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The Best Dog Trainers in New Mexico of 2024

David Adams

July 10, 2024

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

Jen Havens
Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Taos, Taos County, El Prado, Talpa, Arroyo Seco
For 40+ years, I lived in Monrovia CA where I founded and operated Two Dogs Pet Services, a professional pet care & dog walking company. We added puppy socialization, basic manners, and therapy dog training in 2017.I've worked as a barista, a nanny to three children, youth group director, customer service in retail stores and restaurants, and Out Patient Nurse Coordinator at Dr. Domotor's Anima...

Georgette Lombardo
KPA CTP #21163, UW-AAB
Reactive dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales in New Mexico
I received my first certification from the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior in January of 2015. Later that year, I opened my business Pawsitive Training ABQ in April of 2015. At first, I worked my corporate job part time for a year as I built the business. As more clients began to sign up, I quit the corporate job and worked full time as a dog trainer in June of 2016. Puppie...

Melissa Winkle
Certified Professional Dog Trainer- Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA)
Service dog training, In home training, Puppy training
Albuquerque in person, international via live links
Melissa Winkle, OTR/L, FAOTA, CHAIS, CPDT-KA is an occupational therapist and a professional dog trainer. She is founder and president of Dogwood Therapy Services, a human healthcare clinic and dog training facility specializing in human-animal interactions. She offers animal assisted occupational therapy, selection of pups and dogs and training for human-animal teams interested in animal assis...

Jennifer Allen
Puppy training
Jennifer is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP) and has been with Pawsitive Training ABQ since 2020. Jennifer began her career teaching classes at a facility. She gained a great deal of knowledge and experience working with multiple people and their pups. She has enjoyed competing in dog sports with 2 of her dogs.

Patricia Audibert
Puppy training, Agility training
Patricia Audibert was trained at the Connecticut K-9 Education Center in Newington, Connecticut. She has over twenty years experience handling behavior problems in canines.
Her dogs have titles in obedience, herding, and agility at the highest levels.

Stephanie Barger
Aggressive dog training, Reactive dog training
Behavior Consultant and Separation Anxiety Trainer

All my life, I wanted to do something that had to do with animals, usually dogs, and seriously considered dog training in my 20s. But, life happened and I went on to pursue other jobs or passions; all of which fed my love of learning, teaching, and helping others. Eventually, I spent several years teaching at the college level as an ad...

Jori Carns
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
Jori Pollard Carns has been training dogs with Sit Means Sit Dog Training since 2008. She is a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. She loves the sport of Dock Dogs and enjoys spending time with her six Dogs. She and her husband Sam are spending time between 3 different areas, Pueblo CO, Albuquerque NM, and Richmond VA.

We have recently added to Frenchie puppies to the family: Ricky and Lucy...

Scott Cleaver
Aggressive dog training, In home training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training
My name is Scott Cleaver and I am a graduate of Animal Behavior College where I earned my certification as an ABC Certified Dog Trainer. My commitment to this program has provided me with a formal education in canine obedience training and understanding behavior and its motives. My certification, education and experience provide me the skills required to effectively and humanely train your dog...

John Craven
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
John has been at Sit Means Sit since February 2023. He is one of our amazing Kennel Techs and has also helped as a Trainer. He hails from the great state of Colorado, and has lived in New Mexico since 2012. He loves children, animals, and a healthy competitive spirit. He‚Äôs a father of three beautiful daughters, and one brillant son. If he‚Äôs not traveling the state watching his girls play v...

Andrea Fisher
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
Andrea is an Albuquerque native, and has been training dogs at Sit Means Sit since 2016. She is a Certified Sit Means Sit Trainer, AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, K9 Caring Angels Therapy Dog Instructor & Evaluator, as well as certified in Canine first aid and CPR. Prior to being a trainer with Sit Means Sit, she was a Veterinary Technician, working locally at Veterinary clinics since 1993. ...

Laura Funicelli
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
Laura has been with Sit Means Sit since early 2023. She started as a Kennel Tech, and is now a Kennel Tech Supervisor as well as a Trainer. Laura really enjoys working with dogs, especially those who lack confidence in themselves. Her dog River, is one of the reasons she enjoys helping dogs learn confidence. Laura adopted River from an overcrowded shelter, and with some solid training with Sit...

