About Bark Tales Academy

In-home training around Wesley Chapel

Bark Tales Academy is a dog training business in Wesley Chapel serving Zephyrhills, Dade City, Lutz and surrounding areas. Owner and lead trainer Christina Lee Duniphan completed her formal dog training education in 2006 at Triple Crown Dog Training Academy, worked as a trainer offering private lessons at doggy daycare facilities, and opened Bark Tales Academy in 2020. She competes in canine sports with her own dogs, including flyball, barn hunt, agility and tricks.

Approach

Bark Tales uses only positive, reward-based methods to build trust and respect, and Christina writes that physical punishment and harsh reprimands are unnecessary. Lessons teach owners to communicate with their dogs without fear or intimidation, in line with the mission of inspiring owners to speak their dog's language.

Courses

Private Home School brings one-on-one lessons to the owner's home, where problem behaviors happen most, and owners can attend or have the dog trained while they are at work. Courses include Puppy Preschool, Obedience, the Social Studies group class for dogs of all ages, and extracurricular Tricks and Sniff classes. Custom behavioral training is available by the hour, and add-on bike rides, walks, social outings and fetch sessions are open to current students and graduates. Hours are 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM on weekdays and 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on weekends.

What to ask

Ask about package prices at 1.813.407.2998.