Our Mission Statement:

We increase awareness of how your dog learns to improve the relationship between you and your dog, show you how a trained dog can enrich your life and help save dog's lives through training and behavior modification.

Our staff are passionate about understanding how dogs learn in order to improve the relationship between owners and their dogs.

Our Core Values

The following values state how we are going to act, and the culture we are going to create as we work here together.

1. FAITH

Pray for one another

2. RESPECT

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

3. INTEGRITY

Live a life of integrity (honesty and honor)

4. HELPING OTHERS

Help one another reach goals personally and professionally

5. TEAMWORK

Pitch in to help other team members participate in the important events in their lives

6. COMPASSION

Treat our client's dogs as our own

7. TRUTH

Never participate in gossip- which means talking about a problem to anyone other than the person able to fix it

8. FUN

Abolish Funny but Mean -- we love to laugh, but we will not do so at anyone else's expense!

Tracy-Operations Manager

Tracy, a Cajun from Louisiana, moved to South Carolina in 2001. She joined Dog Trainers Workshop as a kennel tech in 2005.

In 2011, she became the office manager. In 2022, she became the Director of Operations. As the current Director of First Impressions, all questions (and many answers) go through Tracy. She also has a major in Animal Health Sciences.

Tracy has owned Rottweilers for more than 30 years and has shown in both conformation and obedience.

Tracy is an avid hunter and a competitive archer. She is a two-time South Carolina State Female 3-D Archery Champion, Female Shooter of the Year, and a National Field Archery Association State Champion.

In her spare time, Tracy and her husband, Rohn love to travel, shoot clay, e-bike, hike and spend time shooting videography and photography! They share their home with their two Boxers, "Amos Moses" & "Opie".

Kelly-Training Manager

Kelly started at DTWB in May 2024. She has been training dogs since 2017 and has a passion for it. Kelly likes to teach people how to work with their dog to make them the best family member ever. In her spare time, Kelly loves to read, travel, hike with her dogs & spend time with her family. She currently shares her home with her Golder Retriever, "Faith" & her mixed breed "Willow".

Mika-Kennel Manager

Mika joined the DTWB team in 2018 as a part time kennel tech. She is now our full-time kennel manager. Mika oversees our day to day boarding operation and makes sure everyone that boards with us is happy and healthy.

Mika loves all things animal and is an avid outdoorsman. Mika is also a full time mom and in her spare time she loves to spend time with her husband and 2 sons. She currently shares her home with her cat, "Frank", her Sun Conure (Bird), "Feenie", her Ball Python(snake) "Spots" & her Pomeranian Mix, "Timmy".

Carly-Receptionist

Carly, a Fountain Inn native, joined the DTWB team in 2023 as the front desk receptionist. She will be the one who greets you with a smile when you walk in the door. Carly has a big love for animals. She has a dog named "Dexter" & a cat named "Wockesha". In her spare time, she loves spending time with her fiance, family, friends and listening to music.

Photo of Jinny and a Golden Retriever Dog

Jinny-Instructor

Jinny started training/showing dogs in 1976 with her Irish Setter, Robee. During this time, she also became a member of a new obedience club called The Dog Obedience Club of Greenville-Spartanburg (later The Dog Obedience Club of Greenville). She was able to train Robee through Open, and she earned 2 legs toward her CDX title before she had to retire her in the late 1980s. When she passed away, she took a long hiatus from dogs until 2014 when her & her husband were given a 5 year-old Golden Retriever named Marley. They started working with her, and she quickly earned her CD. She also completed her CDX title and was working in Utility when she passed away from cancer. Jinny now has another Golden named Sophie. She has several Obedience and Rally titles. They competed in the 2018 Classic in Orlando tying for 10th place (out of 72 dogs). Sophie was trained through Open and Utility but had to be retired from jumping exercises due to a depth perception vision issue. She was able to make a very successful transition to the sport of Scent Work. Working with Pat Nolan provided them with a great foundation, and Sophie has so far achieved overall titles all the way through the masters level which entails all elements of containers, buried, interior, and exterior searches. She has been awarded High in Trial twice and has won numerous 1st place awards. She also has earned her Advanced Handler DIscrimination title. Jinny now owns Sophie's niece, Sash, who is preforming great in the obedience ring. She earned her Open(CDX) title in 4 tries with all 1st place finishes. Currently, she is competing at the Utility level and recently earned her first leg with a 1st place. At the 2022 AKC Classic in Orlando, Sash took 8th place in her class of 82 dogs. In addition to obedience, Sash is also currently competing in Scent Work and has her Novice title in containers and buried. After retiring (finally) from Spartanburg Regional Hospital, she started working at Dog Trainers Workshop & Boarding as an instructor in the Puppy, Beginner, & Intermediate classes. She also teaches Advanced Scent Work classes.

Haley-Instructor

Haley started her journey as a dog trainer in FL, when she adopted a dog that had more energy than she knew what to do with. As she invested more of her personal time into dog-related activities, she decided a career change felt right! Since moving to Greenville, Haley has started her own business, assisted local K9 SAR volunteers, and continues to learn as much as possible through schools like Leerburg and Training Without Conflict. She competes in AKC Scent work, enjoys being outside, and strives to be every dog's favorite auntie. She loves teaching at DTW&B because it gives her the opportunity to share knowledge in a relatable way- and she hopes to see you in class!

Janet-Instructors Assistant

Janet joined Dog Trainers Workshop and Boarding in 2017. She is an assistant instructor for our Monday & Thursday night obedience group classes.

Janet traces her interest in training to a book she read as a child. She began taking her own dogs to obedience classes in 1984. She started competing in 2010 when AKC changed the rules to allow mix-breeds to compete. Her mix-breed Border Collie, Brock, was the 10th All-American to earn a UD title. Currently she is training with her Danish-Swedish Farm Dog, "Hofmeyr", to compete in both obedience and Rally competition.