The Best Puppy Trainers in Virginia Beach, VA of 2026

Welcome to the Sniffspot list of top-rated dog trainers for Puppy training in Virginia Beach, VA. Based on feedback and votes from our Puppy training community, we've curated a list of top-rated trainers in the Virginia Beach area.

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  Becky Hendricksom

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Becky is the owner and operator of On Command Dog Training. She is a friendly, open-hearted person who is, above all else, a dog lover! Dogs have been a part of her life since childhood. At the early age of 14, she began training and working with dogs, which led her to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a full-time dog trainer. Through hard work and determination, she is now the proud owner...

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  Tom Hendrickson

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Tom has dedicated his life to dog training and the training of their human partners. He has worked for one of our local police departments for over 34 years and worked and trained dogs for the department for 30 years. Over the years Tom has had five different K-9 partners that were credited with numerous criminal apprehensions, detection of illegal narcotics and confiscation of monies and prope...

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  Amber Eaves

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Amber grew up in Bristow, VA. Her love for dogs came at a very young age. She started dog sitting around the age of 8 and still does to this day. Then she would start walking dogs for friends and neighbors and made her more interested in having a career working with dogs.After graduating high school she attended Virginia Tech, where she graduated with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Animal ...

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  Aubry Lumanog

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Aubry grew up in the Newport News community and has continued to make it her home. As a young person, she would read up on every dog book she could find at the library and would help owners with their dogs even though she didn't have one of her own. Finally, they day came where she was allowed to adopt, Parker, a spunky dachshund. Training him wasn't just a pastime it was a passion. Throughout ...

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  Abbey Hodge

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Abbey was born and raised in York county. Growing up, Abbey has always wanted to be involved with working with dogs in anyway possible. She started volunteering with the SPCA in her free time as soon as she turned 16. From then on, Abbey started taking initiative by helping out family members with their K-9's, training one on one. She then started fostering and working with stray dogs to get th...

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  Angie Buckley

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Angie has always had a love for dogs, which started when she was 3 years old growing up with her first dog Samantha (a yellow Labrador). She developed a natural curiosity of what she could teach Samantha. At 8 years old, she taught Samantha to retrieve slippers, play soccer, and walk the perimeter of the yard without leaving. Coming from a law enforcement family, this love and bond grew into wa...

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  Stephanie Piske

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Stephanie grew up in Newport News. At a young age she developed a love for dogs and training. She was constantly outdoors playing with her childhood dog and the neighbor's dogs. One of her first jobs was pet sitting throughout the neighborhood. Her love for dogs and training grew as she and her husband got their first two dogs, Buddy and Maya. They also fostered numerous GSDs through Southe...

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  Kahla Ennis

  Puppy training, Agility training

  Kahla and Carl settled in Yorktown after 26 years of USAF service. It has been an interesting journey since. She was previously a small business owner of The Glass Pheasant Tea Room.‚ 50 years earlier, they bought their first German Shorthaired Pointer. The energy and versatility of this hunting dog became their lifelong obsession. In 2003, the love of GSPs took a new path. After two previous d...

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  Felicia Valenti

  Aggressive dog training, Agility training, Puppy training, Herding training, Deaf dog training

  Felicia is a U.S. Navy Veteran, founder and lead trainer at Shades Of Blu Dog Training and Woof Gang Rehab & Rescue. She has worked with and volunteered training shelter dogs for 13 years, and has been training clients professionally for 7 years.After Felicia got out of the U.S. Navy in 2016, she enrolled at USD as a pre-veterinary student. She quickly realized that she was suffering from a var...

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  Karen Neymark

  Puppy training

  Training Dogs was not something I ever thought I'd be doing but I brought home my first dog 16 years ago and as they say, the rest is history. I become interested in puppy development and socialization, working with reactive dogs and then, with my second dog, in performance events. I took classes, read, went to workshops and then, at the suggestion of a friend, pursued becoming a Certified Prof...

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  Andrea Singer

  In home training, Puppy training

  When I was a little girl, I found myself engaging with every single dog I came into contact with. Evidently, my love for dogs was en grained deep in my soul. Fast forward to my first career; I loved it, but felt a pull towards a local animal shelter. My free time volunteering there revealed a true calling in the pet industry. I began my new career journey as a dog walker and pet sitter in NYC.T...

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  Emily Murphy

  Puppy training, Agility training

  I grew up mostly in Yorktown, VA and moved back to the Hampton Roads area after earning a Bachelor's Degree from the VCU School of Business. I started walking dogs in the Spring of 2017 to make a little extra money while I was looking for a job in my field and I ended up loving it so much that I made a full-time job out of it! Each dog I've worked with has aided me in learning more about what i...

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