Siobhan Flaherty

DENVER, CO

Siobhan was born in Washington, D.C. and spent her younger years living in Maryland, China, and South Korea. She then moved to Golden, Colorado in 2001. Siobhan has always been passionate about animals of all kinds. She grew up around animals ranging from lizards and rodents, to ferrets, dogs, cats, and horses. Siobhan attended Colorado State University and majored in Equine Science. While attending CSU, she took a horse training class during which she fell in love with training animals.

Siobhan worked several years in the horse industry before becoming a dog trainer. Dogs
have always been an important part of her life, although not all her dog experiences were positive ones. At the age of two, Siobhan was attacked by a food aggressive dog, which resulted in 10 stitches in her face. Her family’s dog was also food aggressive, so she grew up thinking that all dogs would bite while they were eating. However, that did not change her love for them one bit.

At age 13, Siobhan got her own dog, who would be her best friend, companion, and rock for the next 16 years. Wanting to be a responsible dog owner, she took her Lab mix puppy, Hershey, to a pet store for training. Hershey was the best dog in the class, but as soon as Siobhan took her out into “the real world”, Hershey was a nightmare. She would pull on the leash, show aggression to dogs that walked past, and would run away if she got loose. Hershey’s bad behavior improved later in life but never went away completely. Siobhan always felt like there had to be a better way.

When Siobhan found Lorenzo’s Dog Training Team, she knew she had finally found the dog training solution she had been looking for. When she joined the team, she adopted her current dog, Titus, and feels his puppy stage would have been disastrous with any other training method. She and Titus spent 8 weeks in Cleveland learning from Lorenzo and other trainers on the team. She is excited to bring Lorenzo’s Dog Training Team to the Denver area. Siobhan loves that she gets to help teach dog owners how to live in better harmony with their canine companions. As she works towards her goal of becoming a Master Trainer, she looks forward to keeping dogs out of shelters, educating dog owners, and giving back to these amazing animals which have given her so much.

Siobhan enjoys spending time with her family, riding and training her horses, and hiking with Titus.