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Amanda Rietheimer

of Behavior Focus of Houston

compliments of: Amanda Rietheimer

manda Rietheimer, CDBC
Aand CPDT-KA, owns and
manages Behavior Focus of
Houston, LLC, which focuses on
modifying fearful and aggressive
behavior of animals in the Houston,
TX area. She has partnered with Dr.
Lore Haug, the only Veterinarian
Behaviorist in the Houston area, on
many cases. Rietheimer has also
donated many hours to various
rescue organizations to help
assess dogs and create behavior
modification plans for newly
adopted and/or fostered dogs.
Prior to founding Behavior Focus
of Houston in 2012, Rietheimer
was an Animal Control Officer
for 12 years in the New England
area. For three of those years, she
oversaw the animal shelter and
staff. Rietheimer shadowed many
local trainers to help train dogs at
the shelter in order to increase their
chances of being adopted. Later,
she became a police officer and was
training to become a K-9 handler
when she realized that she missed
helping animals at the shelter.

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