Dog Handler Academy provides online training and resources for dog daycare and boarding business employees, managers, and owners. Our structured employee training membership courses cover topics like dog body language, playgroup management, handler tools and techniques, client relations, and dog first aid.
We also offer separate, specialized courses like the Dog Handler to Day Trainer Course for advancing staff skills to teach a rockstar dog handler employee to do some basic obedience dog training or Puppy Training 101 to learn how to train puppies. Business owners and managers can also benefit from our additional courses on business culture, business marketing, and much more.
Dog Handler Academy is a premier, flexible, and professional training platform tailored to the unique needs of dog daycares, boarding facilities, and pet professionals.
Online Employee Training Monthly Membership
- Online learning program offering Courses 101–601 on dog handling, safety, client relations, dog injury response, playgroup management, and more; this series is approved for 23 PACCC Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
Standalone Specialty Courses
- Dog Handler to Day Trainer Course trains staff to become paid day trainers, complete with skills assessments, certification, and facility dashboard access
- Puppy Training 101 is a course for handlers to gain structured puppy training skills, including clicker techniques and video-based assessment.
Owner / Manager Specialty Courses
- Business Culture 101 is a manager/owner course (or could be watched as a group with all of your supervisory staff) on how to build a healthy culture for your business
- Business Marketing 101 is a manager/owner course that teaches how to create marketing content for your pet care business.
Advanced Custom Education (ACE) Program
- Fully customizable training tailored to your specific facility, processes, and roles
- Integrates your own videos and documents
- Features interactive quizzes, automated grading, progress tracking, notifications, certificates, and role-based access controls
Facility Resources & Dashboard Tools
- Administrators use a centralized dashboard to add/remove team members, track employee progress, assign team leaders, receive automated alerts (e.g., course completions or when an employee is falling behind), and download team members’ course certificates
Consulting Services
- Dog Handler Academy offers on-site/virtual consulting regarding your business plan, facility design and layout (including what services to offer in the space you have available), building and construction (the do’s, the don’ts, and the wish-I-wouldn’t-haves), adding dog training to your existing daycare program, understanding your finances, and more
Resources
- The Essentials Document Pack is a bundle of helpful documents that you can download, customize, and use in your facility, including a customizable operations manual, customizable employee handbook, and more
- The Guide for Building a New Dog Business will help you think through the logistics needed to plan as you build a new dog business with tons of resources and information
- The Dog School Business Starter Packages combine our Dog School Business Guidebook, our Dog Handler to Day Trainer course, and our Dog School/Day Training Operations Manual online videos to help you set up a dog school program; options for these packages include: solo dog trainers, creating a dog school within a dog daycare facility, or as a standalone dog school facility
In-Person Events
- Dog Handler Academy hosts an annual in-person Business Leadership Summit featuring sessions lead by industry experts, networking, and workshops (see DogHandlerAcademy.com/seminars/ for more info)
Unlike a lot of other industry programs, DHA keeps your attention. Each module is short and interesting. It goes over the very basics and builds upon those to give your team a solid foundation to grow professionally. – Dani Petty, Camp Happy Tails
Learn More About The Dog Handler Academy
Want to explore everything the Dog Handler Academy can offer you? Watch this video giving an overview of their programs, hear a testimonial from a groomer who found success, and check out their blog for helpful articles. Ready to get started? Use discount code PARAGON for $20/month off their Online Employee Training Monthly Membership! Click here to get started!