About Angela Meglio Animal Training and Wellness

Angela Meglio Animal Training and Wellness is a one-person, fully insured practice whose published service area runs from Litchfield County, Connecticut and Berkshire County, Massachusetts across Columbia, Dutchess and Greene counties in New York and down to New York City, plus virtual work anywhere. Dutchess County is one of the priced areas, at $140 per session. The site's tagline is "Train without Pain."

What is on offer

Four services are published. In Home Dog Training is "One on One In-Person instruction, training program tailored to you and your dogs' needs and follow up notes after each session," with the owner required to be present for the first session. Virtual Dog Training is the same thing over Google Meet. Canine Behavior Consulting is the substantial one: behavior modification for "Fear, Anxiety, Stress and Aggression towards Humans and Other Dogs," packaged as a behavior assessment file, a virtual consultation, a review of vet records, a basic nutrition consultation, a letter to the vet or veterinary behaviorist, and a recording of the consultation if the client wants one. The site says "All behavior cases considered." Canine Nutrition Consulting is sold separately in basic and in-depth packages, each including a 45-minute consultation, a review of vet records and current diet, and a written nutrition file.

How the training is framed

The methodology is stated as a boundary rather than a preference: "She does not use tools such as E Collars, Prong Collars, Choke Collars or other aversive tools." The behavior work is framed around Applied Behavior Analysis, with the aim of "changing your dogs' behavior instead of suppressing it with fear and intimidation," and the site carries a separate Ethics and Methodology page. The practice states over fifteen years working with animals and thousands of dogs trained.

Credentials

This is the only trainer in the metro that publishes a dated certification history, and it is long: IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (2024), IAABC Accredited Dog Trainer (2023), CCPDT Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed (2016), Certified Professional Canine Nutritionist through the Feed Real Institute (2024), Low Stress Handling University Silver (2022), Fear Free Certified Animal Trainer (2021), Pet CPR and First Aid (2021), and Basic Canine Specialist with the International Boarding and Pet Services Association (2013). She is an AKC Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Evaluator, number 95550, and a professional mentor for Animal Behavior College. Every one of them is a claim made on her own site.

Where it works

The site describes the practice by the areas it covers, so ask whether it reaches your town.