Best Dog Trainers in New Hampshire

Amee Abel runs Abel Dog Training out of Keene and centers her work on private lessons, which her site says suit dogs that struggle in a group. She travels to homes within about 30 minutes of Keene and also teaches online. Her four lesson puppy package covers house training and socialization and is listed on their site as $300. Abel has held the CPDT credential since 2012, evaluates for the AKC Canine Good Citizen program and judges World Cynosport Rally. She also coaches freestyle and prepares dogs for therapy dog testing.

Train Up That Pup is a Keene business built around puppies. Its main service is day training at your house, where the trainer works with your puppy on chewing, loose leash walking, house training routines and polite greetings. The site describes its methods as force free and science based. Listed service towns run from Alstead and Walpole to Swanzey and Winchester. The site also offers help for a teenage dog that has started pulling. No credentials are listed, so ask about the trainer's background when you call.

NH Dog Training, LLC works with dogs in their own homes around Amherst and says it specializes in aggressive behavior. Training uses positive reinforcement and behavior modification, and the company also offers dog walking. The site shows IAABC and APDT logos and calls the business certified, though it doesn't name an individual credential. The site gives two experience figures, more than 15 years in one spot and 20 plus years training animals in another. Business hours are weekdays from 8 to 6, so ask whether sessions follow them.

Monica Allaire-McMahon trains as Barrington Barks and Behavior and works with owners at home and online. She is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner and trained as a behavior specialist through the Nordic Education Center for Ethical Dog Trainers. Her site says her training is free of physical or emotional intimidation and pain. Before she writes a plan, she checks for pain or discomfort and for needs the dog isn't getting met. Our database also lists behavior consulting and group training.

Capital City Canines, formerly Transition Dog Training, is Breanna Leonard's Concord business. Most of the work is private training at your home within about 30 miles of Concord, which takes in the Lakes Region. Group classes meet on Saturday mornings and include a CGC prep class, and day training is available. Leonard lists more than 15 years of experience and specializes in rehabilitating challenging dogs. Her site calls modern electronic collars a training tool and says one should only reinforce commands a dog already knows. She also teaches muzzle conditioning.

No Monkey Business Dog Training is based in Concord and says it has worked with dogs and families for more than 20 years. Its menu covers private consultations, day training, a puppy raising program and a service dog program, plus boarding. Basic and specialty classes run alongside drop in sessions. Dog and Baby Safety programs help households preparing for a new child. The site says there are no fixed programs and that the dog's welfare comes first, with training built on understanding rather than force.

Ellis Dog Training in Durham is a class program run by Diane Ellis Manocchia, who holds an animal science degree from the University of New Hampshire. She is a founding member and training director of the Piscataqua Obedience Club and a certified NADOI member. Classes run from AKC STAR Puppy kindergarten up through competition obedience at the Utility Dog level. Rally, agility, scent work, tricks and breed handling are offered too. Tracking runs as a four week weekend course each fall. The site lists group classes only.

Dee Ganley Dog Training Services in East Andover focuses on difficult dogs, including unruly and aggressive ones. Ganley holds the CPDT-KSA and CBCC-KA credentials from the CCPDT, and her site says veterinarians and other trainers refer clients to her. Consultations happen at your home, at her home or at local training facilities. She teaches workshops around New England and sells her own training manuals. Her approach teaches handlers when to give or hold back rewards so the dog learns self control.

Train The Dawg holds classes in Exeter and is run by Robyn Januszewski, whose site cites more than two decades of study in dog and wolf behavior. Pet classes start with Puppy Foundations for pups under six months and move on to adolescent and adult manners. The sport side covers CGC and trick dog, conformation handling, scent work, rally and tracking. Daytime rally and scent work groups meet in four week sessions capped at five dogs. For private training, the site asks you to book an intro call.

Central New England K9 Academy works by appointment from Grafton and serves the Lakes Region, the Concord area and the Upper Valley. Founder Matt Fischer cites 30 years of experience with dogs of all breeds and sizes. Options include private lessons, group classes and home sessions, with the AKC STAR Puppy program and lessons for reactive and aggressive dogs. The academy is a Canine Good Citizen evaluator and offers boarding with a trainer. It also sells dogs, so ask which service you're booking.

