Courtney Hoffman

Past

• Animal Attendant at All About Dogs
• Canine Education Instructor at PETCO Animal Supply
• Operator at Curiosity

• Director at D.H. Canine Services, Inc.
• Student at Tarheel Canine Training Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

• North State K-9 Academy
• Casper Community College

Connections

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Industry

Veterinary

Courtney Hoffman’s Summary

Certified Professional Canine Trainer & Behavior Consultant. AKC approved Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. Experience as Kennel Manager, Veterinary Technical Assistant, Obedience Training Instructor and Training Director.

Courtney Hoffman’s Specialties:

Basic obedience training and behavior modification. Application of operant and classical conditioning.
Accustom animals to human voice and contact; and condition companionship animals to respond to basic obedience commands.
Motivationally based method and eclectic training techniques.



__ counseling and problem solving
__ private lessons
__ in-home lessons
__ group classes
__ in kennel training (boarding school)
__ Canine Good Citizen Evaluator.

Courtney Hoffman’s Experience

• Animal Attendant

  All About Dogs

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• Canine Education Instructor

  PETCO Animal Supply

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

  May 2005 — October 2005 (6 months)

  PETCO Animal Supplies
  
  Conduct and promote obedience-training classes within assigned PETCO store(s)
  
  Consult with owners/customers in solving training and behavioral issues
  
  Instruct owners/customers on how to train their dogs to be ""good canine citizens"" both inside and outside the home
  
  Help motivate owners achieve success and satisfaction with our educational services
  
  Communicates effectively with owner-customers and potential clients to promote the obedience classes and public education.
  
  Creates and maintains marketing efforts to promote obedience classes, workshops, and/or canine education events sponsored by PETCO.
  Monitors and assesses each class to determine strong and weak points, in order to improve overall quality.
  Gathers data on each class to suggest improvements in policies, procedures, places, times, methods, etc.
  Ensures the area used to conduct classes is clean, stocked with proper equipment, and safe for both owner-customers and dogs.

• Operator

  Curiosity

  (Partnership; Myself Only; Arts and Crafts industry)

  September 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 10 months)

  Operation of small pet supply and gift shop. Promotion and sale of hand crafted Wyoming artisan creations.

• Director

  D.H. Canine Services, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  December 1997 — December 2001 (4 years 1 month)

• Student

  Tarheel Canine Training Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Program Development industry)

  August 1997 — September 1997 (2 months)

  Professional Obedience Trainer Course
  concentrates on companion dog training in an in-board, in-home, and class setting. on & off-leash obedience, motivational techniques, house manners, behavior modification & shaping. learn to council pet owners, canine first aid, kennel and business management. how to sell your service, to follow-up with clients to ensure success. Students are exposed to all areas of training .actually train dogs in our kennel for our clients under supervision of a master trainer, so that you will have the experience training 10-20 or more dogs (usually more!) from start to finish ability to put theory into action before you graduate! . this is a hands-on apprenticeship that will challenge you every day. committed to professional development and the success of your business.Graduates entitled to free follow-up training following tgraduation to continue to develop their personal training programs. to free consultations on training problems after returning home.

Additional Information

Courtney Hoffman’s Groups:

AKC Canine Good Citizen,

•    Dog Training Professionals
•    Pet Professionals
•    Pet Industry Professionals
•    K9 Networking

Courtney Hoffman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch