Taking the Lead
About Taking the Lead
About
Taking the Lead is a Columbus, Ohio dog-training business founded in 2021 by owner and head trainer Lindsay Stamper, whose background includes work as a zookeeper and dolphin trainer. The business is described as locally, family-, and woman-owned, and the team specializes in everything from basic obedience and puppy training to reactive and aggressive behavior, using what it calls a balanced training approach. It is a member of the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP).
Programs
The core offering is day training, positioned for busy pet parents, alongside lifetime training, transformation sessions, and behavior-modification programs. Taking the Lead advertises a lifetime guarantee and free training for the life of the dog, along with a free transformation session and instant estimate to get started, and it provides the training equipment used in its programs. Stamper credits her start to rehabilitating BooBerry, a reactive pit bull she adopted as a demo dog.
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