Sydney Warner

Sydney has lived in Hampton Roads, VA since early 2000. She has always loved animals and as a child wanted to be a veterinarian. She has shared her life and home with dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, and rodents. She discovered her passion for helping dogs with behavior concerns after adopting her first shelter dog in 2010 while volunteering at her local SPCA. Though she had grown up with dogs, she learned through working with Wesley how important it is to better understand the species you choose to live with. She, like many of the pet parents she now consults with, was working off misinformation and miscommunication with her dog.

Sydney began working with Clever Critters in 2012 after founder and Associated Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, Ellen Mahurin, recognized Sydney’s strengths and invited her to join the team. When Ellen began making plans to move out of the Hampton Roads area, she knew that Sydney would be the perfect person to take over Clever Critters!

Sydney’s focus has been on dogs needing behavior modification due to aggressive behavior in addition to advocating against the use of labels and breed stereotyping. More recently Sydney has become very passionate about cooperative care with pets for veterinary and grooming procedures. Her foster-fail, Miko, has been a tremendous training partner for improving the skills of this new passion.