Tena Parker has been working with dogs for over 15 years. She earned her Master’s Degree in Education and her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology (with a “minor” in Physics, just for fun) from Sarah Lawrence College and is the head trainer for and owner of Success Just Clicks Dog Training. She is a nationally Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), a nationally Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), is a member of the APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), is a Certified APDT C.L.A.S.S Evaluator (and instructor), and is a Certified AKC Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R. Puppy Evaluator.

Tena finds continuing education vastly important in the ever-evolving world of dog training and attends seminars, conferences, expos, and participates in webinars and online classes often. She firmly believes that the book knowledge and hands on experiences she gains doing continuing education allows her to be an exceptionally effective trainer due to her ability to be creative with challenging situations.

Tena’s background in education has played a critical role in how she runs her classes, develops her curricula, and works with her individual students. Her deep understanding of how humans learn allows her to teach dog owners how to be very skilled trainers and teach them how to continue to help their dog. Students quickly learn that having fun is an important part of how she teaches classes and interacts with clients. If training is not enjoyable, it’s not likely to happen but if everyone involved enjoys the process, it’s much more likely to be worked on and refined.

Tena shares her life with four dogs—Shayne, Rio, Oswin, and Alfie. Shayne, Rio, and Oswin have competed in canine sport events throughout OH, NY, PA, CT, and MD—Rally-O, Scent Work, Agility, Lure Coursing.   All three have been extremely successful in World Cynosport Rally-O and have all made the national rankings several times. All of them have put down many perfect scores over the years, but the best compliments that Tena receives are how happy the dogs look to be working and how much fun they look to be having (along with those perfect scores and blue ribbons)! They have such an ever-growing list of accomplishments, that as soon as they are written, they are practically out of date.  Alfie is a new addition who will be pursuing Therapy Dog work and Crisis Response work, since that is her calling and Rio will need to retire soon!