Certified Dog Trainers in Leesburg, Virginia

Marnie Montgomery works one-on-one with people and their dogs, teaching fun ways to live together using force-free tools and techniques for creative communication. She offers training in basic manners, and behavioral problem-solving, using a combination of rewarding techniques including Tellington TTouch Training® methods of body work and movement. Marnie is owner and lead trainer of Joyful Dog, LLC, which offers in-person training for puppies and dogs in Loudoun and western Fairfax Counties in VA, and online training and classes worldwide. Areas of training include Puppy Kindergarten, basic manners for adolescent and adult dogs, Tellington TTouch and a variety of specialty classes and workshops throughout the year.

St. Jude’s Canine Academy **We are now an AKC approved CGC Evaluator** Just as St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, intercedes for the hopeless, St. Jude’s Canine Academy strives to reduce the rate of euthanasia in dogs by providing positive reinforcement training to all dogs, especially those believed untrainable, thus reducing the number of dogs re-homed, surrendered to shelters, and returned to shelters. St. Jude’s offers fully customized programs as well as group classes in New Rescue, Obedience, Problem Solving as well as AKC Star Puppy, AKC CGC, and AKC Community Canine. St. Jude’s Canine Academy specializes in the needs of rescued dogs.