Kylie Fitzgerald is a certified dog trainer through the Canine Animal Sciences Institute, but her love for animals started long before earning her credentials.
Growing up with dogs, cats, and farm animals, Kylie always knew she wanted a career that allowed her work with animals every day. She got her start studying animal science at a vocational agriscience high school and working as a veterinary assistant, later going on to earn her bachelor’s degree in business.
Since then, Kylie has held a variety of dog-focused jobs, which eventually led her to Active Dog as part of the Farm staff. She found a passion for training when she began working through behavior challenges with her own two dogs. Kylie believes training should strengthen the bond between dogs and their people.
Her approach focuses on trust, patience, and positive reinforcement, helping dogs learn in a way that’s fun, encouraging, and sets them up for success.
If it’s determined that group hikes will be beneficial during your dog’s training, their day will begin with a morning hike, followed by breakfast. For dogs not participating in group hikes, they will enjoy a private daily walk with their trainer.
Each dog will receive extensive one on one, individualized training each day. Training sessions may be split into smaller sessions throughout the day, depending on your dog’s needs and focus levels.
After training, your dog will join the other dogs for supervised group playtime during lunch and dinner breaks, ensuring a balanced mix of learning and socialization.
Please note: We do not offer training services during our busiest seasons or major holidays. This allows us to maintain the highest quality of care and attention for every dog in our program.
Both of our packages below include an initial phone consultation, transportation to and from our farm in Bethlehem/Watertown, CT as well as one, follow-up, in home meeting.
For dogs under 7 months of age
For dogs over 7 months of age
*Heel position is sometimes difficult to achieve 100% success rate on short time table