Meet Victoria Schade
Victoria Schade is an author, speaker, and dog trainer known for her upbeat approach to living and working with dogs. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Reader’s Digest, The Bark, and many dog-specific publications. Victoria has worked on Animal Planet’s annual Puppy Bowl special for the past twenty years, and appeared on two seasons of the Animal Planet show Faithful Friends. She has served as a pet expert for Petside, Pet360, petMD, PawCulture and Chewy, writing training and behavior content and appearing in educational videos.
Victoria shares her 1850’s always-in- need-of- renovations home with Millie the Smooth Brussels Griffon (who wants you to know that she is not a skinny pug), Boris the chug, the occasional foster pup, and her incredibly tolerant husband, Tom.
The Journey So Far
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2000
Left corporate job to pursue a career in dog training.
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2006
Worked on Puppy Bowl III
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2006
Created training DVD New Puppy! Now What?
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2008-2009
Appeared on Animal Planet TV show Faithful Friends
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2009
Published Bonding with Your Dog
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2009
Opened brick and mortar pet supplies shop Life on the Leash
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2010
Started writing for PetMD and other pet websites
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2014
Published Secrets of a Dog Trainer
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2018
Published Life on the Leash
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2020
Published Who Rescued Who
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2021
Published Lost, Found, & Forever
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2022
Published Dog Friendly
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2022
Celebrated 17 years as the lead trainer on Puppy Bowl
