Danielle Robinson moved to Middle Tennessee in 2003 after growing up in Connecticut. She credits her childhood black Labrador Retriever/Great Dane mix for teaching her about the unconditional love and support that dogs provide.
Danielle’s first dog as an adult was a gentle and well-mannered Australian Shepherd. The bond they created encouraged her to foster rescue dogs. Danielle taught the foster dogs basic obedience skills and socialization, thus increasing their potential for successful long-term adoptions.
In 2012, Danielle started working as a professional dog trainer teaching group classes and private one-on-one lessons ranging from basic obedience to advanced training, including training for the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen award.
Furthering her commitment to learning and growing as a dog trainer, she successfully completed an internship at the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country, Best Friends Animal Society in Utah. There, Danielle cared for dogs who had very diverse backgrounds and specific behavioural issues, including several dogs saved from the Michael Vick dog fighting ring.
Danielle’s goal to be a service dog trainer started when she saw a news story about people who raise and train puppies for service dog organizations (puppy raisers). The story inspired her to become a puppy raiser for Southeastern Guide Dogs. For the next seven years, she opened her home to these puppies teaching basic to advanced obedience as well as service dog-specific skills. This experience increased her knowledge about the care and attention puppies need.
Danielle currently lives with her dogs Miracle, a Shepherd mix, and Emma Grace, a black Labrador Retriever. She enjoys hiking, snow skiing, photography, and scrapbooking when she is not at home with her dogs.
Training Philosophy
Danielle Robinson is a positive reinforcement, force-free, Certified Professional Dog Trainer—Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA). At Praise Pet Love Dog Training, we value the human-dog bond and strengthen that bond through positive reinforcement training methods backed by scientific research. Making our training fun encourages trust and builds a solid relationship with your dog without the use of fear, pain or intimidation. By valuing your dog and you together, we can achieve the behavior you want from your dog.
Services
- Private One-on-One Training
- Public Access Test Training
- FREE 30-minute PRE-ADOPTION CONSULTATION
- Puppy Manners
- Adults Manners
- Public Access Test Training
- FREE Pre-adoption Counseling
Certifications
- Certified Professional Dog Trainer—Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA)
Specializations
- Puppy training
- Adult dog training
- Public Access Test Training
- Pre-adoption Counseling
Training Methods
- Positive reinforcement
- Force-free
Customer Reviews
Jeff – Danielle has impressed me with the depth of her dog training skills. She went beyond training our dogs to putting together a plan to introduce our dog to our newborn to helping us introduce our new puppy to other dogs. I would highly recommend her. I’ve never met anyone who knows more about dogs.
Valerie – Danielle is the best! She is very thoughtful and creative. She just seems to know the best approach for your dog. She doesn’t shy away from tackling behaviour issues.
Marcia – Simply the best! An absolute dog whisperer!! Totally professional and kind. Top-notch!
Cary – I confess, like most seasoned dog owners, I thought I knew how to best train my 8 week old English Shepherd. I enrolled us in a puppy class with Danielle because I thought the socialization would be good for both of us. Danielle’s quiet attention and sense of humour, not only made me more aware of what “Booker” was thinking but really helped me to understand how best to communicate with her. I highly recommend her services & knowledge. You’ll end up with a well-behaved dog who has gained a loving and lasting friend….one who will be there whenever you need her!
Dinah – Danielle is an amazing trainer. She has helped my dog become confident and well-behaved. You can’t go wrong with Danielle!
Anita – Danielle helped us so much when we adopted a young dog that was hit by a car. As she was healing we discovered the new dog didn’t get along well with our first dog and we needed help! Our vet referred Danielle to us and we felt she would be a great fit from the start. Danielle is very creative and inspiring in tackling this task which is a work in progress. She believes in and works the positive reinforcement method; Danielle is very intuitive with dogs.
It’s hard to believe as I remember the before training and present relationship the two dogs are having.
We also moved to a new home and she helped us transition both dogs for the move and the advice was spot on.
