Susy is the owner of Dogs-in-the-Hood Training in Manhattan. She offers private in-home training, teaches all the Good Dog classes in Manhattan, and coordinates Good Dog’s visitation program in Manhattan. In her practice, Susy uses positive, gentle techniques that are fun for dogs and their people. She is one of a limited number of Certified Pet Dog Trainers (CPDT), and one of the first trainers to be registered as a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator.
Susy has worked with The Good Dog Foundation since its very first class and is now the director of training and program. Susy trains Good Dog teams in Manhattan and accompanies volunteer teams into health care, social service, and educational facilities to coach them through their first visits. As the senior member of Good Dog’s training and coordination team, she provides guidance to the other Good Dog trainers and coordinators.
Susy lives in Manhattan with her dog-photographer husband and three much photographed dogs.
Susan Fireman is an award-winning dog obedience trainer, teacher, and writer. She is based in Columbia County, New York, where she teaches all levels of dog obedience from puppy classes through American Kennel Club (AKC) Utility competition.
Susan has worked with law enforcement, search and rescue, and assistance dogs. She has recently traveled with Diane Bauman, author of Beyond Basic Dog Training, in the United States and Canada offering dog obedience seminars. Susan has put 13 AKC obedience titles on her dogs, has many first placements and High in Trials, and has finished two breed champions.
Her German Shepherd dog, American/Canadian champion Nunzio, just completed his AKC Utility Dog Excellent (UDX) title, and her American/Canadian champion, Sergey, is being shown for his UDX. Nunzio has been nationally ranked seventh in his AKC class.
Susan currently writes a column for a Connecticut newspaper, the Lakeville Journal, on the benefits of animal training for humans and their companion animals. Her dog Solanina, who recently died, was the hospice dog at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, New York.
Before Susan’s transition to full-time dog trainer she was senior vice president, director of broadcast at Benton & Bowles, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. She has trained dogs for many years and became interested in dog training as a full-time career while producing television commercials for Gravy Train dog food.
