about justine bendickson

Justine is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP). They have a bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Olaf College in Minnesota, a course certificate in animal behavior and welfare from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and are working towards their masters in Applied Animal Behavior and Welfare from Virginia Tech.

Since 2007 Justine has operated Enrichment and Beyond Animal Care, and Enrichment Consulting, which they founded. Justine has been teaching Dog Latin classes at Kenwood Animal Hospital since 2016, and works with private clients virtually and in person. Before that Justine was an intern at the Humane Rescue Alliance in Washington, DC. They started training with Dog Latin when their German shepherd dog, Argos, was showing reactivity to dogs and strangers.

In addition to work with dogs, Justine has care and behavior training experience in zoos and aquariums, serving internships at the Wings of Wonder Bird Show in Cincinnati, Ohio; the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston; and the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley.