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The Best Dog Trainers in New Jersey of 2024

David Adams

July 10, 2024

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This is a list of the top dog trainers in New Jersey, based on votes from the Sniffspot community and the general public.

Jaime Caponetta
ABCDT, ACBC-IAABC
Aggressive dog training, Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training
Monmouth County, NJ
I'm Jaime Caponetta, IAABC Certified Canine Behavior Consultant and the proud owner of Pawsome University. My most important title, however, is Mom. I have 2 small boys and 3 amazing rescue dogs, who I consider to be my actual children. I started out in 2016, working as an animal care attendant at my local SPCA. In 2017, I started Pawsome Walks - my first company that focuses on pet care with a...

Cassi Bee
CPDT-KA
Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, Service dog training, Agility training, In home training, Off leash training, Puppy training
South Jersey, Central Jersey, Philadelphia
Originally from New England, I now live in NJ with my partner and our cattle dog mix, Bugsy. I am a positive reinforcement dog trainer who works to help dogs better understand their people, and people to better understand their dogs using upbeat but important training plans focusing on foundation, reinforcement and pattern building. I also really enjoy teaching tricks and sports (for fun!) to t...

Nicole Levien
Agility training, Puppy training
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Wallington, Paramus, Englewood, Teaneck, Leonia, Fort Lee, Fair Lawn, Edgewater, Hackensack, Bergenfield, Wykoff, Ridgewood, Mahwah, Tenafly, Montvale, Westwood, Ramsey, Closter. Lodi, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, Dumont, Waldwick, Oradell, Cliffside Park, Palisades Park, Glen Rock, Rutherford, Montclair, Bloomfield, Clifton, River Edge, Oakland, Franklin Lakes, Allendale, Alpine, Cresskill, Demarest, Emerson, Franklin Lakes, Hasbrouck Heights, Lyndhurst, Maywood, Midland park, North Arlington, Saddle River, Cedar Grove, Caldwell, Nutley, Hoboken, Jersey City, Secaucus, Weehawken, West New York, Paterson, Pompton Lakes,
WE have a staff of qualified trainers with years and years of experience will all breeds of dogs. Our mission is to help you fall in love with working your dog and participating in fun activities with them.

Lyz Knight
IAABC-ADT, CPDT-KA, Fear Free Certified Professional
Reactive dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Vernon Township, NJ. Sussex County, NJ. Warwick, NY. Plus remote work across the country
Lyz is an Accredited Dog Trainer, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, and a Fear Free Certified Professional who has been working with dogs and their people since 2016. She loves working with puppies and with guardians of nervous and reactive dogs to help them see their dogs blossom into confident, comfortable pups. Lyz is passionate about making good training accessible for pet guardians no ...

Kelly Fahey
PMCT3, Fear Free Certified Trainer, Certified SAPro Trainer, Family Dog Mediator
Puppy training
Kellie is a certified professional dog trainer, certified a separation anxiety specialist, and is the founder of PupScoutsOfHunterdon.Her journey to work with animals started when she was eight years old with her first for each project, raising rabbits. As she grew older, her animals got bigger Goats, cattle, and horses and it was nothing to see her walking her show cattle on lead, teaching the...

Andrea Just
Certified by Animal Behavior College
Deaf dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Mercer County
Hometown is Hoboken, NJ. Currently living in Central NJ. I worked in corporate America for many years as a marketing manager and event planner. When it no longer was gratifying for me, I did some soul searching and followed my love for animals, especially canines. I graduated from ABC with Honors and started my own business in 2015 - Waggly Tails Dog Training. Best decision I ever made.

Grace Heck
2022 UKI Master's Series National Champion, WAO Team USA 2022 Alternate
Agility training, Puppy training
The Hounds of Heck facility is located in Stockton, NJ. All classes, privates, seminars, and events are held at this location.
Grace is the owner and founder of Hounds of Heck. She started in Agility with her Mixed Breed dog Riley, and now competes with 3 Border Collies (Finnick, Rue, and Ember). Grace's loves getting the opportunity to travel the world and compete with her dogs! Grace and Finnick are the 2022 UKI US Open Masters Series National Champions, and were selected as Alternates for the 2022 WAO Team USA.

Andrea Kilkenny
CPDT-KA certified trainer and also a Canine Good Citizen evaluator through the American Kennel Club
Aggressive dog training, Reactive dog training
Andrea Kilkenny has been an animal lover since she was a child. Over the last two decades, she has shared her home with cats and dogs. In addition, foster dogs and foster cats have come to live with Andrea and her own personal pets, gaining basic training, social skills, and/or physically healing from illness or injury.She entered the animal welfare field as a shelter volunteer in 1996, eventua...

Stephanie Kowalewski
M.DIV., CPDT-KA, Certified AKC CGC Evaluator
Puppy training
Lawrence Township, NJ
Stephanie has been professionally training dogs for over 15 years. Upon earning her Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, Stephanie felt that her true calling was working professionally with dogs and made her passion into her profession. She trained under some of the top trainers in New Jersey, and was an instructor at the nationally recognized St. Hubert's Dog Training Schoo...

