Growing up in Greece there were so many stray animals and she wanted to take them all home. Never forgetting those memories she was determined to educate the public on how to transform their pet into a well mannered lifelong family member. She graduated with her A.A. and A.S. degrees and became a Certified Veterinary Technician. She worked at a local veterinary hospital for over 11 years educating pet parents on behavior modification, dog training, nutrition, oral care and the overall health of their pet. She performed external surgeries on patients and recovery care. She then became an AKC Certified Canine Good Citizen Evaluator and started training dogs full time. She teaches and tests pets to pass the prerequisite test in becoming a service dog. She attends annual continuing education courses on animal nutrition, behavioral modification and
canine medicine.
She has worked with all different species of animals since 2004 and training over 7,000+ dogs from Tea cup to Giant breeds. Her love for animals doesn’t stop with training, she volunteers at her local animal shelters training and evaluating behaviors before they are put up for adoption.
Her family started with just two pups, a half Pit Bull, half Rottweiler four legged shadow named Spartan a rescued from Oakland. After months of training he passed the Canine Good Citizen test and is a loyal companion. They have a three year old Aussiedoodle who keeps them active. They have two kids and decided they need more animals…
They recently got a Anatolian Shepherd named Poppy who enjoys patrolling her yard to keep critters off of it and Theo their newest pup Anatolian as well who is very faithful and protective of their family. All pups will be going through the training to become Certified Canine Good Citizens.
They also adopted two kitties who act like dogs, Buffy and Garfield. Their kids and animals add much more purpose to their lives.
Angela started working with Nikolett in 2016 and has loved every minute of it. Growing up in Greece with Nikolett really opened her eyes to the lack of knowledge there was on animal care and training. She knew one day she would help pet parents understand the needs of their dog and train them to become part of the family.
She graduated with an A.A. degree in Liberal studies and early child development. She was a teacher for 13 years and loved working with kids. Knowing her passion for animals, she became a Dog trainer and AKC evaluator and transitioned herself from teaching kids to teaching dogs. She has trained over 6,000 dogs from tiny to giant. Her degree and experience with children and parents has prepared her to help people train their dogs and trust that their pet will become a life long companion.
Her love for animals started when she was ten years old and the family adopted a poodle. Shortly after she got her own Pomeranian named Nala, then moved to the lager breeds and got a German Shepherds. As a kid she quickly learned to train these working protective breeds. he was absolutely amazing and big cuddle bugs with all the kiddos. As an adult she fell in love with the Boxer breeds. They have a wonderful Boxer named Diesel. He brings so much joy to their family. He’s very energetic and just loves playing fetch with them and and their kids.