Who is Stardog?

Erika Slovikoski, CPDT-KA

Erika is a highly accomplished dog trainer with over a decade of experience helping San Francisco dogs and their people. 

Erika has multiple accreditations specific to dog training including:  

• CPDT-KA
• Canine Behavior Academy 2010
• SF SPCA Dog Training Internship Program 2011  

 She teaches agility, tricks and specialty classes at Golden Gate Dog Sports and is an AKC CGC & Trick Title evaluator. Erika has experience in multiple areas surrounding dog behavior & welfare including shelter management, behavior evaluations & shelter dog enrichment with Give a Dog a Bone – the custody program at SF Animal Care & Control. Her interests include reactivity prevention, basic training, fun tricks, sports foundations and nose work. Her emphasis is on compassion and fun for both dog and handler, to develop a team dynamic with fun as part of the solid foundation. Toy play, food play and social interactions are the important foundation of the relationship. Erika focuses on the use of reward-based, positive reinforcement training. 

 When Erika isn’t helping San Francisco’s dogs and their owners, she is training her own dogs. Crimes is a five year old Border x Borderpap sportmix who trains in flyball and agility, and has successfully competed in nose work, dock diving, fast cat and barn hunt. He’s a 40 pound powerhouse and loves running fast and biting toys.

Justice is a 2 year old cattle jack collie who trains in agility and flyball, he’s a 20 pound rocket ship who runs fast, jumps high and bites all the toys.