Meet Canine Trade Group – Fountain City Dog Training’s exclusive support team

John Van Olden – President/CEO – Canine Trade Group 

John is a recognized and respected member of the canine professional community, and the president of Canine Trade Group.  He started the company in 2010 to provide professional development, peer support, administrative, marketing and back office support for an exclusive network of invited professional dog trainers, who are all highly successful, independent, business owners. 

His more than 30 years of experience began in the military and continued to grow as he started the very first dog training franchise in the country, K-9 Advantage, becoming one of the earliest members of the International Association of Canine Professionals, eventually serving on their Board of Directors. 

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Cristin Ellis – Operations Manager

Cristin trained and competed in dog agility for ten years, with her Golden Retrievers, Rocky and Hunter. She currently owns three Border Collies, Sike!, Elsa and Phineas. Sike! was Cristin’s first dog to display major behavioral issues like resource guarding, anxiety, and aggression, so she began studying training methods, expanding her knowledge base from agility training to behavioral training.

After becoming Canine Trade Group’s Operations Manager, Cristin had the opportunity to work beside John Van Olden and learn even more about how the canine mind works. She’s an avid supporter of CTG’s methods and can attest to the training’s effectiveness from personal experience.

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Dr. Karen Usselman V.M.D. – On Staff Veterinary Consultant

Dr. Usselman is originally from western New York, attended Cornell University and then the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia.  She graduated in 1996 and joined Brenford Animal Hospital in May 1996.  She is currently a partner with the practice.  Dr. Usselman enjoys working with dogs and cats.  She is particularly interested in internal medicine, ultrasonography, behavior and dentistry.  She serves as the treasurer of the Delaware Veterinary Medical Association and has taught in the Delaware Technical College Vet Tech program.  Dr. Usselman is married to Dr. Jeff Booth and has two children, three dogs and a cat to keep her busy at home.

 

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