What People Are Saying
- Behavior Consults »
Our pitbull was so aggressive with strangers that we couldn't take him out of the house and we thought we would have to put him down. After two private sessions with Dr. Yin, we learned that his aggression was fear-based, and we could modify his behavior. Now he enjoys going for walks and meeting new people!
Yaffa Schkloven-Williams
- Books and Products »
This is one of the best pieces of training equipment brought to the public in the last 30+ years. Not only is the device designed so that the average public consumer can operate it effectively, the instructions that accompany the MannersMinder are just outstandingly well presented. This product applies sound principles of learning and makes it clear.
Mary Lee Nitschke
mnitschk@linfield.edu
Professor of Psychology
Linfield College, Portland, Oregon
Animal School Services
AnimalSchoolServices.com- Training Classes »
Sophia Yin’s classes aren’t just basic obedience, but they teach and apply the science behind animal learning. They have changed the way we interact with our dogs on a daily basis.
Michele Laurenson, DVM
- Speaking Engagements »
Dr. Yin is an enthusiastic, concise, natural speaker who knows her subject well. She has an amazing depth of well-edited videos and slides to illustrate examples of animal behavior and how to shape it. She kept our attendees spellbound for several evenings and two weekend days, regardless of whether they were new to the field or had done a great deal of animal training. Word of mouth spread and even more people came as the weekend wore on.
Linda Shipman 2/16/06
Golden Retriever Club of America
Western Regional Director
Public Education Committee Chair
- Teaching and Volunteer Program »
I have never had another class where I gained such a large amount of practical knowledge. I am now a veterinary student at UC Davis and have the opportunity to use the knowledge bestowed upon me by Dr. Yin for many things from medicating patients and introducing inpatient horses to a scale for the first time to loading client horses into trailers. I have a better sense of the real reasons animals behave the way they do when we are convinced they are behaving out of spite or out of stupidity. I feel that I possess the most important knowledge a veterinarian can posses because having a diagnosis is worthless unless you are able to gain trust from your patients to perform a treatment procedure. Dr. Yin always said she ran her courses like vet school classes, but they were so much more useful than any vet school class I have yet to encounter.
Sara Sammons
BS Animal Science- UC Davis 2005
Comparative Pathology MS candidate-UC Davis
DVM candidate-UC Davis 2010
