Highlights
- B.S. in Psychology and Zoology
- Authored 48 books about animal training
- 41+ years experience as a professional animal trainer
- 15+ years publishing articles, news columns, guest speaking at pet expos, radio shows, and TV shows
Experience
Miriam Fields-Babineau is a world-class pet professional. She is an animal trainer, book author, content writer, and owner of a pet resort. A professional author since 1986, she has written articles for pet care and training periodicals, newspaper columns, popular pet websites, and published 48 books for countless notable publishing houses including Barron’s Educational Series and John Wiley and Sons.
Ms. Fields-Babineau has provided trained animals for media productions since 1983 for TV programs, commercials, and movies such as War of the Worlds. Her commercial clients include Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, History Channel, NBC, and more.
Since 2003, she has trained dogs to be service animals for people who are deaf, disabled, or emotionally challenged. All training is done using positive reinforcement; motivating animals into learning how to reason, respond to cues and become great companions. In 2000, Ms. Fields-Babineau created a line of positive reinforcement dog training tools for dogs who have high reactivity and behavioral disorders.
She resides on a mountain farm in Virginia with her family, 3 beloved horses, 2 well trained cats and all the other animals that stay for good care and training.
Education
Ms. Fields-Babineau has a B.S. in Psychology and Zoology from the University of Maryland, and an A.S. from Pine Manor College
