The Best Board and Train Dog Trainers in Los Angeles, CA of 2026

Welcome to the Sniffspot list of top-rated dog trainers for Board and train in Los Angeles, CA. Based on feedback and votes from our Board and train community, we've curated a list of top-rated trainers in the Los Angeles area.

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  Ashley Valentine

  LFDM-B Licensed Family Dog Mediator in Behavior Division, CBCC-KA Certified Behaviorist, CPDT-KA - Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Complete Canines Certification in Canine Aggression and Master Course Certification in Separation Anxiety, CGC Evaluator

  Aggressive dog training, Reactive dog training, Service dog training, Board and train, In home training, Puppy training

  San Diego, Ca

  Ashley Valentine is a Nationally Certified Canine Behavior Consultant (CBCC-KA) and Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA). She has completed a Complete Canine Certification in Canine Aggression master course through world-renowned Michael Shikashio who is fully Certified through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. She uses positive reinforcement, management, an...

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  (Prestigious Pooch) Cora Wittekind-Williams

  Certified trainer (CPDT-KA) through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, FDM (Family Dog Mediator), Member of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG)

  Reactive dog training, Agility training, Board and train, In home training, Puppy training

  Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, SFV

  Before starting her own training business (Prestigious Pooch) in 2012, Cora (CPDT-KA, FDM) worked in dog boarding/daycare facilities (in Washington first, then Southern California ) for over 8 years developing training programs to best suit dogs in that environment as well as providing one on one training to clients and their dogs in their homes. She volunteered with Alliance of Therapy dogs fo...

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  Jessica Gore

  CPDT-KA, FDM, Pet Nutrition

  Aggressive dog training, Deaf dog training, Reactive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Off leash training, Puppy training

  Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles

  As a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) with expertise in teaching, healing, and rescue, Jessica provides positively the best for pup and parent. When not training, traveling to a conference, or continuing education, Jessica enjoys spending time in Hollywood with her two rescue pups.

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  Karl Roberts

  IMDT

  Aggressive dog training, Reactive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Off leash training, Puppy training

  Los Angeles

  I got my first dog when I was six and I didn't train him, just in case you thought this was going to be a child prodigy story. He was a Jack Russell mix called Shep and I don't remember him ever having a leash, he definitely didn't sit on command, but he followed me everywhere and he listened in his own way to what I told him we were doing, or where we were going. It worked because I was with h...

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  Jill Guin

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Jill Guin is certified at Karen Pryor Academy (KPA CTP), The University of Washington in Applied animal Behavior (UW-AAB), and Certified in Separation Anxiety (CSAT), based in Long Beach, California, and works with clients virtually worldwide. Jill offers both canine obedience training and behavior modification therapy. Her goal is to improve the lives of dogs by teaching their owners a new way...

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  Michael Hill

  Board and train, In home training, Puppy training, Agility training

  ince his earliest memories, Michael's life has been all about dogs.Michael has personally worked with over 1000 dogs across the United States and abroad, including Canada, UK, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Costa Rica, India, and Malaysia. Michael has built a clientele including media and entertainment personalities, politicians, ambassadors, business executives, show dog professionals, psych...

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  Jas Leverette

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Jas Leverette is the owner/founder of CALI K9® and the star of Canine Intervention, streaming worldwide on Netflix.
  
  Jas is a world-renowned canine behaviorist and dog trainer. He is on a mission to utilize his expertise to help reduce the number of dog bite cases and dogs sent to shelters or abandoned each year worldwide.
  
  Jas has made remarkable appearances on the Ellen DeGen...

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  Sylvia Wes

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Sylvia Wes ABCDTSylvia Wes is Up Dog L.A's Head Trainer and behavior specialist. Serving much of the Los Angeles county she works with cases from leash reactivity to excessive barking.Sylvia is a compassionate Force Free trainer and honors graduate from Animal Behavioral College. Currently, she is taking on new clients for Virtual and office session and leads our virtual class on Saturday @ 10A...

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  Janine Pierce

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Janine Pierce, CPDT-KA is the owner and founder of J9's K9s Dog Training. She's an accomplished competitor in performance dog sports and has been training dogs professionally for over 25 years. Her innovative programs have helped countless dogs suffering with behavior issues, including severe phobias and aggression. Janine is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and a member of the Association ...

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  Courtney Case

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Courtney Case, CPDT-KA, CBCC has been working with dogs since 2005. A Los Angeles native, she started her career in as an employee for a small rescue organization and a grooming salon. She spent 7 years in New York City, where she worked as a dog walker and pet sitter, took multiple dog training courses and completed a trainer apprenticeship. She decided to make training her full-time job in 20...

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  Dianna Buck

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Dianna Buck, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA, CSAT, has been working with dogs since 1998 and has been training with J9's K9s since 2005. She's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a Certified Canine Behavior Consultant, a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer, an AKC Approved Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Evaluator, and a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, the International Associati...

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  Amanda Posen

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Amanda Posen, CPDT-KA has been training dogs professionally since 2010 and has been with J9's K9s since 2016. She's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, and a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. Amanda is a graduate of Moorpark College's Exotic Animal Training and Management (EATM) and holds degrees in Exotic ...

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  Janet Graham

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Janet Graham, CPDT-KA has been training dogs professionally since 2010. She's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a Certified Trick Dog Instructor, and a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and the Pet Professional Guild. She's worked with a wide variety of dogs including all sizes, breeds and ages, but her greatest passion is puppies! She loves helping pet parents start th...

