Dog Flower is owned and operated by Meaghan Summerbell (they/them). Founded out of a love to help canines and their guardians flourish together through establishing a compassionate and fulfilling relationship, Dog Flower is a representation of how Meaghan sees the world- through a lens filtered by dogs.

Through being raised by Akitas, Meaghan has been familiarized with the instinctual drives domesticated dogs are influenced by from a young age. The care and love that was instilled by their best friends having four legs and a big bark, encouraged Meaghan to pursue a career in working with animals. When completing their Professional Dog Training course through Karen Pryor Academy, Meaghan was moved by the way that skilled positive reinforcement training procedures allow us to “talk to dogs”- something they’ve wished was possible since childhood.

Meaghan’s wide range of experience spans from working with dogs in a high capacity dog boarding, daycare, and training facility in North Portland, which they managed for years, as well as lived at as an overnight caretaker for 3 years to owning their own facility. During those 3 years they fostered hundreds of dogs through 3 different rescues organizations. From there, Meaghan co-founded a dog training app, ran a dog adventure company independently, and owned a large dog training facility in SE Portland that successfully operates to this day.

With a love of learning, Meaghan’s current credentials are always growing. At the moment, Meaghan is a current Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, Certified Trick Dog Instructor, Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, Certified Separation Anxiety Professional Behavior Consultant, and has previously been certified through the CCPDT with a CPDT-KA credential they let lapse, as they are pursuing their behavior consulting certification. Their studies included completion of the Aggression in Dogs Master Course, the Living and Learning with Animals course taught by Dr. Susan Friedman, the Fear Free Dog Trainer course, Training Across Species with Ken Ramirez, and the Dog Trainer Foundations and Puppy Start Right Course for Instructors through the Karen Pryor Academy. Meaghan is currently enrolled in the Family Dog Mediator’s L.E.G.S. course among other continuing education materials.