She has been involved in animal welfare and protection organizations on the international stage, including serving as an Advisory Board Member of RedRover and a National Ambassador for American Humane. Stilwell created the Victoria Stilwell Foundation, whose mission is "to provide financial support and canine behaviour expertise to assistance dog organisations and small animal rescue shelters while promoting the concept of reward-based, positive reinforcement dog training philosophies in organisations and households throughout the United States." With a particular fondness for rescue animals in need of behavior rehabilitation, Stilwell devotes much of her time and energy to a number of animal rescue organizations around the world, serving as a behavior adviser for shelters in Atlanta, New York, the UK and Hong Kong while giving regular seminars on the subject of dog rescue, training and rehabilitation. Stilwell is currently certified by the Animal Behaviour and Training Associates, and is a longtime member of the US Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). In 2010, she created Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Training, a global network of positive reinforcement dog trainers dedicated to positive reinforcement techniques and behaviourists. Stilwell rejects dominance-based, traditional training techniques, instead, promoting positive reinforcement techniques. Stilwell has become an advocate of positive dog training.
She then expanded her focus to dog training and after moving to the United States with her husband in 1999, Stilwell co-founded several dog training companies up and down the East Coast. Within a month she was walking 20 dogs per day: 10 in the morning, 10 in the afternoon, and immediately recognized the need for qualified professionals to help her clients with the training process.
In order to supplement her income as an actress, Stilwell's veterinary nurse sister suggested that she start a dog walking agency. She received a BA honours degree in Theatre from Middlesex University. Stilwell originally trained as an actress, playing roles in Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992, ITV1's The Bill in 1994, and onstage in London's West End theatre, as well as several commercials and voiceovers.
She is the Editor-In-Chief of the website, the founder and president of the Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training & Behavior, the CEO of the Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Training (VSPDT) network of dog trainers, and other dog behavior institutions. She is a leading proponent of positive reinforcement-based dog training tools and methods to provide pet behavior advice instead of traditional methods which typically employ multiple approaches including the use of pain, fear and intimidation.
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Stilwell has appeared as a pet behavior expert in and/or served as a producer on several international TV series including Dogs Might Fly (Sky TV), Dogs With Extraordinary Jobs (Smithsonian Channel), and Greatest American Dog (CBS), and is best known as the star and creator of the dog training TV show It's Me or the Dog.
Victoria Stilwell (born 20 July 1969) is an English author and television presenter.
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