Our Trainers

Jake has had a passion for dogs his entire life. He began training dogs as a hobby in 2000 and decided to turn his passion into a career in July 2008 when he attended the Tom Rose School for Professional Dog Trainers in St. Louis, Missouri. While there, he graduated from both the Professional and Master Dog Trainer programs at the top of his class. In March of 2009, he was asked to go to work for the Tom Rose School as an instructor and trainer for The Dog House. During his time there, he helped instruct many students to become well-rounded dog trainers. With Jake's instruction and guidance, his students achieved multiple titles in AKC obedience and protection sports such as IPO and PSA. Jake is well versed in tracking and specific odor detection and has instructed many students in these areas as well. Additionally, Jake is an experienced decoy and has worked with protection dogs in training for a variety of venues including protection sports, personal protection and law enforcement applications. He was certified as a PSA trial decoy in 2010 and was selected to decoy the PSA Nationals in 2012, 2013, and 2014. He was also selected to be the assistant Midwest Director for PSA in 2012. Jake has personally titled multiple dogs in AKC Obedience, PSA and IPO. Jake and his Belgian Malinois, Alice, achieved many significant accomplishments including the following:

Jake's current accomplishments:

• AKC Companion Dog (Obedience Title) with scores of 196, 197 and 197.5 (perfect score is 200)
• Schutzhund BH
• PSA PDC
• PSA 1
• 1st place at PSA 1 Regional and National Championships in 2010, earning High Obedience, High Protection, and High in Trial for both trials
• 3rd Place at PSA 2 National Championship in 2011, earning High Obedience
• Assistant Director for the West Region in PSA
• PSA Emeritus Decoy