Karuna Animal Behavior Therapy, LLC is an animal services business in Elizabeth City, N.C. offering dog training, animal reiki, and end of life pet doula services for animals and the people who love and provide care for them. We offer unique choice-based, positive solutions to living together with less frustration and worry, cultivating interspecies cooperation and agency, either in-person or virtually.

KABT teachers are professionally certified in science-based teaching and training methods that encourage caregivers and their animals to partner together as a team, humbly learning from one another and developing a deeper, more compassionate way of connecting and being together and with others. We invite you to consider a new perspective on how easy and fulfilling it can be to live together in flow with your animal, enjoying time together that is fulfilling and enriching for all.

Combining fresh science-based animal training methods and behavioral learning theory with supportive energetic healing techniques such as animal reiki, Karuna Animal Behavior Therapy clients and their animals can develop a new understanding of one another and a mutually beneficial partnership toward habits and behaviors that make life together less stressful, more convenient and safe, and perhaps most importantly, happier and more fun!

Paula Ford is the owner of Karuna Animal Behavior Therapy, LLC. She is a professional, certified dog trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, animal reiki practitioner and teacher of the distinctive Let Animals Lead® method by Kathleen Prasad, and University of Vermont certified Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula offering owners and their pets non-medical end-of-life support. Based in Elizabeth City, NC , KABT offers in-person and virtual services.