Hi! 

DOGSPEED is me, Kaia Wilson (she/her they/them). I am a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), Certified Separation Anxiety Pro Behavior Consultant (SAP-BC), & Family Dog Mediator (FDM) who has been working with dogs professionally since 2013. I have high hopes for changing the way people see and understand our (captive) canine comrades! 

My mission as a dog trainer is to provide human dog guardians with a clear understanding of how dogs learn, techniques and protocols for affecting behavior using fun, compassion-centered methods, and to support the human side of the relationship while we go on this journey together.

I firmly believe in putting yourself in their paws.  Treat your dog as you would like to be treated - I apply this golden rule to my own dogs and my dog clients. 

Alongside dog training I am also a lifelong musician. I am still active in with my band that started in 1993, Team Dresch, alongside other collaborative and solo music projects. I am a nerd about: ping pong, anything everything nature/wild, training my dog Pocket to do dance moves with me, cooking vegan/vegetarian and having friends come over for various taste tests!

I live in Portland, Oregon with my 2 dogs, Pocket (a border collie rescue who has the most sublime submissive smile) and Lirael (a chihuahua mix who was born feral & who doubles as a fawn), as well as seasons-based-cyclically: box elders, stink bugs, various spider species, and mice; all of these animals get gently transported outside except the spiders, who are rad to live with.