Photo Courtesy of Betty Lupacchino Photography

Jeanine Brawn has been training dogs since 1974, after she started studying dog training in a formal setting. Before that she was training her own dogs while doing informal learning.

She started out teaching her own, then her neighbor's, family's & friend's dogs. From there she started assisting in group classes & then teaching them, as well as continuing with the private lessons, while all along the way continuing her formal studies. These studies are on-going.... learning never stops.

She did part-time Private Dog Training from 1974-1998 and part time Group Classes from 1994-1998... at which point she started teaching both full time.

She enjoys teaching people how to understand, bond, communicate with & train their own dogs by teaching English as a second language through positive methods.

She was one of the founders of Mutt Management... a successful Doggie Daycare & Training Center in Sarasota Fl. She co-owned & operated it from 1997-2002.

Please feel free to check out the certifications listed below. It takes years of hard work studying & attending Educational Courses along with teaching both Group Classes & Private Lessons to acheive CPDT, NADOI, & Professional status in the APDT.

Current & past Memberships:

• Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT) with Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
• Endorsed member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (#980)
• Professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (#4402)
• International Positive Dog Training Association 
• International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (#2671)
• Animal Behavior College (ABC) Mentor Trainer
• The Humane Society of Sarasota County
  • Obedience Instructor (past)
  • Volunteer-Pet Therapy FUR FUN Reading Program
  • Volunteer-teaching various classes & seminars for Pet Therapy  volunteers (Introduction to Canine Musical Freestyle, Obedience, etc)
  • Volunteer-Children's Summer Camp
• Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
  • Clicker Obedience Instructor
  • Lure & Reward Instructor
  • Obedience Training Committee Chair (past)
  • Obedience Registrar (past)
  • Obedience Director (past)
  • Board Member (past)
  • Building Registrar (past)
• AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator (#3057)
• American Temperament Test Society Registered Provisional Tester
• Disaster Animal Response Team (DART-past)
• Therapy Dogs International, Inc (TDI-past)
  • Visitng Team
  • Evaluator

Clicker & Lure & Reward Training Instructor for:

• Animals by Nature
  • AKC S.T.A.R.Puppy (ages 9-18 weeks)
  • Beginner 1 (Ages 19 weeks & older)
  • Click-a-Trick/Introduction to Canine Musical Freestyle
  • Beginner 2/Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
• West Coast Veterinary Center
• Beginner 1 (ages 16 weeks & older)
• Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
• Beginner 2
• Intermediate
• Canine Good Citizen
• The Humane Society of Sarasota County (past)
• Beginner 1 (ages 16 weeks old & over)
• Beginner 2
• Pet Therapy
• Assistance Service Dog
• Frisky Business, Inc. (past)
  • Beginner 1 (ages 16 weeks old & over)
  • Beginner 2
  • Canine Good Citizen
• Mutt Management (past)
• Puppy
• Beginner 1
• Beginner 2
• Canine Good Citizen
• Recall

Assistance Service Dog activites:

• Founder of Positive Assistance Working Service dogs (PAWSdogs)
  • Assistance Service Dog Trainer
  • Assistance Service Dog Training Instructor
  • Assistance Service Dog Public Access Certification Test Evaluator 
• Raised 2 Guide Dog puppies for
  •  Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc. (who successfully led people until their retirement)
  • Helped for several years with their Puppy Obedience Program.
• Raised & placed several Assistance Service Dogs for
  • Jeanine’s Professional Dog Training  
  • PAWSdogs
• Instructed puppy raisers for
  • Canine Companions for Independence (CCI)
  • Paws With a Cause
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc
  • Multiple individuals

Titles & Certifications earned with her own dogs:

• TT, TDI, CGC, CASD, KCGCDS-B on her own dogs
• Obedience titles in AKC & WWKC with her Newfoundland “Zendor”
• Assistance Service Dog Public Access Certification:
  • Tribble (Havanese)
  • Velcro (Viszla)
  • Dante (1st gen. Labradoodle)
  • Resin (Viszla)
  • Tango (3rd gen. Labradoodle)
  • Oliver (1st gen. Goldendoodle, working on the CASD designation)

Obedience, Agility, Freestyle & Behavior Educational courses:

