About Us 

Nicole Wilson
​Trainer

Nicole has been working professionally with dogs since 2003.  First as a groomer for 17 years, then beginning training education and part time work 7 years ago when fostering for a double merle rescue. 

Working in rescue helped her to learn unique methods to help when dealing with training higher drive vision and/or hearing impaired dogs.  This led to a variety of sports for her fosters, as well as allowing her to become proficient in adapting training to a variety of factors that center on the individual dog that she is working with. Through this work, she found a love of performance training and trialing.  She has titled numerous dogs and has earned a few breed top 10 placements and invites to Rally Nationals with her own dogs and other dogs that she is handling. 

​She currently trains and competes in Conformation, Rally Obedience, Scentwork, Barn Hunt, as well as competing in Dock Diving and is getting back into Tracking.

Kendra Chance
​Trainer

Kendra has been working with and caring for animals since she was 14. She started at a boarding facility in Foley, AL, then worked her way up from kennel technician to assistant manager at a doggie daycare in St. Louis. Since then, she has worked at other boarding, daycare, and veterinary facilities.

Kendra holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from SIUE.  She studied at Starmark Academy in Texas, then interned with their training academy department for three months and earned her Master Dog Trainer & Behavior Specialist certification.  She specializes in relationship building, basic through advanced obedience, trick training, and service work. Kendra believes that every dog is worth her effort to be a better canine companion.  She favors positive based methods, but considers herself a balanced trainer and modifies her work to what each individual dog and owner needs in order to learn and succeed.  

Lynsey Fuegner CPDT-KA
​Owner/Training Supervisor

Since 2003 Lynsey has been working with dogs at various kennels in the midwest and now owns and manages her own boarding/daycare/training facility.  In addition to working in the pet industry, she is also experienced in working with police and military dog training as a trainer for Logan Haus Kennels Canine Trainer's Course. She has also worked with therapy and service dogs with Got Your Six Support Dogs.  A graduate of the Tom Rose School for Professional Dog Trainers, Lynsey attended both the Professional and the Master Trainer programs.  In addition to her animal training certifications, she holds a Bachelors degree in Education and is skilled at teaching owners in addition to their dogs.   

​She has experience with a wide variety of breeds and mixes of all ages, sizes, and types. She regularly fosters and rehabs dogs for placement into permanent pet and working homes. She has been training her own personal dogs for years in various dog sports (including Agility, AKC Obedience, Rally Obedience, Iron Dog Events, Dock Diving, Barn Hunt, and Schutzhund/IPO/IGP) and has competed at a national level. She follows the theories of operant conditioning and, through continuing education programs, stays up to date on the most current theories and practices of positive dog training.

​Lynsey holds certification as a Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers.  She is an evaluator for the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen, Tricks, Farm Dog, and Temperament Test program; an AKC FITDog Instructor; an evaluator for the United Kennel Club SPOT Program; and a Do More With Your Dog Trick Trainer, Canine Coach, and Stunt Dog Evaluator.  She is involved in various dog sports and is a Judge for Barn Hunt, as well as CWAGS Rally and Obedience.

Awards and Accomplishments

• Current Dogs
• Past Dogs

Accreditation 

• CPDT-KA
• Association of Pet Dog Trainers
• Certified Trick Instructor

Client Testimonials

• Testimonials 

Training Alumni

• Group Class Alumni
• Private Lesson Alumni
• Stay and Play Alumni
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