Maggie Kudla
Maggie has been training dogs full time for five years, and in that time she has become a well known dog trainer in Lexington, Kentucky. Maggie strives to give dog owners the tools to communicate, interact, and love their dogs in the best way possible. She believes teaching basic obedience makes the owner's life easier, the dog happier, and strengthens the dog/owner relationship. In addition to actually completing tricks like sit, lay-down, or heel, I aim to help you and your dog to understand the steps and psychology involved with basic obedience.
In order to maintain current knowledge of dog trianing processes, Maggie allocated a substantial portion of her for continued education.
Achievements
Bachelor Degree in Human Communication from the University of Kentucky
Trained Diabetic Alert Service Dog to 90% accuracy
Fear Free Certified
CONFERENCES, Workshops, classes & APPRENTICESHIPS
GoldenQuest 2500 Hour Training Apprenticeship
Novice Trick Dog Title
Tricky K9 Workshop with Sara Carson, America's Got Talent 5th place finalist
Midwest Veterinary Conference
M.D. Dogs Conference
Ted Efthymiadis training course 'How to work with aggressive dogs'
Ted Efthymiadis: Train your dog to walk on a treadmill
Sharon Bolts: Become a Dog Trainer
Fenzi Dog Sports Academy
Donna Hill’s class: Stir Crazy- Games for Small Space & Indoors
Heather Lawson’s class: Modifier Cues
Denis Fenzi’s class: Reducing Overarousal and Reactivity via the Circle Method of Leash Walking
Amy Cook’s class: Dealing with the Bogeyman - Helping Fearful and Reactive Competition Dogs
Denise Fenzi’s: Percision Heeling
Lemonade Conference 2020 & 2022
Training Between the Ears - Level 1: Resolving Conflict in Human/Canine Relationships
AKC Detection Dog Conference 2022
Frisbee Disc Dog Academy
Animal Behavior Consultant for the dog enrichment start-up tech company Companion Labs
Service Dog Trainer with the nonprofit MD Dogs that specializes in Diabetic Alert Dog training
Qualified at CPE Agility Trials
Placed at AKC Rally Events
My personal dog, Riley, and I. I have owned him for nine years now and he loves learning even at eleven years old!
““Hi Maggie, Roman is doing great. He is such a wonderful little boy and an amazing addition to our family. Thanks again for all you did to help him be such a confident, good boy.””
““The head start you gave Mallory has been fabulous. Potty-training is going great. More importantly, we love Mallory like crazy and we have a happy, fulfilled family. My entire family is grateful to you. THANK YOU!””
““He is such a joy to have!!!!! No one believes he is only 4 months. He retained everything you taught him and we were able to add a few new commands such as shake and roll over. He is able to walk around the block without a leash already too. He is the perfect addition to our family!!!!!!”
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