Certified Dog Trainers in Concord, North Carolina

Understanding Fido offers clients a variety of positive, rewards-based training options occurring in the home or in the community. Our goal is to work alongside clients to improve their dogs' skills and confidence...and to strengthen the bond between the dogs and the humans who love them. Raising a new puppy or adding an adult dog to the family? Yes, please! Be it run of the mill manners or a behavior you find challenging in the dog you've had for years, Understanding Fido would love to help. In addition to the course work and shadowing completed to begin her career as a dog trainer, Amy engages in extensive continuing education on an ongoing basis to stay updated on research and techniques. She is a graduate of both Clemson University and of the Medical University of South Carolina. Her degrees and career prior to being a dog trainer focused on observation, assessment, and shaping of behaviors and skills. She spent decades educating and collaborating with her colleagues, clients, and their families which refined her communication skills and her team approach. Now, her “non-dog” career continues to be an invaluable experience from which she draws as she supports her training clients and their dogs in everything from puppyhood to new or confusing behaviors.

We offer a varity of classes and workshops throughout the year as well such as Therapy Dog, Family Manners, Tracking ,Search and Rescue and Canine Good Citizen training/testing and Service Dog TrainingWe are a Dogs and Storks presenter and American Red Cross Pet First Aid Course instructors

I specialize in puppy and adult dog basic obedience classes. I teach both private and group classes. My goal is to keep dog owners and dogs together by solving behavior and obedience issues. A misbehaved dog makes for an unhappy family. Please call me to schedule an evaluation of your dog. ***note: please do not send me a text message, leave a VM. Thank you.***