Enlightened K9 is Danielle Annis's training business in Hampton Falls, founded in 2011, and her site lists more than 19 years as a professional trainer. She trains at your home or out in public around the Seacoast, from Exeter to Portsmouth. Services cover manners, behavior modification for reactivity and off leash training aimed at a reliable recall, sold in session packages. The site describes a balanced approach that combines positive reinforcement with training tools and negative reinforcement when needed. A free phone consultation comes first.

College for Pets sits on a 15 acre campus in Holderness and says it has served New Hampshire since 1996, when Mike Robertson founded it. The training menu includes personalized lessons, classes, puppy training, service dog training and board and train. The site names problems it works on, such as biting, destructive chewing, excessive barking and fears. Our database adds CGC testing, therapy dog prep and nose work. Lodging, daycare and grooming run on the same campus, so training can fit around a stay.

Dog Agility and Cafe in Hooksett, also called Kopek Agility, is a class space whose site mentions a cafe for owners. Most classes run one hour, over four weeks. The list covers agility, obedience, nose work, an AKC Fetch class, Canine Good Citizen, puppy class, tricks and a class for senior dogs. You can also rent the agility space by the hour to work with your own trainer. The site says the owner has rescued and rehabilitated dogs abroad. It doesn't name trainer credentials, so ask who teaches your class.

K9 Role Models is Vannessa A. Denese's Manchester business. Her site says she spent five years as a personal protection and obedience trainer for protection dog agencies in New England. In New Hampshire she offers board and train plus puppy training and on and off leash training in your home. Listed training areas include trick training, service tasks and work with dogs that show aggression toward people or other animals. Programs end with phone or text support and follow up maintenance sessions.

All Dogs Gym & Inn in Manchester has served dogs and owners since 1993 and was founded by Gail Fisher. Its group classes follow a school model. Elementary School teaches coming when called, polite greetings, loose leash walking and settling on a mat, and Middle and High School add stays, distractions and distance. Each level runs four weeks, and two four week CGC classes cover the ten Canine Good Citizen skills. The site describes its methods as positive and gentle. Private training and a boarding school program are listed too.

Vicki Bissonnette runs 4 on the floor dog training, LLC in Milford and trains in clients' homes with dogs of every age. For puppies she works on routines and manners. Her stated specialty is dogs with big feelings, including reactivity, fear, anxiety and aggression. She uses positive, reward based methods, earned the CPDT-KA in 2023 and is a certified Fear Free professional. Our database also lists group training. A free 15 minute phone consultation comes before any home visit is booked.

Hudson K9 Training Center has two Nashua locations and says it does behavior modification with dogs of all breeds and ages. Its obedience training includes a three to four week board and train program. The Boot Camp day program gives a dog one on one training and exercise for a full day, but a dog must take or finish the Basic Obedience Class first. CGC certification is offered. The site doesn't describe its methods or list trainer credentials, so ask about both before you enroll.

Riverside Canine Center in Nashua pairs dog daycare five days a week with group classes. Its pet obedience course is billed as obedience for real life. Agility classes run alongside it, and the site lists a reactive dog group class as starting soon but gives no dates, so ask whether it's running. The center also hosts agility trials and seminars through the year. Its service area covers Hudson, Merrimack, Litchfield, Brookline, Hollis and Pelham. The site doesn't mention private lessons at all.

You and Your Dog Training & Services is in New Boston, a short drive from Manchester and Bedford. Ashley Clark, CPDT-KA, leads the training. Puppy classes come with free puppy playgroups, and group classes run day and evening from beginner up to agility, scent work and tricks. K9 Nose Work is a regular offering. Busy owners can use the drop in Teach Me Tuesday class. Private sessions cover specific problems. The site describes force free methods, plus counterconditioning and desensitization for problem behaviors.

Andrew Brook Tails trains at Bear Hill Farm, a 14 acre property in Newbury about 2 miles from Lake Sunapee. Group classes run in three levels, followed by CGC prep, Trick Dog, Rally for Fun and two agility classes. Private lessons are offered too, with a page aimed at puppies. The site describes caring, compassionate training with positive reinforcement and says many classes are adjusted to the dogs in them. It lists more than thirty years of experience working with animals.

