About Positive Dog Training and Animal Actors

Positive Dog Training & Animal Actors

Positive Dog Training & Animal Actors, LLC is the Silver Spring business of Carol Rosen, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) who lives in Silver Spring with her family, three cats and three dogs.

Animal actors

For almost 30 years, Carol Rosen has trained and handled animal actors, including dogs, cats, birds and small mammals, for national and local TV, feature films and print ads. Her credits include on-set work for House of Cards on Netflix, a Nat Geo Wild promo, public service announcements for DOT 811 and USPS, a 2024 Maryland Lottery spot with an Irish Wolfhound, and a promo for the Fox show Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service. Animal actors in her gallery include Monty, a Jack Russell Terrier.

Training background

She has also trained competition obedience dogs as well as assistance and therapy dogs. Her writing covers shaping behaviors, training complex behaviors and training behaviors for a production job.

What to ask

Ask whether she takes on pet owners for private training, what a production booking involves, and how she describes her training philosophy.