animal
Owners
Visit our Services pages to proactively prevent unwanted behaviors and resolve behavior problems in a humane and positive way.
animal training & CARE
Professionals
Learn about the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior course in Chicago.
Veterinary
Professionals
Learn why you can entrust your clients to Animal Behavior Training Concepts.
What Do You Want Your animal to Do?
Whether it’s walking politely on the leash, greeting visitors with a paw shake instead of a flying leap, or letting you know when he needs to go outside, Animal Behavior Training Concepts can help you teach your dog to do it.
Our private sessions and day training in-home services range from puppy foundations to advanced good manners to customized individual programs for dogs and families with specific needs.
Laura also collaborates with veterinary and veterinary behavior professionals to help dogs (and their owners) overcome specific behavior challenges, including fear, anxiety, and aggression.
It's You and the animal
Animal Behavior Training Concepts celebrates the human-animal bond—and our positive reinforcement training method fosters it. Laura serves as Karen Pryor Academy faculty and is a Certified Training Partner, Certified Professional Dog Trainer, and an AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator. She is committed to the most humane application of behavioral science to the challenges faced by companion animal owners.
About LAURA
Photo courtesy of Erica Torelli Photography
Founder and training director Laura Monaco Torelli has been training dogs, horses, birds, and their people in Chicago since 2004. She began her career in 1991 in the zoo and aquarium community and brings to companion-animal training the same fun, humane, effective, and scientifically sound approach used to train marine mammals and other exotic animals. She is faculty for the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior, of which she is also a graduate, and serves as a teaching assistant for Dr. Susan Friedman's Living & Learning with Animals online course. Laura has a rich breadth of experience that include not only multispecies training but also advanced teaching and communication skills. Her International travels expand her passion to teach individual seminars as well as for respected organizations and conferences.
Be One of Our Happy animal Teams
In Chicago, we offer one-on-one training in your home. Virtual services are offered worldwide.
Read testimonials from our animal teams, as well as other training and veterinary professionals, here.