Bonding with Nicole V. Cramer

Her dog refused to let a customer leave the store, and the owner admitted she was right to.

Nicole V. Cramer is a certified dog trainer with over 200 pounds of dog living in her house: Liesel, a giant schnauzer mix, and Ruthie, a Great Pyrenees mix, both livestock guardian breeds bred to think for themselves rather than take orders. She knows way too much about reading a dog’s instincts, including the time Liesel refused to let a store customer out of her sight, and the store owner later confirmed the dog had been right about them. The same instincts got the girls through an unplanned face-off with a bear on a hiking trail, no training required.