Casey lives in Binghamton, New York and graduated with distinction from the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior in 2008. Upon graduation, Casey assisted her training mentor and partner Steve Benjamin of Clicking with Canines in hosting KPA workshops to help other trainers develop their training careers further.

Casey has worked as the Director of Animal Behavior and Training Programs in two different animal shelters where she was responsible for creating training programs not only for dogs, but for hundreds of staff and volunteers. She has offered in-person and remote training programs for over 15 years through her business, Rewarding Behaviors Dog Training. While Casey enjoys dabbling in dog sports including lure coursing, barn hunt, and Treibball, her true passion is family dog training with a special interest in helping dogs and their owners work through complex behavior issues through training plans that are effective, empowering, and fun.

Casey combined her love of animal training and behavior with her fondness for writing and has published hundreds of articles on dog behavior and training for publishers including Karen Pryor Clicker Training, Dog Star Daily, Dogster.com, the APDT Chronicle of the dog, and the Huffington Post; in addition to contributing to a number of books as both an author and editor. You can find some of Casey’s published work in “Better Together: The Collected Wisdom of Modern Dog Trainers,” and in the first two volumes of “The Dog Trainer’s Resource.” Casey is currently working on a book about compassionate palliative end of life care for dogs.

Casey is a past board member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and has presented seminars and conferences throughout the country for clubs and organizations including Maddie’s Fund Shelter Medicine Conference at Cornell University Veterinary Hospital and the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Conference.

When she’s not working, you can find Casey out in the woods with her dogs or at home knitting, baking, reading, or playing video games.