The choice of a dog trainer can be the pivotal difference between cultivating a harmonious relationship with your canine companion and watching behavioral challenges escalate—while simultaneously depleting your financial resources.
In an industry with minimal to no regulatory oversight on professional qualifications, identifying a truly exceptional trainer can feel like navigating an intricate maze. At Noble Woof, we simplify this journey by setting the gold standard for professional dog training.
Our Credentials: Excellence in Canine Development
We recognize that selecting a trainer is more than a transaction—it's an investment in your dog's potential and your shared future. Our team of distinguished professionals combines extensive expertise, cutting-edge methodologies, and an unwavering commitment to canine and human success.
Our Commitment to Professional Excellence
Noble Woof's team is distinguished by their rigorous credentials from leading professional organizations, including the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CPDT) and the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). These prestigious certifications represent more than accolades—they embody our dedication to continuous learning and exceptional standards.
Continuous Learning: Our Professional Promise
We view professional development not as an obligation, but as an opportunity. Our team consistently engages with industry conferences, advanced training symposiums, and the latest behavioral research. This proactive approach ensures our methodologies remain innovative, scientifically informed, and tailored to each dog's unique developmental needs.
Beyond Training: Creating Transformative Partnerships
When you choose Noble Woof, you're not just hiring a trainer — you're gaining a dedicated partner and the collaboration of the entire Noble Woof team — committed to nurturing the profound bond between you and your dog. We provide more than instruction; we offer a comprehensive pathway to mutual understanding and growth.
An Inclusive Space of Empowerment
As a proud queer woman-owned enterprise, Noble Woof represents more than exceptional dog training. We are a sanctuary of inclusivity, explicitly welcoming and celebrating LGBTQ+ individuals and BIPOC communities. Our commitment extends beyond professional excellence to creating a safe, respectful environment where every client feels genuinely valued.
Our trainers have meticulously pursued certifications from nationally recognized organizations, reflecting our unwavering commitment to professional distinction.
Certifications Held by the Noble Woof team of Certified Professionals
CPDT-KA: Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed
This certification demonstrates a broad range of knowledge and skills in ethology, learning theory, technique, and instruction.
CBCC-KA: Certified Behavior Consultant Canine - Knowledge Assessed
This certification demonstrates a deep understanding of applied behavior analysis, learning theory, canine biology, ethology, life stages, and consulting skills.
The CPDT is a rigorous testing process that requires trainers to prove mastery of humane, science-based dog training practices. After engaging in a minimum of 300 hands-on hours of training with a variety of different dogs/behavioral problems, the trainer takes a standardized test meant to assess their professional knowledge.
The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), established in 2001, is the leading independent certifying organization for the dog training profession. Thousands of dog training professionals worldwide maintain the CCPDT’s certifications as a mark of high professional distinction.
Because certification is a standardized measure of a professional’s grasp of the Body of Knowledge within a field, education is integral to the certification process—and continuing education is integral to the recertification process. In order to maintain this certification every certificate holder is required to attend regular educational seminars to obtain CEUs or their certification will expire.
The IAABC was founded in 2004, recognizing that the practice of assisting the public with companion animal behavior problems was a growing field encompassing many different professionals: veterinary behaviorists, veterinarians, behavior consultants, animal trainers, animal shelter employees and volunteers, academics, as well as practicing professionals who don't always fit neatly into one of the aforementioned categories.
The goals of the IAABC are to standardize and support the practice of animal behavior consulting, to provide quality, evidence-based education and peer and supervising mentoring, and to provide resources for pet owners needing advice.
Michael Shikashio CDBC’s Aggression in Dogs master course. is the most comprehensive course on dog aggression for trainers and behavior consultants available anywhere in the world. This program gives graduates access to an elite community of aggression specialists who support one another on the aggression cases each are working independently. Having this kind of expert instruction and support network among trainers greatly increases the efficiency and effectiveness within the aggression cases they are working through.
Taught by world renowned aggression expert, Michael Shikashio CDBC, with additional modules presented by Dr. Chris Pachel DVM, DACVB, CABC, Jessica Dolce CCFE and Kim Brophey CDBC.
FDM - Family Dog Mediation
A Family Dog Mediator (FDM) has completed Kim Brophey's Applied Ethology L.E.G.S.program. FDMs assess each animal based on their L.E.G.S. which includes each dog's: Learning, Environment, Genetics, and Self, as each plays a critical role in the animal's behavior. Family Dog Mediators help mediate the places where there are conflicts between dogs and their humans. It is a groundbreaking new model reaching beyond traditional dog training to build a bridge between the "why" and the "how" of dog behavior by looking at the whole picture of the species through the lens of multiple scientific principles. It is a movement to raise the bar of public understanding about pet dogs through integrated science and innovative practical solutions. FDMs welcome you to MEET YOUR DOG! (Meet your Dog is a book we highly recommend for all to read by Kim Brophy, CBC, CPDT-KA) who created this certification program.
APDT- Professional Members
The Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT) is a professional organization of individual trainers who are committed to becoming better trainers through continued education in most current and innovative dog training techniques. Brie is an active member of this organization.
SAPBC - Certified Separation Anxiety Professional Behavior Consultant
The Certified SA Pro Behavior Consultant (SAPBC) is a specialized certification for dog training professionals for treating separation anxiety. This qualification requires demonstrable knowledge in handling complex separation anxiety cases. To achieve SAPBC status, professionals must complete a rigorous four month program, (in addition to prior certification programs such as CPDT-KA), demonstrate understanding of how to work across multiple specialized case types (such as senior dogs, multi-dog households, and complex regression cases), and pass a comprehensive exam and a client practical with a SA dog and client. The certification ensures deep understanding of desensitization techniques, systematic training approaches, and modern, science-based methods for helping dogs overcome separation anxiety. Certified consultants maintain their expertise through regular case work and continuing education.
Awards, Honors, and Acknowledgments
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