Colleen Paige

Colleen Paige is considered one of America's leading Pet & Family Lifestyle Experts. She is an animal behaviorist, dog trainer, pet lifestyle expert, entrepreneur, creative business consultant, pet savvy interior designer, writer, photographer, author of The Good Behavior Book For Dogs (Rockport/Quarry Books), mother, wife and the brainchild behind a plethora of worldwide trending holidays, such as National Dog Day, National Cat Day, National Puppy Day, National Pet Day, National Wildlife Day and many more.

Colleen is the daughter of award winning actor Robert Paige and has been a contributing expert for DogTime.com and OK! Celebrity Magazine. Her highly sought-after advice ranges from pet and wild animal behavior to interior design, pet fashion, animal nutrition and as a former Paramedic, pet + child safety.

Her expertise and lifesaving projects have been shared in scores of popular national publications, such as Cesar's Way, HSUS All Pets, The American Dog, Fido Friendly, Modern Dog Magazine, Dog Fancy, Animal Wellness, Coastal Living, Country Home, The Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Total Health Magazine, People Pets, The Denver Post, People Magazine and many more.

Colleen’s lifesaving mission to create holidays such as National Dog Day, National Cat Day and National Puppy Day, have not only helped to save millions of unwanted pets in the last ten years but the social media buzz is practically palpable, with these days consistently trending #1 worldwide on Twitter, as well as with Google and Yahoo trends.

Some of Colleen’s latest holiday creations include National Beach Day, a philanthropic day to encourage beach clean-up parties around the globe and National Living Room Day to celebrate the place in the home where the most memories are made. Both of these days have a mission to help support philanthropy based charities.

While Colleen's holidays were born in the USA, they have now expanded internationally, being celebrated in countries such as the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Spain, Guam, Scotland and many more. Additionally they have been celebrated by countless shelters and rescues and promoted by celebrity supporters such as Taylor Swift, Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul, Seth Meyers, Susan Sarandon, Jackie Evancho, Hilary Swank, Josh Groban, Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Fallon, James Franco, Jordin Sparks, Lou Dobbs, Lance Bass, Demi Lovato, Russell Wilson and many more.

In addition to Colleen's popular holidays, she's also the owner of TheWeddingDog.com, a boutique wedding firm that caters specifically to “people weddings” that include pets.

Colleen currently resides in Southern California with her family and a menagerie of rescued pets.