Michelle Coleman
animal behavior certified, obedience certified, Training
Agility training, In home training, Off leash training, Puppy training
hamilton, mercerville, manchester, princeton
Went to West Virginia to a school that taught dog training spent 3 months working with all sorts of dogs an all sorts of training. track training , working dog training , bite training obedience training behavior training. This was however more then 30 years ago. I only teach leash walking an behavior (mild) as i am now 70 years old an don't do much training anymore.

Laura Harris
Fear Free Certified
Aggressive dog training, Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, Agility training, In home training, Puppy training
Philadelphia, Southern NJ, Central NJ, Northern NJ
Hi! I'm Laura. Thanks for coming to meet me! I have been training and working with animals for 23 years. I started with rehabilitating abused track horses that had come to our barn for rescue and placement. After retiring from working with horses I began to work with dogs. I have always been focused on positive experiences and outcomes for the animals I train. It is easy for us as humans to se...

Ken Macleod
Certified KPA CTP- FDM L.E.G.S. Certified Family Dog Mediator
Reactive dog training, Puppy training
Hoboken NJ
Ken, owner and lead trainer at MPP. A graduate of the distinguished Karen Pryor Academy, KPA, he also holds a certification in L.E.G.S. Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation and more.. Ken's belief is simple Positive reinforcement is vital...it can make the difference between a dog that is living from a dog that is living engaged. Love, Praise, Reinforce. Repeat.

Amanda Steffy
None provided
Reactive dog training
Born and raised in Northern NJ, Amanda had a plethora of animals to take care of growing up. It was inevitable that she would take interest in a career working with animals in some way. In school, Amanda gravitated towards math and science so becoming a veterinarian was naturally the way to go. She worked hard through her high school and college years to make this dream happen. Amanda ultim...

Nancy T
ABCDT, CPDT PVMA award recipient
Aggressive dog training, Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, In home training
I am a certified trainer and canine behavioral specialist for the past 14 years with a true passion for working with dogs I started my business Peace In The Pack to help dogs with behavioral issues to learn, understand and to become confident and peaceful I love to work from the canine's point of view to help them learn from their perspective It always works!I call my dogs my teachers and ...

Lindsay Chrisitnzie
ABCDT, AKC Evaluator
Aggressive dog training, Reactive dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Suburban/ Urban/ Agricultural
My name is Lindsay Christinzie and I've been training animals since 2012. At a young age I first set my eyes on a marine mammal trainer training with positive reinforcement in hopes to one day work with dolphins. With an educational background in Marine Biology and Psychology, I realized quickly that working with dogs could provide me so much more than marine mammals ever could. I lent my skill...

Lisa Deo
CPDT-KA, CCPDT
Reactive dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Somerset County
Volunteer St Hubert's Animal Welfare

LYNNE PETERMANN
CERTIFIED DOG TRAINER
Puppy training
NORTHERN NJ. WAYNE, POMPTON PLAINS, CLIFTON
The Pooky Professor was established after having trained my own reactive dog. "Pooky" had many behavioral problems as a pup such as fear aggression & resource guarding. I wasn't giving her back so I had no choice but to deal with her issues. I found I really enjoyed training & decided to persue this as a career. So I guess you could say my life has "Gone to the dogs!" Puppies do not come with i...

The Best Trenton, NJ Dog Trainers In 2024

Jaime Caponetta
I'm Jaime Caponetta, IAABC Certified Canine Behavior Consultant and the proud owner of Pawsome University. My most important title, however, is Mom. I have 2 small boys and 3 amazing rescue dogs, who I consider to be my actual children. I started out in 2016, working as an animal care attendant at my local SPCA. In 2017, I started Pawsome Walks - my first company that focuses on pet care with a...
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Andrea Just
Hometown is Hoboken, NJ. Currently living in Central NJ. I worked in corporate America for many years as a marketing manager and event planner. When it no longer was gratifying for me, I did some soul searching and followed my love for animals, especially canines. I graduated from ABC with Honors and started my own business in 2015 - Waggly Tails Dog Training. Best decision I ever made.
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Grace Heck
Grace is the owner and founder of Hounds of Heck. She started in Agility with her Mixed Breed dog Riley, and now competes with 3 Border Collies (Finnick, Rue, and Ember). Grace's loves getting the opportunity to travel the world and compete with her dogs! Grace and Finnick are the 2022 UKI US Open Masters Series National Champions, and were selected as Alternates for the 2022 WAO Team USA.
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Welcome to New Jersey’s list of top dog trainers. The New Jersey list is based on 737 votes from the Sniffspot community. Only the New Jersey dog trainers with the top number of votes made this list. Trainers are ordered by number of votes, with Jaime Caponetta at the top of this list with 265 votes.

