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Charlotte Schuessler

Charlotte Schuessler joined the WAGD team in 2024. She has long been fascinated with human and animal behavior, and got her start in dog training in 2017 through training her own service dog, a Dalmatian named Daisy Mae. Charlotte helped Daisy Mae overcome issues such as car anxiety and prey drive towards small pets to become an exemplary dog, and began training dogs professionally... Read more
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Courtney Brown

Courtney Brown is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer who joined the WAGD team in 2023. Courtney began her dog training career working with service dogs at Texas A&M University. She assisted in the raising and training of service dogs for four years, including one year serving as President of the organization. Courtney’s passion for detection work grew while volunteering as... Read more
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Ryan Shaw CPDT-KA

Ryan joined WAGD in May of 2011, teaching Agility and Pet Manners classes. Ryan worked in the commercial construction industry for 22 years. When she earned her CPDT-KA (Certified Professional Dog Trainer)  in 2013, Ryan left the corporate world to pursue her dream of working with and training dogs as a full-time profession. Ryan’s utilizes positive reinforcement training methods, including... Read more
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Gabi Vannini CPDT-KA

Gabi Vannini CPDT-KA joined the WAGD staff in fall 2018. She teaches barn hunt, agility, conformation, rally and manners. She is an AKC CGC, trick, ACT test, temperament test and farm dog evaluator. Gabi competes in a variety of dog sports with her own dogs and has titled in obedience, agility, rally, conformation, lure coursing, dock diving, barn hunt, tricks... Read more
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Brittany Wingfield ADT, FDM

Brittany joined the What a Great Dog! Team in January 2017. She trains in our Manners Boot Camp program and does In-home lessons through our WAGD on Wheels program. She also teaches Nose Work and Pet Manners. She enjoys teaching pet owners all about positive training, building relationships, and better communication between pups and their owners. Brittany Wingfield  is an Accredited... Read more
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Maureen Patin CPDT-KA Head Trainer

Maureen Patin CPDT-KA founded What a Great Dog! Training Center in 2007. She is the Head Trainer for both WAGD locations and the online learning division, Great Dog Online. Maureen earned her certification from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. She keeps current on the latest evidence-based, positive training techniques through online courses and attending seminars. Maureen utilizes positive,... Read more