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  Vic Gasser

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Vic Gasser, CPDT-KSA has been working with dogs since 2006. She's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, and holds a BSc in Animal Behavior, Training and Enrichment and a MSc in Applied Animal Behavior and Welfare. Throughout her career Vic has worked in three boarding kennels and five animal shelters in different parts of the United States and the U.K. She also volunteered with the ASPCA's Anti...

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  Hudson Shock

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Hudson Shock, CPDT-KA has been with J9's K9's since 2010. He's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, an AKC Approved Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Evaluator and a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and the Pet Professional Guild, and has trained dogs and other animals for television, movies and commercials in addition to companion dogs and those in shelters.Hudson and hi...

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  Charlotte Murray

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Charlotte Murray, CPDT-KA was born on International Dog Day, so of course she grew up to be a dog trainer. She's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants with a passion for enhancing communication between her canine and human clients. Charlotte has an extensive background in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and her work wi...

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  Rocio Camarena

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Rocio Camarena, KPA-CTP has been a Certified Training Partner of the prestigious Karen Pryor Academy since 2017, having demonstrated a high level of technical knowledge and hands-on skill both training canines and teaching people. She's been providing ongoing enrichment and training for shelter dogs waiting for their forever homes at the Pasadena Humane society since 2010. Rocio is active in K9...

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  Rusty Barnes

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Rusty Barnes, CPDT-KA, FFCP, ANWI, has been working with dogs for more than 20 years, both professionally and as a volunteer. He's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a Certified Canine Behavior Consultant, a Certified Fear Free Trainer, and an AKC Approved Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Evaluator. He graduated from Animal Behavior College with honors and is a member of the Association of ...

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  Caroline Wu

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Caroline Wu, CPDT-KA has been working with dogs since 2018 and has been with J9's K9s since 2022. She's a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, as well as an AKC Approved Canine Good Citizen and Trick Dog Evaluator. Caroline loves helping dogs who are reactive and using fun games to encourage good choices through positiv...

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  Chris Mason

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Reactive dog training, Off leash training, Puppy training, Agility training

  Chris Mason, CNWI is has been training animals for over 30 years and ran a successful show barn on the east coast for many years, training horses and teaching their riders how to better communicate with their animal partners. In 2000, Chris retired from equestrian sports and moved back to her home state of California. She's worked with exotic animals at the L.A. Zoo (including elephants, tapirs...

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  Jeffrey Liebowitz

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Known for his inimitable ability to clearly see through to a dog's soul and become aware of the root of all behavioral issues, Jeffrey Liebowitz's intention is to teach people how to come from the highest, most enlightened perspective when raising their dogs.
  
  He is the founder of the not-for-profit, The Gratitude Foundation, an organization which was created to find innovative ways to ...

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  Alyssa Carlson

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Growing up in a family that shared a common love and admiration for all animals around them, from a young age Alyssa was taught how to care for, train, and love animals of all shapes and sizes. Her very first best friend as a young girl was her ferret, who she potty trained and spent all of her time working on tricks or playing with. While in her early teens she moved to training the family dog...

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  Brooke Lee

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Brooke Lee believes she has been put on the Earth for two reasons; to be the best mom she can be, raising her children with the highest form of love, and to help dogs and their humans in the highest and best possible ways.
  
  For Brooke, being a dog trainer means being a translator between humans and their canine children; to help each species have better communication with each other and...

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  Allison Weller

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Allison has always had a kind and compassionate heart, especially when it came to animals. Anytime there was any sort of animal around, you knew she was somewhere close by. She grew up with several different breeds of dogs, and now has an adorable Australian Shepherd puppy of her own. When she isn't busy working with and training other dogs, you can find her out exploring beautiful Colorado wit...

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  Kate Sherman

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Born and raised in the dog friendly city of Austin Texas, Kate has always been what you would call a 'dog person‚'. She is most passionate about strengthening the bond between pet and parent and is a strong believer in spiritual karma, and of course, the Karma Dog Training philosophy. With this knowledge in her heart, and a strong background in Customer Service, Kate truly enjoys speaking to pe...

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  Jennifer Sturgeon

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  From a very young age, Jennifer-Monique Sturgeon has had an awareness of the energy of all living things. With such keen sensitivity, she was able to discern that despite outward appearances between species, there were more similarities that we shared, rather than differences. Such commonality was one of the soul, and the contrariety being only whether it was a human or animal experience.As a L...

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  Skyler Moorefield

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Love, peace, kindness, communication, connection, balance & harmony are the steps Skyler enjoys to live by in life & in training. A graduate from Animal Behavioral College and a Healing Touch For Animals practitioner, she was a young age when she knew that there was a joyful interconnection between her and dogs. "Our companions have so much to teach us when it comes to living in harmony with na...

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  Ashleigh Lopez

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Ashleigh was born in London, England and moved to Brooklyn, New York to live with her mother and 6 cats in their small studio apartment. It was here where she was raised to love all animals. Ashleigh's aunt also had 8 cats of her own and was constantly helping orphaned animals in the neighborhood, nursing them back to health in her backyard. Her grandmother was similar in nature having a consis...

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  Tawin Blackwell

  Aggressive dog training, Board and train, In home training, Protection/guard dog training, Reactive dog training, Puppy training

  Starting as young as six years old, Tawni was always asking her parents for their permission to take in as many of the dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens, and even horses, as possible, that needed a loving and caring home; her unconditional love and passion for animals was evident. By age twelve, she had multiple dogs, cats, horses, chickens, guinea pigs, and rabbits but always had the deepest bonds...

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