Carolyn Clark
About me
- First name
- Carolyn
- Last name
- Clark
- Summary
Carolyn Clark has a background in education. She has taught elementary school in Ottawa and, at the college level, has taught classes in the continuing education department at Algonquin College and the Carleton Board of Education. She is a guest lecturer at the Veterinary Technician Course at Algonquin College. Carolyn has a BA in psychology and an MA in pastoral groupwork, as well as an Ontario Teachers Certificate.
- Bio
Carolyn has a passion for teaching animals and people. Her own animal companions have included fish, horses, birds, and dogs—and a garter snake called Snavely. With her toy poodle, she earned the first of several obedience titles in 1967. Awards and shows with her Doberman pinschers, English cocker spaniels, and a German shepherd followed. Carolyn taught classes for many years for the Bytown Dog Obedience Club. She taught her own classes under the name Carolark (Care for the Ark). Carolark was one of the first three schools in Canada to teach puppy classes following Dr. Ian Dunbar's Sirius Puppy Training protocols. In 1992, Carolyn turned her hobby into a successful fulltime business, founding the Centre for Applied Canine Behaviour in Kanata (Ottawa). In 1994, Carolark and the Centre for Applied Canine Behaviour became the first fully clicker training school in Canada; the school is featured in Karen Pryor’s Puppy Love video.
Carolyn gives seminars and workshops for pet owners and instructors in Canada, the US, Scandinavia, and Japan. She is proud to be an associate of Turid Rugaas of Hagan Hundeskole and International Ring of Trainers. Carolyn was a presenter at Karen Pryor’s first two clicker conferences, the precursors to ClickerExpo. A graduate of the Bailey and Bailey operant conditioning courses, Carolyn is honored to have been a teaching assistant for Bob and Marian Bailey during four summers.
Carolyn is a charter member of APDT, a founding member of CAPPDT, and a life member of the Canadian Kennel Club.
- Services offered
Family classes for puppies, Good Manners group classes for dogs of all ages (basic to advanced levels), Rally Obedience classes, private lessons, social skills classes, behaviour counsultations, workshops and seminars
Contact information
- Street
- 600 Eagleson Road
- City
- Kanata
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
- Phone number
- 877-763-6664
- Website
Facility & Location Information
- Directions
Center for Applied Canine Behaviour
600 Eagleson Road Kanata (Ottawa), Canada (CA)
Driving directions
From highway #417 take Eagleson Road south to Carolark:Centre for Applied Canine Behaviour, #600 Eagleson Road. (on the right immediately after Kelly Funeral Home—in same building as Habib Custom Woodwork and Lambden Window and Door)
From highway #401, take highway #416 north to end then west on #417. Follow directions above.
- Hotels & Lodging
Ottawa International Airport Airport shuttle service - 613-721-1404
Comfort Inn Ottawa-Kanata
222 Hearst Way Kanata,Ontario
613-592-2200(one block south of #417, take Eagleson exit south, over the #417, turn right at the lights and right again onto Hearst Way, past Colonial Furniture)
To Carolark: right on Eagleson Road, continue south about 3.5 km to #600 on the right immediately after Kelly Funeral Home (in the same building as Habib Custom Woodwork and Lambden Window and Door)
Best Western Barons Hotel
3700 Richmond Road Nepean, Ontario
613-828-2741(from #401—Kingston, Cornwall, US—take #416 north to Acres Road exit, to Richmond Road south through the third traffic light and turn left directly into hotel parking lot)
from Montreal, take #417 west, exit Richmond Road/Bayshore exit, take Richmond Road south, through fifth traffic light and left directly into hotel parking lot
To Carolark: left out of parking lot, continue on Hazeldean Road to Eagleson Road, turn left. Continue on Eagleson to #600 (on the right immediately after Kelly Funeral Home—same building as Habib Custom Woodwork and Lambden Window and Door)
- Veterinarians Nearby
Bridlewood Animal Hospital
701 Eagleson Road, Kanata (Ottawa), Ontario
613-599-6447
History
- Member for
- 3 years 2 weeks