About Us

Founder Laura Dorfman, CPDT, has been living with and loving animals her whole life. In 1990, while attempting to make peace in the house with her 6-month-old beagle Kona, she was introduced to traditional dog training. She decided she was not going to hurt her puppy in the name of dog training. It was against everything she believed about coexisting with other sentient beings.

After using her own training — love, respect, patience and a lot of management — she was introduced to positive training. Kona was never a recipient of the official kind of positive training, but she forged the path. This peaceful, positive commitment to teaching dogs and their guardians how to live with respect and fun is dedicated to Kona.

kona's touch, inc., is devoted to teaching lessons of love. We are dedicated to dogs never being hurt in the name of training.

• CPDT (Certified Pet Dog Trainer)
• Level 2 graduate of the Peaceable Paws Intern Program, Hagerstown, MD
• Peaceable Paws Affiliate
• Attended seminars by Jean Donaldson, Trish King, Kathy Sdeo, and Karen Pryor.
• APDT Conference 2004
• Clicker Expo 2006 and 2007
• Member APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers)