Aggressive Dog Training Orange County

Temecula, CA (951) 698–7818
Santa Monica, CA (310) 815–1358

About Leonard Ludovico

Work Experience

1980-Present

Dog Psychology center.

My obsession with dogs began at an early age. I started working with dogs when I was six years old. At the time, my brother Tommy, was taking our dog Wendy, to Griffith Park, for dog training and basic obedience. Wendy would dash off during training class, with my brother and the trainer wildly chasing after her. I had to sit on the bench and watch. I made a promise to myself: One day, I would work with dogs, but do it more effectively. From then on, I thought about different ways to work with dogs. Their behavior fascinated me, and I began to learn their body language and what it meant.

When I was eighteen, I worked full time, as an animal technician for a veterinarian. This gave me a chance to learn how to handle a lot of different animals, going through pain, sickness and trauma. I found animals to be pure, honest, and trustworthy.

I began developing new and effective approaches to working with fearful dogs.I recognized that these were and are the dogs that frequently become aggressive and extremely difficult to handle.

Since then, I have handled more than 80,000 dogs during the last 25 years. I specialize in helping rehabilitating fearful and aggressive dogs.

My love of dogs, led me to study wolves. I spent weeks in New Mexico living with wild wolf packs to understand animals and "the pack mentality". I noticed how the pack leader would train and control the other wolf pack members, with no voice, no shouting, no pinch collars, calmly and effectively. I began to model my training technique after those used by wolves in the pack. I learned from the pack leader, how to behave toward dogs like the Alpha dog of their pack. A dominant wolf may roll and push over to the ground, a bratty, pushy subordinate wolf. Or the dominant wolf will use eye contact to cast a misbehaving wolf down. The pack members learned very quickly what was and was not acceptable behaviors. The more I modeled my training on this pack mentality, the faster and more naturally, dogs I was training were learning.

Still unable to let it go, my obsession with animal behavior led me to Africa, where I was trained by the Maasai Tribe in the Kenya bush. A Maasai master animal shaman walked with me and the big five--Elephants, Lions, Rhino, Cape Buffalo, and Leopard. I learned how to be one with myself and one with wild animals. If I didn't learn how to be one with the animals, I would have been eaten.

Returning from Africa, I traveled to Thailand, where I was trained at an elephant camp and had the opportunity to work with cobras and crocodiles in the wild.

Back in Southern California, I applied what I had learned to the new Dominant Dogs program. I use my new understanding to successfully train any dog, any age, and any aggression level-- even puppies.

I am able to return your dog to his natural, happy, confident self with impeccable manners, and an ability to communicate that wasn't there before. I treat your animal as if it is my own beloved pet. I have dedicated my life, heart and soul to the rehabilitation of animals and their owners, bringing the animal back to their true animal self. Bringing people back to their true gift and destiny.

I always say that as the owner's belief system changes, the dog will change. What I figured out, was that we are putting our human belief system into the dog, and that's why the dog Loses his animal self and does not know how to interact with his own kind. When the dog loses the animal, he loses his stability. That loss of stability is at the center of dog behavior problems. If the dog can't trust you, he isn't going to respect you. If he doesn't respect you, he isn't going to listen to you or follow you. This is what working with both wolf packs and wild animals showed me.

I love working with dogs and people. I love watching dog and human body language and what it means. Working with animals, taught me how to read human body language and work with people.

The intuitive information that I was getting, in order to work with dogs, was overwhelming me. I didn't know how to manage what I was being given. All gifted teachers, need good master teachers. I found an excellent transpersonal psychologist who became my teacher, mentor and spiritual coach. He showed me how to manage my gift. I went back to school and began taking classes in transpersonal psychology, and hypnosis. I was trained to work with people and became certified in transpersonal psychology and hypnotherapy.

1990-Present

Transpersonal Psychology (People)

Professional Credentials

Certifications, Education & Training,

▪ California Bar Test Taking Specialist.
▪ Specialist in Teaching You to Find Your Own Voice or Gift.
▪ Expert in Reading People's Body Language.

▪ Advanced Certification, Training in Treatment of Panic Attacks.
▪ 2003, Essential of Mastery, Business Principles, Interviewing, Motivation
▪ 2002, Advanced Certification, Medical Transpersonal Psychology
▪ 2001, Master, Advanced Certification, Transpersonal Psychology
▪ 2001, Advanced Certification, Clinical Hypnosis, Sexual Abuse Victims
▪ 1998, Certification, Emergency Room, National Guild
▪ 1998, Certification, Pain Management, Stress Management
▪ Licensed, Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, for 20 years.
▪ Licensed, Certified, Specialist in Past Life Regression.
▪ 1998, Certification, Emergency Room Hypnosis, National Guild of Hypnotists
▪ 1998, Certification, Pain Management, Stress Management, National Guild of Hypnotists
▪ 1999, Advanced Certification, Transpersonal Mind Psychology
▪ 1999, Advanced Certification, Past Life Studies, Dreams and Metaphors
▪ 2001, Master, Advanced Certification, Transpersonal Mind Psychology
▪ 2001, Certified Massage Therapist
▪ 2001, Advanced Certification, Clinical Hypnosis
▪ 2002, Advanced Certification, Medical Transpersonal Psychology
▪ 2003, Advanced, Certification, in Stress Management
▪ 2003, Essential of Mastery, Business Principles and Interviewing,

All my life experiences are now being put to use in 2011 to help you and your animal companions. After all, understanding the energy between you, others and your pet, is a life-changing experience. I hope to meet you and your pet on this pathway to discovery.