Our rankings include trainers certified by CPDT-KA and CPDT-KA. They also specialize in Puppy training, In home training amongst other training programs.

New Jersey dog trainer services include:

Puppy training
In home training
Reactive dog training
Aggressive dog training
Agility training
Deaf dog training
Off leash training
Service dog training

Dog trainers in New Jersey selflessly set pets up for success. Jaime Caponetta shares why they chose this path: Big rescue advocate and I was tired of seeing many dogs euthanized because on staff trainers couldn't handle the issues. I wanted to give people hope that big behavioral issues are fixable and that rehoming isn't necessary!. All 17 trainers on this New Jersey list are committed to positive reinforcement. Trusted New Jersey trainer, Cassi Bee, uses the following methods: Behavior consults for behavior modification plans; sports sessions run on a program..

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FAQ: Meet the Top Puppy dog training Dog Trainers in New Jersey

Who are the top Puppy dog training dog trainers in New Jersey?

Our top-rated trainer, Jaime Caponetta, has earned 265 votes for their outstanding work in Aggressive dog training. Alongside them, Cassi Bee and Nicole Levien have also made a significant impact amongst New Jersey pets.

What motivates New Jersey dog trainers?

Jaime Caponetta became a dog trainer because Big rescue advocate and I was tired of seeing many dogs euthanized because on staff trainers couldn't handle the issues. I wanted to give people hope that big behavioral issues are fixable and that rehoming isn't necessary!/. Similarly, Cassi Bee and Nicole Levien have unique motivations, with I had a variety of pets in my childhood and was drawn to dogs and horses at an early age. After participating in a 4H group that focused on dog training and AKC shows, that fueled my fire to learn more about animal behavior and teamwork between dogs, horses and their handlers. andTo help people and their dogs find their joy in participating in sports together. driving their passion.

What is Jaime Caponetta biggest tip?

For Jaime Caponetta, the best tip is to: No dog needs a heavy hand and every behavioral issue can be fixed with positive reinforcement!.

What do New Jersey trainers love most about their work?

Jaime Caponetta finds the greatest joy in Helping families find peace with their dogs and have the amazing relationship they both want. Explaining what the dog needs to the pet parent, watching it all click and then see the dog succeed when the changes are made is probably one of my most favorite aspects, while Cassi Bee and Nicole Levien cherish The connections I am able to help to create and strengthen between dogs and their humans., and The connections I am able to help to create and strengthen between dogs and their humans., respectively.

How do you become a certified trainer in New Jersey?

All the top trainers in New Jersey have earned certifications like ABCDT, ACBC-IAABC, demonstrating their expertise in Puppy dog training, 9226, Reactive dog training, 6200, In home dog training, 4608, Aggressive dog training, 2090, Deaf dog training, 1275, Agility dog training, 720, Off leash dog training, 654, Service dog training, 128 and beyond.

Why are these certifications crucial in New Jersey?

Qualifications like CPDT-KA ensure that each trainer is equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to address a wide range of behavioral issues, from Aggressive dog training to Deaf dog training.

How do their methods differ?

New Jersey’s Jaime Caponetta describes their method as: All Positive Reinforcement Behavioral Training - I focus on getting your dog to a happy and healthy state and less on cues and distractions. No bandaids or management training! I offer free consultations, questionnaire prior to first session, assessment, behavior modification plan, homework, and written resources.. Meanwhile, Cassi Bee says: Behavior consults for behavior modification plans; sports sessions run on a program.. As you can see, there are diverse approaches to Aggressive dog training in New Jersey.

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David Adams

July 10, 2024

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About the author

David Adams is a man of many passions, but his love for dogs stands above all. He is not only a dog lover, but also the founder of an innovative platform called Sniffspot. This unique platform connects dog owners with private property owners who are willing to rent out their space for off-leash playtime. While the idea of Sniffspot was initially conceived by his wife, Rebecca, David has been the driving force behind its remarkable success, tirelessly overseeing its growth and development. David's dedication to providing safe and enjoyable spaces for dogs to play, explore, and socialize is evident in his unwavering commitment to Sniffspot. He strongly believes that dogs need ample space and opportunities to stretch their legs and have fun. As a result, he has worked tirelessly to build a network of private property owners across the country who share his vision and are willing to offer their space for the benefit of dogs and their owners. Despite his busy schedule, David always finds time to indulge in his passion for the great outdoors. He loves nothing more than exploring new hiking trails and embarking on thrilling outdoor adventures. Whenever he is not working on Sniffspot, he can often be found hiking or visiting multi-acre fenced sniffspots with his two beloved dogs, Soba and Toshii. He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys the fresh air, breathtaking scenery, and the sense of freedom that comes with being in nature. David is based in Salem, MA.

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What motivates New Jersey dog trainers?

What is Jaime Caponetta biggest tip?

What do New Jersey trainers love most about their work?

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Why are these certifications crucial in New Jersey?

How do their methods differ?

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