About Panhandle Dog Trainer

Board and train in the Panhandle

Panhandle Dog Trainer is an obedience board and train business in Altha, in the Florida Panhandle, run by owner and head trainer Devlin Duvenhage. Devlin has a background in trailing dogs, gundogs and pet dogs, apprenticed under gundog trainer Greg Oyer, and is a certified instructor for the International School for Dog Trainers, where he learned a balanced form of training. He says he has trained over 1,500 dogs, about 300 of them under his own business.

Programs

The Obedience Board & Train is a minimum 21-day stay, with most dogs finishing in 21 to 24 days. Goals include housebreaking and crate training, sit and down stays, place, waiting at the door, calm car rides and walking and recall on and off leash. Dogs are socialized with other dogs, horses and livestock and trained in stores, restaurants, parks and around traffic and gunshots. Puppy training and retrieval training for hunting dogs, steady to gunfire, are also offered, and boarding dogs get a refresher course. All dogs live on Devlin's property, in a climate-controlled kennel room or in his home.

What owners say

A client from Winter Haven wrote that their Boykin Spaniel became "a dog that loves the field and is totally under control in all situations."

What to ask

Book a consultation at (850) 820-7020 to ask about pricing and start dates.