Here are a list of some of our favorite trainers. Be sure to inquire about discounts for shelter and rescue adoptions, as most offer them! Please be sure to read about the importance of training.

Maryland Trainers

New Jersey Trainers

New York Trainers

Pennsylvania Trainers

Virginia Trainers

West Virginia Trainers

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Maryland Trainers:

• B-PWSITV Good Manners Training
  Karol Kennedy
  In home training, covering the Panhandle of WV and Hagerstown, MD
  
  Website: http://bpwsitv.com/karol.php
  
  Email: http://www.bpwsitv.com/contact.php
  
  Phone: 703-409-1926

• Blue Ridge K-9 Academy
  Blue Ridge Summit, PA (near Emmitsburg, MD)
  
  Website: http://www.blueridgek-9.com
  
  Email: blueridgek-9@hotmail.com
  
  Phone: 717-794-2717

• Burkhart, Betty
  Baltimore County and Carroll County, MD
  
  Phone: 410-256-4262

• Canine Clique
  Kiely Kyte
  Baltimore, MD
  
  Website: http://www.thecanineclique.com/index.htmlm
  
  Email: trainme@thecanineclique.com
  
  Phone: (443) 295-3647

• Coventry School for Dogs
  Ruth Chase
  Columbia, MD
  
  Website: http://www.thecoventryschool.com
  
  Email: coventryschool@verizon.net
  
  Phone: 410-381-1800

• Good Dog Inc.
  Bethesda, MD
  
  Phone: 301-656-6360

• Humane Domain
  Debbie Winkler, CABC, CPDT-KA
  Sykesville, MD
  
  Website: http://humanedomain.net/
  
  Email: deb@humanedomain.net
  
  Phone: 410-549-1135

• Kinder Pup
  Severn, MD
  
  Website: http://www.kinder-pup.com
  
  Email: tebi@comcast.net
  
  Phone: 410-255-6695

• Oriole Dog Training
  Baltimore, MD
  
  Website: http://www.orioledogclub.org
  
  Phone: 410-565-6651

• Pawz for Health
  Janet Oquendo, CPDT-KA (will come to your home)
  Baltimore, MD to Washington, DC metro area
  
  Website: http://www.pawzforhealth.net
  
  Phone: 410-299-1013

• Peaceable Paws
  Pat Miller
  Hagerstown, MD
  
  Website: http://www.peaceablepaws.com
  
  Email: info@peaceablepaws.com
  
  Phone: 301-582-9420

• Ruck, Dorothy (will come to your home)
  Columbia, MD area
  
  Email: dorothy_ruck@yahoo.com
  
  Phone: 410-707-2815

• Jody Broughton CPDT-KA
  Social Tailwaggers, LLC

  Animal Training and Behavior Consultant

  Puppy Specialist

  (240) 882-4765 

  jodybroughton@gmail.com

  www.socialtailwaggers.com

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• You Silly Dog
  Alisa Peters, CPDT-KA
  Positive dog trainer and CPDT-KA in Baltimore, offering classes and private lessons in Baltimore City and County.
  
  Website: http://www.yousillydog.com
  
  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/You-Silly-Dog-LLC/176605134205
  
  Email: alisa@yousillydog.com
  
  Phone: (443) 625-9866

• Your Dog's Friend
  Debra Ekman, ABCDT
  Classes with dogs are at 12221 Parklawn Dr in Rockville, MD. The free workshops (without dogs) are at Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Rd, Potomac, MD
  
  Website: http://www.yourdogsfriend.info
  
  Email: administrator@yourdogsfriend.info
  
  Phone: (301) 983-5913

New Jersey Trainers:

• Cindy Mauro Dog Training
  Cindy Mauro, CPDT-KA (will come to your home)
  Bergen County/Northern NJ; Orange/Rockland Counties NY
  
  Website: http://www.cindymaurodogtraining.com/
  
  Phone: 973-728-8691

• Jersey Dog Trainer
  Renee Premaza, CDBC
  Southern New Jersey
  
  Website: http://www.jerseydogtrainer.com/
  
  Email: renee@JerseyDogTrainer.com
  
  Phone: 609-280-9338

New York Trainers:

• Cindy Mauro Dog Training
  Cindy Mauro, CPDT-KA (will come to your home)
  Bergen County/Northern NJ; Orange/Rockland Counties NY
  
  Website: http://www.cindymaurodogtraining.com/
  
  Phone: 973-728-8691

Pennsylvania Trainers:

• Blue Ridge K-9 Academy
  Blue Ridge Summit, PA (near Emmitsburg, MD)
  
  Website: http://www.blueridgek-9.com
  
  Email: blueridgek-9@hotmail.com
  
  Phone: 717-794-2717

• Coursey, Marta W., CPDT
  Hanover, PA
  
  Email: mwcrsu@aol.com
  
  Phone: 417-476-2449

• Dream Dogs LLC
  Melinda Berger, CDBC, CPDT
  Bucks County, PA; eastern Montgomery County, PA
  
  Website: http://www.dreamdogsonline.com/
  
  Email: dreamdogsllc@verizon.net
  
  Phone: 215-906-9229

• Wet Noses Dog Training
  Roseanne Foy, APDT
  Lancaster, PA
  
  Email: WetNosesdt@aol.com
  
  Phone: 717-367-3317

• I Teach Dogs
  John L. Ford, APDT
  West Chester, PA area; services a 100 miles radius of Philadelphia and beyond.
  
  In home dog trainer. Over 20 years experience, training over 3000 dogs.
  
  Website: http://iteachdogs.net/
  
  Email: john0128@comcast.net
  
  Phone: 610-692-9387

• K-9 Training & Behavioral Therapy
  Patricia Bentz, BS, MBA, CDBC, CPDT
  Philadelpia, PA area
  
  Website: http://www.k-9training.org
  
  Email: pabentzz@gmail.com
  
  Phone: 215-551-5254

• McDevitt, Leslie, MLA, CDBC, CPDT
  Philadelphia, PA area
  
  Website: http://www.controlunleashed.net
  
  Email: info@controlunleashed.net

• Opportunity Barks
  Leigh Siegfried
  Bucks County, PA; Downtown Philadelphia; Arlington, VA; Herndon, VA
  
  Website: http://www.opbarks.com
  
  Email: info@opbarks.com
  
  Phone: 800-OPBARKS

• Pawsitive Paws Dog Training
  Linda Lelak, CPDT-KA
  Bucks County, PA
  
  Website: http://www.PawsitivePaws.info
  
  Email: pawsitivepaws@verizon.net
  
  Phone: 215-968-5393

Virginia Trainers:

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