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Patti has been a dog lover and owner all of her life. Being in the dog industry with her husband Ron since 1977 has taught her how to run a business smoothly. Breeding German Shepherds for 30 years and nurturing all those little puppies have brought her lots of enjoyment. Customer service is important to her. Patti is quick to point out that Ron and her have and continue to work very hard operating Canyon Crest and their awesome employees are vital to the business.

“I am involved in every aspect of the business. Besides getting to take care of your dog in the boarding kennel I am a people person and enjoy the many relationships that have formed because of this business. I am looking forward to meeting you and your dog and helping any way that I can.”

-Patti Pace

Cara Putnam, Canyon Crest K-9 Training Center Dog Trainer/Instructor, has been training dogs as a full time career since 2003.

She has over 13 years working for large corporations as a successful operations and people manager and trainer. But, Cara made the decision to leave the corporate world and pursue her own visions and today has turned a life long love into a career as a professional dog trainer.

In 1999, Cara started training her own dogs with Ron when they were puppies. She then completed private training lessons with both of her dogs at 6 months old and continued on with Pace’s instruction including his controlled personal protection training. She was motivated to help other people achieve what she had achieved with her dog in hopes that others could enjoy and experience the human dog bond that had brought so much joy to her family’s life. It was around that time that she decided to learn how to train dogs from Ron and completed his trainer/instructor course.

Cara is currently the instructor for our dog obedience training, puppy pre-school and tracking programs. She currently trains over 100 dogs and their people each year and has experience with over 50 different breeds of dogs. She specializes in being able to take any person with any dog thru the program and achieve results that allow our customers to not only live with and enjoy their dogs but really learn what it takes to understand, communicate and control their canine companion.

Click here for our next Puppy Pre-School dates

Class are usually held every Thursday for five consecutive weeks.

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