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Darla Lacey is CPDT Certified!
Darla Lacey,CPDT is the owner and trainer at Ultimate Dog Training. She has been a professional dog trainer for over
9 years. During that time, Darla has helped hundreds of people learn to understand how their dog thinks and learns so that they can effectively communicate with their dog what they expect. All training is dog-friendly and includes no physical force or corrections. Dr. Patricia McConnell puts it best in her book, Family Dog Training, "Force is simply the absence of real power and no matter how gentle, is always the last method to use when controlling your dog".
Darla has earned the distinction of being a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT) which means that she is an experienced professional with the necessary dog training and instructional skills to help you and your dog in your training endeavors.
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"Darla Lacey is wonderful, patient and kind; gives good explanations, clear and concise written instructions in her training classes. I highly recommend her. I had two dogs go through her positive training course and they both learned a tremendous amount.... and I did as well!"
- Christi W.