Jeni Grant
Puppy training
Jeni Grant created Train Your Best Friend, LLC to help the family dog and their families live happily together and to help with serious issues, such as anxiety, fear, aggression, and reactivity. Jeni provides group classes, seminars, private in home consults, online sessions, and direct training sessions with your dog. Train Your Best Friend is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and also offers rem...

Jessica Harder
In home training
Jessica grew up with an enthusiastic love of animals, especially dogs, and shared her childhood with a variety of animals. In high school, she happily realized that dogs were a topic that could be studied and began doing so through the CEC Veterinary Medicine program, and as a veterinary assistant at a local clinic. She then pursued a Bachelor‚Äôs Degree in Animal Sciences from New Mexico State...

Britte Holman
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Service dog training, Puppy training
I started training service dogs in 1997 as a student trainer for Assistance Dogs of the West (ADW) in Santa Fe, NM. I continued to work with dogs as a groomer and as a animal care technician from 1999 - 2003 in Aspen and Broomfield, Colorado. In 2003, I moved to Honolulu, HI to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I graduated with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Applied Animal Biology...

Ava Howell
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
Ava is new to the state of New Mexico! After spending most of her life in Ottunwa, Iowa, she decided to take a risk and start fresh here in New Mexico. Ava is our Office Associate here at Sit Means Sit, which means she is the happy voice you hear when you call and oftentimes the first smiling face you see here at our facility! She enjoys communicating with customers and loves seeing new dogs co...

Jennifer Hunt
Puppy training
Jennifer is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP) and is the newest addition to Pawsitive Training ABQ in 2024. She is also a certified Control Unleashed instructor. Jennifer began her career in the shelter world. In her spare time, she has enjoyed roller derby, riding horses, and raising foster animals.

Danielle Kelly
Puppy training
Danielle began her journey in 2014 when she started a job at a doggy daycare and boarding facility in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Although she possessed a love for animals at a young age, it wasn't until then that she realized she wanted to make a career out of working with dogs.

Now, after years of invaluable training experiences in both pet dogs and working dogs, Danielle is ...

Carolyn Kitts
CPDT-KA
Deaf dog training, Service dog training, Agility training, In home training, Puppy training
Albuquerque, North Valley, Rio Rancho, Tijeras
20+ years training dogs, nationally certified, fear free

Brandon Liebert
Aggressive dog training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Service dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
I began my K9 training career as a Marine in the Marine Corps from 2002-2010. I started out as a Military Police Officer and quickly worked my way into becoming a K9 handler. To be considered for the K9 program you have to be in the top 10 percent of your class, hold the highest marks in all aspects of your military training, and go through an interview process with your instructors, which in...

Christian Lopez
Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training
Christian has been with Sit Means Sit since October of 2020. He started off as a Kennel Tech, then became a Trainer, and is now the Senior Kennel Tech Supervisor. Christian helps with a little bit of everything here. He makes sure all the dogs are safe, healthy, happy, and get lots of love & playtime. In addition to that, he helps out with office tasks, training, leading group classes, doing le...

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The Best Albuquerque, NM Dog Trainers In 2024

Melissa Winkle
Melissa Winkle, OTR/L, FAOTA, CHAIS, CPDT-KA is an occupational therapist and a professional dog trainer. She is founder and president of Dogwood Therapy Services, a human healthcare clinic and dog training facility specializing in human-animal interactions. She offers animal assisted occupational therapy, selection of pups and dogs and training for human-animal teams interested in animal assis...
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Jennifer Allen
Jennifer is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP) and has been with Pawsitive Training ABQ since 2020. Jennifer began her career teaching classes at a facility. She gained a great deal of knowledge and experience working with multiple people and their pups. She has enjoyed competing in dog sports with 2 of her dogs.
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Patricia Audibert
Patricia Audibert was trained at the Connecticut K-9 Education Center in Newington, Connecticut. She has over twenty years experience handling behavior problems in canines.
Her dogs have titles in obedience, herding, and agility at the highest levels.
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Welcome to New Mexico’s list of top dog trainers. The New Mexico list is based on 78 votes from the Sniffspot community. Only the New Mexico dog trainers with the top number of votes made this list. Trainers are ordered by number of votes, with Jen Havens at the top of this list with 41 votes.