Live Free K9 is Adam York's private lesson business in North Haverhill, serving New Hampshire and Vermont. York served more than 20 years in the Marine Corps and graduated with honors from the Highland K9 Master Trainer course. Basic Obedience is six lessons, listed on their site as $1,000. A seven lesson package targets fear, aggression and reactivity, and an off leash package follows basic obedience. Both of those include an electronic collar. Lessons at your home cost extra. The site calls its approach balanced.

Dog Talk in Pelham offers private behavior coaching in person or over Zoom. The program runs in three levels, from basic manners and socialization up to off leash skills and relaxation. Training follows the APDT LIMA approach, meaning least invasive and minimally aversive, with gentle methods and life rewards. Dog Talk is a Pet Partners evaluation site, so owners interested in therapy dog visits can be evaluated here. Fees aren't posted on the site, so ask when you reach out.

Red Pointy Dog Training is Louise and Jake Belmont's business in Strafford. Louise holds the CPDT-KA, teaches nose work as a certified instructor and earned an applied animal science degree from UNH in 2012. Jake is a CPDT and a CGC evaluator. They offer behavior modification and manners at your home, group classes and virtual training, plus online courses. A mini course targets dogs that bark, lunge or pull. Service towns include Dover, Durham, Concord and Manchester. Methods are described as force free.

The New Hampshire SPCA in Stratham is an animal shelter that also runs dog training for the public. Group classes are sorted by need, with separate tracks for adult dogs and puppies, a Difficult Dog class and sport classes. Playgroups and special workshops fill out the schedule, and private training is its own option. The shelter's site has a page on its training methods and a set of behavior resources, so read both pages before you sign up for a class.

The Monadnock Humane Society in Swanzey runs a training center inside its shelter, with a 60 by 70 foot indoor training area. Its site says certified professional trainers help owners train their dogs. Classes cover obedience and manners plus agility and rally, and private lessons are offered too. Puppy Play School takes puppies from 8 weeks to 4 months for socialization, training and play while owners are away for the day. Ask which trainer teaches each class and what certification they hold.

North Star Canine Connection, LLC is Liz Beaulieu's practice, listed in Whitefield. Beaulieu is an IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Accredited Dog Trainer and an AKC CGC evaluator. Her behavior work covers aggression, resource guarding, reactivity, anxiety and phobias. A consult starts in your home and ends with a written report that includes the dog's history, her observations and a training plan. Basic training and group classes are offered for manners and new skills. The site describes ethical, reward based methods.

Domestic Dog Training runs on a 22 acre property in Tilton. Steve Bunce founded it as a small business working in clients' homes, and it now offers classes, puppy training, private lessons and day training. Training camps are on the menu, including a 2026 holiday camp from December 18 to January 4. Boarding, daycare and grooming are on site. The site describes adjusting training to each dog's temperament and goals, with a stress on consistency and trust over quick fixes. It doesn't name the trainers' certifications.

Chris Park K9 Dog Training & Boarding in Salem calls board and train its most popular program, aiming for an off leash trained dog in two to three weeks. Obedience I is for dogs 4 to 6 months old and averages 4 to 6 sessions. Obedience II focuses on off leash work and can take 7 to 10 sessions. Puppy training and private lessons at your home are listed too. The site says it combines positive reinforcement with balanced techniques and cites more than 25 years of experience.

K9 Kaos has served dogs in Dover and the surrounding Seacoast since 2004. On the training side it runs weekly group classes and a daily dog school program, and its site lists puppy training and obedience classes. The trainer holds the CPDT-KA. Boarding, daycare and grooming run under the same roof, and prices sit on a separate page of the site. The homepage doesn't describe training methods or private lessons, so ask about both if your dog needs one on one help.

Alexia Miller trains as Woofmeow Training in Bedford and is a Pet Professional Guild member. Our database lists a long set of credentials, including the CDBC and ADT from the IAABC, the VSPDT and a CGC evaluator approval. She offers private training, group training and behavior consulting. Her listed specialties are separation anxiety, aggression and reactivity, and assistance animal training. We couldn't open a website for her business, so this summary comes from our database only. Owners with a dog that panics when left alone can start with her profile.