3D Dogs Consulting, LLC offers private in-home and virtual training/behavior consultations for all ages and dog breeds. Dena Dickerson has over 40-years of experience training various canine sports and rehabilitating rescued dogs. She is an internationally recognized professional research biologist and animal behaviorist, retired director of the USACE canine program, an award-winning dog trainer, and a certified Fear Free Animal Trainer. Dena is a frequent consultant for animal shelters, veterinarians, and MSU College of Veterinary Medicine because of her extensive experience and skills with canine behavior modification. Dena specializes in fearful, aggression, reactive, and multi-pet cases. Only positive reinforcement methods used.

 

Certifications:

 

Designations: CPDT-KA, LLA Professional, MS

 

Job Title: Research Biologist/Trainer/Canine Behavior Consultant

 

Training Equipment: Only force free, positive reinforcement, fear free techniques used. Primarily use marker/clicker training. NO prong or shock collars ever.

 

Training Philosophy: Training happy dogs and building better relationships with our dogs through scientifically proven, positive training techniques. Positive training makes positive dogs.

 

Locations Served: Jackson, MS metro area and central MS for in your home sessions. Virtual sessions also available for anyone.

 

Dena Dickerson (CPDT-KA), owner of 3D Dogs Consulting LLC, is a certified dog trainer with the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC), AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) evaluator, and AKC Trick Dog evaluator. She has completed many courses with some of the top trainers and behavior experts in the world. Her master degree study was in animal behavior. Her professional research focus was on sea turtle and marine mammal behavior. Dena has had a menagerie of many animal species as pets her entire life which developed her interests in animal training and behavior from an early age. She started training and showing horses and dogs at a young age and her professional life has always involved animals. For 36 years, she was employed as a research biologist and animal behaviorist for the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center where her animal studies took her all over the US and throughout the world including Hawaii, Guam, Marianna Islands, Mexico, Canada, Germany, India, Australia, Costa Rica, and Brazil. She is recognized internationally as a sea turtle expert but her behavior studies have also included West Indian manatees, right whales, Beluga whales, crocodiles, gopher tortoises, and many other endangered species. She has also studied native village dogs in India and feral dogs in Brazil. She has been awarded many US Department of Defense awards for her animal studies and was named the 2010 MS Wildlife Federation Conservationist of the Year. Dena also developed an award-winning canine program for the USACE to eradicate nuisance birds inhabiting lock and dams by using trained border collies. Since her first rescued dog when she was 17, Dena has been an avid dog rescue advocate and has personally rescued and rehabilitated over 250 dogs from a wide range of serious, life-threatening situations including neglect and abuse. For some of these same dogs, she has achieved top level and national titles in various dog sports such as agility, obedience, rally, and tracking. After retiring from the USACE, she formally established 3D Dogs Consulting LLC to provide full-time consulting for specialized services in dog behavior modification and training. Dena lives in Jackson, MS with her husband on their 40-acre hobby farm with many rescued and special needs animals, three horses, chickens, tortoises, and a pot-bellied pig trained to do tricks and agility.