Understanding Fido offers clients a variety of positive, rewards-based training options occurring in the home or in the community. Our goal is to work alongside clients to improve their dogs' skills and confidence...and to strengthen the bond between the dogs and the humans who love them.

Amy is a graduate of Clemson University and of the Medical University of South Carolina. Her degrees and career prior to being a dog trainer focused on observation, assessment, and shaping of behaviors and skills. She spent decades educating and collaborating with her colleagues, clients, and their families which refined her communication skills and her team approach. Now, her “non-dog” career continues to be an invaluable experience from which she draws as she supports her training clients and their dogs holistically.