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Polite Paws — 4.9★ (8 reviews), Fort Wayne Dog Trainer

Polite Paws

Certified★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 8 reviews
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Force-freeObedience Training
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Overview

FormatIn-home
Training methodForce-free
Led byTrista

About Polite Paws

About Polite Paws

Polite Paws is led by Trista and focuses on enjoyable, effective training for the family dog in the Fort Wayne area. The approach is fear-free, pain-free, and reinforcement-based, with an emphasis on keeping training fun.

Services

Polite Paws helps with potty training, socialization, barking, jumping, pulling on walks, chewing, counter surfing, general cues, and Canine Good Citizen preparation. Resource guarding and aggression cases may require a referral.

How It Works

Private sessions take place in your home, a local park, or a pet-friendly retail location, with virtual options available via FaceTime, Zoom, or Facebook. The credentials displayed include CCPDT and an aggressive dog certification.

What they can help with

Puppy Training ↗
Early socialization, house-training and first manners for young dogs.
Puppy Socialization ↗
Early socialization, house-training and first manners for young dogs.
Obedience Training ↗
Sit, stay, recall and reliable commands, from beginner to advanced.
Behavior Modification ↗
Behavior modification for unwanted or problem habits.
Aggression ↗
Help for dogs that bite, lunge or react out of fear or aggression.

Certifications & verification

GetDogSchool checks each credential against the official public registry. We mark Certified only what we could independently confirm. How we verify →
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CCPDT
Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CCPDT): the leading independent certification, 300+ logged hours plus a proctored exam. Listed by the trainer — not independently verified. check the registry ↗
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Aggressive Dog certification
Listed by the trainer — not independently verified.
CPDT-KA
Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CCPDT): the leading independent certification, 300+ logged hours plus a proctored exam. Confirmed in the CCPDT public registry.

Certified · CCPDT view entry ↗

AKC CGC Evaluator
AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator; tests dogs for the AKC benchmark good-manners program. Confirmed in the AKC public registry.

Certified · AKC view entry ↗

Reviews

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 8 reviews · Google
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