Diana Rapa is a CPDT-KA (Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed), a Professional Member of the APDT (Association of Professional Dog Trainers), and a CGC (Canine Good Citizen) Evaluator. She has also completed both levels of the Canine Behavior Academy with Trish King, and attended seminars by Dr. Ian Dunbar, Suzanne Clothier, Debbie Jacobs, and attended an online course by Karen Pryor. She continually researches and stays current on the most modern, science-based training methods.
In 2010, Diana founded The Perfect Dog rescue. Since then, her rescue has saved, rehabilitated, and re-homed an average of 100 dogs per year from local kill animal shelters. Diana specializes in special needs dogs, both behaviorally and medically. She’s worked with deaf, blind, feral, fear aggressive, leash reactive, “red zone” dogs, to name a few. Her rescue group saves dogs of ALL breeds, but with a focus on border collies, chihuahuas, and pit bulls.
Diana is also involved in Agility training with three dogs, and competes with two them in USDAA.
Prior to teaching dog obedience classes, Diana worked at a doggy daycare for 3 years, where she handled up to 30 dogs on her own of all breeds, ages, and sizes.
Diana started teaching obedience dog training and puppy classes at Petco in Morgan Hill, CA in 2012. Her passion is not only in rehabilitating shelter dogs, but also teaching pet parents the canine language, so that pet parents can better understand and communicate with their dogs and develop a great, compassionate, fun, and positive relationship with their dogs.
