About Us
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Elizabeth Catania PhD, CCFT
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I am a Certified Canine Fitness Trainer (CCFT) and have a PhD in Neuroscience. I have studied a range of topics including the development of brain areas regulating emotion and stress responses and the function of animals’ sensory systems. I’ve been training and competing and titling dogs in a variety of sports for the last 12 years. I decided to become a CCFT in order to keep my own dogs fit and avoid injuries in the dogs sports that we love to play. I found that I use fitness training everyday, even when training puppies or keeping my senior dogs happy and sound. Now, I want to share my knowledge and the joy that fitness work can bring with others.