Lisa Triggs, MSc, SDC, CPDT-KA, CCUI
Lisa has over 30 years of exotic and domestic animal training experience. Her passion and dedication to animals is infectious. She grew up on the east coast with a house full of cats and dogs. While attending college, she worked at several vet offices and a cat and dog boarding facility. She trained her first dog to be a therapy dog and visited nursing homes each week. In her senior year of college, Lisa’s mom sparked her passion for marine mammals when she invited Lisa for a day long behind the scenes at the New York Aquarium (NYA). When Lisa graduated, with a Bachelor of Arts in Animal Behavior, she started working full time at the NYA training a variety of critters including walrus, seals and sea otters. In 1996, Lisa left the east coast for the Pacific Northwest and a job training animals (polar bears, walrus, beluga whales, arctic foxes, seals, sea lions and sea otters) at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. In 2008, she returned to school to obtain a Master’s of Science in Biology. In 2018, Lisa left the zoo world to concentrate on her own animal training business.
Lisa has dabbled in many dog sports but finds the most joy in treibball, agility and trick training. She has titles on various dogs including the AKC Canine Good Citizen, Treibball and advanced Trick titles, as well as Champion titles in agility. Lisa and her animal-loving husband moved back to the east coast in 2022, to North Carolina, and share their home with 5 dogs.
Lisa is currently a professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT), a Certified Control Unleashed Instructor and a Cooperative Care Coach. She is an active member, instructor and judge for the National Association of Treibball Enthusiasts (NATE). She is the Chairperson of NATE’s Competition Service’s Committee as well as a current Board member. She has also served on the Board for the Rainier Agility Team in Washington state. Lisa just recently became a CPE agility judge and enjoys traveling to clubs to assist in the handler/dog agility journey!
Lisa Triggs, MSc, SDC, CPDT-KA, CCUI
Lisa has over 30 years of exotic and domestic animal training experience. Her passion and dedication to animals is infectious. She grew up on the east coast with a house full of cats and dogs. While attending college, she worked at several vet offices and a cat and dog boarding facility. She trained her first dog to be a therapy dog and visited nursing homes each week. In her senior year of college, Lisa’s mom sparked her passion for marine mammals when she invited Lisa for a day long behind the scenes at the New York Aquarium (NYA). When Lisa graduated, with a Bachelor of Arts in Animal Behavior, she started working full time at the NYA training a variety of critters including walrus, seals and sea otters. In 1996, Lisa left the east coast for the Pacific Northwest and a job training animals (polar bears, walrus, beluga whales, arctic foxes, seals, sea lions and sea otters) at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. In 2008, she returned to school to obtain a Master’s of Science in Biology. In 2018, Lisa left the zoo world to concentrate on her own animal training business.
Lisa has dabbled in many dog sports but finds the most joy in Treibball, agility and trick training. She has titles on various dogs including the AKC Canine Good Citizen, Treibball and advanced Trick titles, as well as Champion titles in agility. Lisa and her animal-loving husband moved back to the east coast in 2022, to North Carolina, and share their home with 5 dogs.
Lisa is a Certified Control Unleashed Instructor, a Cooperative Care Instructor and a Service Dog Coach. She is an active member, instructor and Judge for the National Association of Treibball Enthusiasts (NATE). She is the Chairperson of NATE’s Competition Service’s Committee as well as a current Board member. She has also served on the Board for the Rainier Agility Team in Washington state. Lisa is a CPE agility judge and enjoys traveling to clubs to assist in the handler/dog agility journey!