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

New Mexico dog trainer services include:

Puppy training
In home training
Aggressive dog training
Reactive dog training
Board and train
Off leash training
Agility training
Service dog training
Deaf dog training
Protection/guard dog training

Dog trainers in New Mexico selflessly set pets up for success. Jen Havens shares why they chose this path: At first, to work with my own dogs in a way I felt good about after growing up learning that training and control were one and the same. Now, it's to help people understand their dogs, avoid frustration, and get the desirable behaviors while having a lot of fun!My deaf dog, 11 yrs now, needed positive reinforcement and I didn't know how to do that so I took a couple puppy classes with Paul Owens and decided I needed to learn and do more.Then I met Kat Camplin and heard about the science behind dog training and wanted more of that, too.Both were helping so many people and dogs and I wanted to learn how to do that in the same ethical and practical ways.Since meeting them both, I've brought home two more whippets and they have both made me a better trainer and continue to make me a better person.. All 33 trainers on this New Mexico list are committed to positive reinforcement. Trusted New Mexico trainer, Georgette Lombardo, uses the following methods: Methods always use positive reinforcement with a clicker to help the dogs learn the precise moment they have done a behavior the humans can reinforce. I have also used a process of counterconditioning on its own and sometimes paired with desensitization. Also beginning to use much more enrichment as a main focus of the plan. Each dog is an individual so no plan is identical to the next..

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FAQ: About the Top Puppy dog training Dog Trainer in New Mexico

Who is the leading Deaf dog training dog trainer in New Mexico?

Jen Havens has been recognized as the top Deaf dog training dog trainer in New Mexico with an impressive 41 votes in our annual contest. They specialize in Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy dog training, In home dog training, helping countless New Mexico dogs and owners reach their goals.

What qualifications does Jen Havens hold?

New Mexico’s Jen Havens is certified by , ensuring a high level of expertise in Deaf dog training. Their approach is grounded in years of experience with Deaf dog training and a deep understanding of canine behavior.

What is Jen Havens’s #1 dog training tip for owners in New Mexico?

When asked for their best piece of advice for New Mexico dog owners, Jen Havens shared: Slow down. I find that when we back the bus up, take a few deep breaths, observe before acting, and try to wait a moment, our dogs figure things out a lot sooner. Giving them time and distance is all part of the slowing down, too..

Why did Jen Havens become a dog trainer?

Driven by a passion for animals and a desire to make a difference, Jen Havens of New Mexico embarked on a career in dog training because At first, to work with my own dogs in a way I felt good about after growing up learning that training and control were one and the same. Now, it's to help people understand their dogs, avoid frustration, and get the desirable behaviors while having a lot of fun!My deaf dog, 11 yrs now, needed positive reinforcement and I didn't know how to do that so I took a couple puppy classes with Paul Owens and decided I needed to learn and do more.Then I met Kat Camplin and heard about the science behind dog training and wanted more of that, too.Both were helping so many people and dogs and I wanted to learn how to do that in the same ethical and practical ways.Since meeting them both, I've brought home two more whippets and they have both made me a better trainer and continue to make me a better person..

What is Jen Havens’s favorite part of being a dog trainer?

For Jen Havens, the most rewarding aspect of their work is One of the things that excites me most about working with dogs and their people is watching them have fun with while learning how to effectively meet their household's and dog's needs. Seeing the Ohhh! I get it now! happen thrills me!I also love meeting people and their pups where they are and teaching them how to teach their pups what they want them to do. And helping them achieve their desired relationship with their dog..

Who are other notable New Mexico dog trainers?

Who else excels in New Mexico dog training? Besides Jen Havens, other top-rated trainers include Georgette Lombardoand Melissa Winkle, who specialize in Reactive dog training and Service dog training. These New Mexico dog trainers received 20 and 17 votes respectively.

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David Adams

July 10, 2024

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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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The Best Dog Trainers in New Mexico of 2024

Jen Havens

Georgette Lombardo

Melissa Winkle

Jennifer Allen

Patricia Audibert

Stephanie Barger

Jori Carns

Scott Cleaver

John Craven

Andrea Fisher

Laura Funicelli

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Jessica Harder

Britte Holman

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Jennifer Hunt

Danielle Kelly

Carolyn Kitts

Brandon Liebert

Christian Lopez

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FAQ: About the Top Puppy dog training Dog Trainer in New Mexico

Who is the leading Deaf dog training dog trainer in New Mexico?

What qualifications does Jen Havens hold?

What is Jen Havens’s #1 dog training tip for owners in New Mexico?

Why did Jen Havens become a dog trainer?

What is Jen Havens’s favorite part of being a dog trainer?

Who are other notable New Mexico dog trainers?

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