Caden Cristopher (Chrissi Schranz), Faculty (Foundations, Electives)
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Caden (he/they), CCUI, is a dog trainer, writer and traveler currently based in Mexico. Caden has been fond of dogs of all sizes, shapes and personalities for as long as they can think - especially the so-called difficult ones. After training the dachshund of their early teenage years in traditional ways at their local obedience club, they learned about clicker training and got hooked on motivational methods. Their work days are spent doing the things they love most: thinking about languages, writing, and teaching pet dog manners and life skills to human and canine clients. Caden's German-language puppy book "Nur Mut!" was released in 2017 under the name Chrissi Schranz, followed by their recall book "Komm zu mir!" in 2018. Caden loves working with people and dogs, and training, playing and hiking with their Malinois Game and as of late, podcasting on "Our One Wild and Precious Lives (and Our Dogs)".
Caden's blog can be found on https://adventuredogsanarchy.com/ .
Pronouns: Caden goes by he/they, but feels the need to add that they have never met a pronoun they truly liked. In their ideal world, they'd have the option to opt out of the concept of gender altogether: N/A.
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