Bill Eastwick, CPDT‑KA
Owner & Lead Trainer

Bill is a certified professional dog trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. With a focus on difficult behavior cases, he has become a Behavior Specialist with extensive hands-on experience in behavior modification, rehabilitation, and shelter work. He has worked with dogs across a wide range of behavioral challenges, including reactivity (human and dog), resource guarding, fear and anxiety, impulse-control issues, post-incident recovery, and much more.

He is also certified in canine CPR, first aid, and traumatic injury response through the MSPCA’s Nero’s Law Course. This allows him to assess your dog not only from a psychological perspective, but a physical one as well, enabling him to identify potential causes that other trainers and behavioral professionals may miss.

His background includes long-term behavior modification cases involving desensitization and counter-conditioning, confidence building, and socialization, as well as work with high-risk and high-liability dogs in collaboration with shelters and Animal Control. He regularly handles evaluations, dog–dog testing, adoption support, and in-home assessments, and is trusted with complex cases other organizations and trainers were unable to handle. As a combat veteran and firefighter of 20 years, he thrives in high-pressure situations.

His leadership experience in the military, fire service, and shelters, has given him the necessary skills to train and mentor volunteers, coach handlers on reading canine body language, and help adopters, fosters, and guardians understand and manage behavior safely and effectively. His approach is practical, ethical, and evidence-based, with a strong emphasis on welfare, clarity, and realistic outcomes for both dogs and people, and without judgement.

He is committed to doing the work thoroughly, thoughtfully, and with respect for each individual dog, and to continuing his professional development in applied behavior and training.