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About AZ Dog Sports

Premier Dog Trainers in Phoenix

Layne Kizler, AZ Dog Sports owner

Layne Kizler, Managing Partner, AZ Dog Sports

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Layne Kizler is the Managing Partner at AZ Dog Sports; the premier dog training business in Paradise Valley, Arizona. AZ Dog Sports offers the widest selection of puppy obedience, all levels of dog obedience training, behavioral training, sport competition, agility, and activity classes in the Valley.

Layne has been a retail agility store owner, a remote show and trial vendor in over 10 states, and host to some of the best dog trainers in the state for over 15 years. Her hobbies include traveling with and doing a variety of activity classes with her 3 rescue dogs. Layne is an active member of the animal rescue community.  AZ Dog Sports regularly provides classes to help educate dog guardians and professionals.

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Mitch Stewart is a Partner at AZ Dog Sports, consulting with Layne on longdog trainers in phoenix az, Mitch Stewart & Charlie term financial and service strategies. When not engaged with the business, he facilitates courses in moral philosophy and contemporary political philosophy at the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Denver. Mitch is active in dog rescue especially with pit bulls and Airedale Terriers. He has trained dogs in obedience as well as Search & Rescue; and was past President of the Greater Denver Airedale Terrier Club.

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Due to demand, Layne created and designed the AZ Dog Smart Educational Academy, for anyone that wishes to delve into the world of working with dogs, as a career choice. Dog trainers, dog day care workers, pet sitters and dog walkers can all benefit from this first of it’s kind educational program.

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AZ Dog Sports is the place for dogs!  We specialize in dog training with quality instructors in small groups or private instruction.  All classes are taught by certified professional dog trainers who instruct in their individual sport.  At AZ Dog Sports we follow CCPDT guidelines in our training.

For a full list of upcoming dog training classes, please visit our classes and events page.  Our classes are held at a variety of locations, check each class specifically for location information.

We are dedicated to the idea of offering a diverse variety of training for people and their canine companions.

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