• Positive Training for Shelter Dogs...Sue Sternberg
• Whale Done...Motivating Animals & People...Chuck Tompkins & Thad Lacinak
• From the Classroom to the Training Room & Back Again... Bob Bailey
• Educating Clients: Rescuing the Rescuers...Trish King
• Becoming a Better People Trainer...Teoti Anderson
• Instruction Skills: Custom Classes for your Community...Terry Ryan
• Blast From the Past: Fuller & Scott Revisted...Suzanne Clothier
• What is This Dog Telling Me...Pia Silvani
• Instructional Skills: Games People Play to Train Their dogs...Terry Ryan
• Operant Conditioning Workshop-Chicken Training ...Bob Bailey
• Item Writing Workshop...Teri Mercatante
• Parenting Your Dog ...Trish King
• Fading & Transfering Cues & Prompts ...Karen Pryor
• Learning Therory 101...Teoti Anderson
• Instructional Skills: It's Not What We Say, It's What They Hear...Terry Ryan
• Panel on Breed Temperament...Trish King, Mary Lee Nitscke, Ph. D. & Sue Sternberg
• Instructors Seminar... NADOI (1993)
• The Third Way... Chris Bach
• Aggression From the Dog's Point of View...Chris Bach
• Clicker Training ...Pat Miller
• Aggression Seminar...Pamela Reed
• Clicker Training...Deb Jones (2000)
• Dog Behavior & Aggression...Pat McConnell
• Dog Behavior & Training...John Rogerson
• Puppy Training... Ian Dunbar
• Clicker Training & Scent Work...Steve White (2000)
• Animal Behavior...Chuck Tompkins
• Obedience Seminar...Marge English (1994)
• Dog Behavior...Dr. Meisterfield (1994)
• Hearing Dog Seminars (multiple (1999-2004)
• Guide Dog Seminars (multiple 1995-2002)
• Agility Seminar...Julie Daniels (1993)
• Dog Nutrition Seminar (1994)
• CPR & First Aid for Pets ...(Red Cross-2004)
• Focus, Food , & Fun... Patty Russo
• Levels... Joan B. Guertin, BA, PhD, SHK (2005)
• Freestyle... Carolyn Scott & "Rookie" (2005)
• Obedience Training & Methodology Seminar for Developing Learning Skills & Behavior Knowledge...Conni Borwick (2007)
• Rally Seminar...Deborah Neufeld (2005)
• Tracking Seminar...Mary Thompson (2006)
• Scaredy Dog!...Ali Brown (2006, organized & attended)
• Freestyle Seminar...Attila Szkukalek (audited, 2006)
• How to Handle Aggressive, Prey-driven or Anxious Dogs...Conni Borwick (2006)
• 5-day Instructor's Workshop...John Rogerson (2007)
• TAGteach Primary Seminar (2007)
• Tracking Informational Presentation...Linda Turner (2007) 
• Count on Me: Getting Relability at a Distance...Steve White (2004)
• Power Tools Working With Compound Cues, Adduction...Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman  (2004)
• Clicking with Class parts 1 & 2...Kathy Sdao (2004)
• Here Fido!...Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman (2004)
• Speed Shaping, Get the Behavior!...Karen Pryor (2004)
• Picture Perfect, Pinpointing, Polishing & Proofing...Kay Lawrence (2004)
• Overcoming Roadblocks...Emma Parsons, Karen Pryor, Sherri Lippman, Kathy Sdao & Steve White (2004)
• Practical Application of Theory...Ian Dunbar (2004)
• Dog-Friendly Dog Training Done Right... Ian Dunbar (2007)
• Training Adult Dogs...Ian Dunbar (2007)
• Behavior Evaluation... Sue Sternberg (2008)
• Positive Training for Obedience Trials... Conni Borwick (2008)

Assistance Service Dog Conference (2004):

• Advanced Clicker Training...Sue Ailsby
• Advanced Clicker Training...Deb Davis
• Eye Pointing...Sue Ailsby
• Targeting...Barbara Handleman
• Retrieving Basics... Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman
• Tug & Pull Skills... Robin Pool & Veronica Sanchez
• Retrieving Issues...Virginia Broitman & Sherri Lippman
• Shaping Challange...Sue Ailsby
• Anti-Retrieve...Sue Ailsby
• Foundation Fluencies...Robin Pool & Veronica Sanchez