Steve Visuddhidham, otherwise known as Steve the dog trainer has gone unrecognized for many years but has been one of the most consistent dog trainers in the industry. He started with dogs at 11 yo. bringing home strays to work and rehabbing them, many with life threatening injuries. As with most kids growing up in the inner city, Steve found himself getting in trouble but found dogs to be a good way to stray from negative around him.
At 12 years of age, Steve was hooked and knew what he wanted in life, TO WORK WITH DOGS. Working with strays gave him a sense of pleasure but he wanted more out dogs and as things would turn out, his parents would eventually purchase him an American Bulldog puppy which coincidentally on the day of picking up his pup led him to meet his mentor AL BANUELOS. Steve and Al would eventually go onto title-ling the first 3 American Bulldogs in breed history as well as guiding the breed towards its step's in becoming a respected working breed in the Sport of Schutzhund (German Protection Sport) and introducing the breed to standards not known of at the time like OFA'ing (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) which advise, encourage and establish control programs to lower the incidence of orthopedic and genetic diseases.
Steve would eventually take his experience and open Prestige Dog Training in 1994. Through his company, he has successfully trained over a thousand dogs for everyday people but has been blessed to have trained dogs for many celebrities likes of Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Malcom Jamal-Warner and Tisha Campbell-Martin as well as supplying dogs for motion pictures (HEAT) and music videos. Through his contacts in the dog training world, he partnered with Artemis Pet Foods and helped launched the super-premium dog food where he learned about the pet food industry, manufacturing and retail operations, eventually opening his own retail store (Prestige Pet Nutrition) specializing in holistic pet nutrition. In the midst of all this, he happened to author a book on the American Pit Bull Terrier (Kennel Club Books) and is writing his second book hesitantly titled "The Real Breeds of Purposes"
His passion for dogs as has taken him into the world of politics, where he helped form BREED and BREEDMAGAZINE. Dedicated to helping educate the Breeds of Purpose to the world and fighting bills like SB861 which plans in abolishing the Pit Bull breed as well as 25 other breeds named in the bill.
As we look into the present and future of Steve the dog trainer, he's constantly working in bettering himself. He is again working in the Schutzhund world which gave him his first break. Look for App's for your mobile phone to help train your dog as well as trying to hit the big time by pitching a TV show idea in the format of BREEDLIFE. More books and a possible video game idea is in the works as well.
A multi-talented dog trainer, retail owner, with experience in manufacturing and distributing as well as a devoted father. Steve the dog trainer!
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