Learn a rewarding and fulfilling career helping animals and people

Become a dog trainer.

Learn from expert dog and people trainer Pamela Chandler how to succeed as a dog trainer with pragmatic and easy to learn hands-on skills that help both pups and their owners to have a mutually respectful and rewarding relationship.
Dog Trainer Knowledge Certification (ADTK)

The Foundation

Learn all the essentials of life stages, dog breeds, body language, and different learning modalities to develop an expert knowledge base for becoming a dog trainer.  Pamela has distilled her twenty year career in dog rescue and training work with thousands of behavioral needs dogs and committed pet owners into an easy to learn set of lessons and education plan.   
  • 100+ training videos
  • 22 Lesson Plans and Assessments
  • Study Guides
  • ADTK - Academy Dog Training Knowledge Certification
Dog Handler Certification  (ADHC)

Dog Handler Certification - 3 Day Workshop

Our 3-Day Dog Handler Certification workshop is an intensive, hands-on course designed to turn you into a confident dog handler. Over one weekend, you'll work directly with professional trainers and training dogs to master the fundamentals of dog handling in real-life situations​. 

This course emphasizes learning by doing – from leash techniques to behavior management – so that by Sunday, you’ll walk away with practical skills, real experience, and an official certification to show for it.
  • ADHC - Academy Dog Handler Certification
  • Leash Handling Mastery: Learn safe and effective leash-handling techniques to maintain control and confidence during walks​.
  • Dog Handling & Control: Develop proper dog control skills (sometimes called “control work”) for managing dogs of various sizes and temperaments​
  • Collar Selection & Usage: Understand how to choose and correctly use different types of collars and training tools – from standard collars to e-collars – as part of your handling toolkit​.
  • Real-World Training Techniques: Practice techniques for addressing on-leash behavior issues (like pulling or reactivity) in real time, and learn how to apply training fundamentals during handling​.
Dog Trainer Certification (ADTC)

The Trainer Academy

Once you have mastered The Foundation you are ready to apply for our hands-on immersive Trainer Academy. In this twelve week program you get to work directly with Pamela Chandler and her certified instructors helping to train behavioral needs dogs. 

You will be working hands on with dogs and learn how to help correct unwanted behaviors from simple things like learning not to jump on strangers to more challenging leash reactivity problems and everything in between.
  • ADTC - Academy Dog Trainer Certification
  • An opportunity to work alongside master trainer Pamela Chandler solving real world dog training problems with actual customers and dogs.
  • Weekly lectures, hands on training sessions, and collaboration and discussion with peers.
  • Develop mastery of leash skills, dog control work, e-collar training, and myriad of other tools and techniques.
  • Learn how to reliably asses, diagnose, and correct canine behavioral issues. 
  • Learn how to develop daily training plans and protocols specifically tailored to each dog's personality and behaviors.
  • Learn how to communicate with dog owners and develop effective training plans for them to follow.
  • Learn the business basics of starting your own dog training business.

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