PRIME Your Dog! is the name of my private behavioral practice, based in Boston, where I have lived since 1985. (My family is from East Tennessee; I am an Air Force brat.) I invite you to read through the information on this site and contact me with any questions you may have about your dog’s problem behavior. If I don’t think I can help you, I will tell you, and will try and refer you to someone who can help you. I am the first Applied Behaviorist to earn a Master’s of Science degree at Simmons College in Applied Behavior Analysis with an animal specialty. My undergraduate degree is from Lesley University, where my major was Intercultural Communication. I like to think my degrees give me a special ability to communicate the science of behavior to humans; this is my passion, and I love to teach it.