Featured Trainers
A few of the fabulous grads of our Dog Trainer Professional (DTP) program and their work with animals and clients across the globe.
March KPA CTP of the Month: Will Brunz
Will Brunz, KPA CTP, owns and runs Columbia Mountain Kennels (CMK) along with his wife, Andrea. Now a positive-only trainer, dog-sport competitor, and pet owner, for many years he was an aversive...
February KPA CTP of the Month: Sarah Surritt
Sarah Surritt, KPA CTP, CPDT, CGC, was drawn to volunteer work at the San Diego Humane Society when she had some free time back in 2001. There she met her “mentor, friend, and future KPA...
January 2020 KPA CTP of the Month: Eva Berginc
Eva Berginc, KPA CTP, completed the World format of the KPA Dog Trainer Professional (DTP) program in 2018, with Terry Ryan. A helicopter pilot in the Austrian military, her other calling is as a...
December 2019 KPA CTP of the Month: Erin Kidd
Erin Kidd, KPA CTP, came to positive-reinforcement training with a sigh of relief 15 years ago. Since she bought her first clicker years ago she has enjoyed training her own dogs, working with...
November 2019 KPA CTP of the Month: Laura Heyer
Laura Heyer, KPA CTP, an experienced educator of children with behavioral and developmental disabilities, has utilized—and extended—that special skill set in her pet-training career. A trainer at...
October 2019 KPA CTP of the Month: Jade Fountain
Jade Fountain, KPA CTP, has trained a multitude of species, studied with many of the most renowned animal training and behavior professionals across the globe, and traveled extensively to teach,...
September 2019 KPA CTP of the Month: Michael Baugh
Michael Baugh, KPA CTP, has trained dogs since 1999, but has a background in communications that extends back even further. A degree in communications and graduate studies in community counseling...
August 2019 KPA CTP of the Month: Amy Creaven
While Amy Creaven’s career focus has switched from intensive care nursing to dog training, she has not abandoned her nursing skill set or her sensitivity to those in pain or struggling. A Karen...
July 2019 KPA CTP of the Month: Megan Ramirez
Megan Ramirez, KPA CTP, switched her professional focus from library science, in which she earned a master’s degree, to dog training because of her “heart” dog, Amadeus. Now older and arthritic...