- Formally educated in sound, positive learning principles and techniques
- Have many years of experience with all kinds of dogs
- Love teaching people and dogs!
- Effective communicators
- Emphasize fun and safety in class settings
- Available to assist with individual training and behavior situations
Dr. Kay Stephens
BS, DVM, MS (Texas A&M ’79, ’80, ’83)
Kay is a veterinarian who worked full time in private practice until deciding to devote her time to dog behavior and training. She has studied with many of the top behaviorists and trainers in the country. Some of the people she has attended seminars with include Marion Breland Bailey, Jean Donaldson, Terri Ryan, John Rogerson, and Ted Turner of Sea World. Her specialty is the use of operant conditioning and classical conditioning to modify animal behavior.
Kay has worked with hundreds of puppies and dogs of all ages, breeds, and temperaments over the last 30 years. Kay herself is the owner of multiple Border Collies, and has competed in agility, obedience, and sheep herding. She is a national level competitor in working Border Collie trials and writes articles for the Working Border Collie Magazine. Kay has also worked with Texas A&M in the training of their mascot, Reveille VII. In fact, Rev VII lived with Kay for 7 months as a young dog. Kay and Puppy Love Staff were also involved in the training of Reveille IX as a young puppy!
Dr. Stephens also co-written a book on herding: Think Like a Sheepdog Trainer: A Guide to Raising and Training a Herding Dog
Jennifer Wright
Instructor
jennifer@puppylovetraining.com
Jennifer is an accomplished dog trainer, having trained multiple dogs of multiple breeds to a very high level. She has done movies and TV commercials with her dogs. She is a member of the Texas Search and Rescue Team and has Nationally certified Search dogs.
Caroline Youngblood
Instructor
caroline@puppylovetraining.com
Caroline Youngblood was born and raised in Northern Germany but has lived here in the US for 28 + years. She has over 20 yrs. of professional dog training experience. Caroline is a certified AKC CGC evaluator.
Caroline owns 2 Border Collies that compete AKC, NADAC, UKI, USDAA, and ASCA agility having earned multiple titles. They also compete in UKC Nosework, Flyball, Lure Coursing, Herding, Barn Hunt, and Rally obedience and they both have their Canine Good Citizen title. Her Border Collie Orbit holds 2 International Winning Agility Champion titles and 3 International Agility Champion titles in UKI Agility.
She also owns a Jack Russell Terrier that competes in agility and has done some trialing Nosework as well. Mirko is the current South Central USDAA Regional Grand Prix and Skilled Games Champion 2024.
Emily Musgrove
Instructor
Emily Musgrove MS
Emily has a Master of Psychology with a specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis and has been a member of the Pet Professional Guild since 2013. Emily is a certified instructor/ accessor Pet Dog Ambassador program, Accredited instructor/ accessor ManTrailing Global, Atlas Team Facilitator, Certified Brewery Manners Instructor and AKC CGC/Trick dog evaluator. Emily has been offering training and behavior services for 13 years. She has dedicated much of her time to dogs including her group of Mastiffs and mutts as well as the countless foster dogs.
Aubrey Kotlarich
Instructor
Aubrey got her start in dog training in the Brazos Valley in 2006. She trains and competes in Flyball, Agility, and Dock Diving with her current dogs and has also done obedience and rally with past dogs. Her love is primarily with terriers and working breeds of dogs. She spent three years working at a local animal shelter and has a soft spot for helping rescue dogs settle into loving permanent homes.
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