Epps Dog Training
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LEARN MORE ABOUT AGILITY AND WHY IT IS BECOMING
SO POPULAR AMONG DOG OWNERS EVERYWHERE!




Private sessions serving Wantage & Surrounding areas. (Sussex county)
Group classes in Wantage, Newfoundland, West Paterson & Denville (Sussex, Morris & Passaic county) 
Basic Obedience, Behavior Modification,  Aggression Issues, & Puppy Manners.

Agility my Specialty!

About us

 
James Epperly & Boo Boo

As of today, I have provided over 1000 private behavioral lessons and several group classes. Currently, I reside in Wantage, NJ (Sussex County) with my yellow labrador Boo Boo. After several years of working as a postman, and coming in contact with man’s best friend on a daily basis, I tapped into a natural talent I knew I always had but never knew how to utilize. In September of 2005 I met a world- renowned dog trainer, Diane Bauman, and immediately began an apprenticeship under her. In 2007 I assisted Diane with her book "Agility Start to Finish". I began to use this talent to speak dog. I read, spoke, watched, and experienced all the wonders of a dog. The most important, was how to get through to our canine friends, through their instincts. After observing training methods that worked, it was apparent that no two dogs are exactly the same, just like us. Studying dog behavior, obedience, sheep herding, tracking and agility (a favorite), I found myself falling in love with these animals, and it was mutual, they communicated. I constantly hone my skills by attending related seminars & mentoring with other trainers. I work in conjunction with the Vernon Veterinary Clinic in Vernon NJ. I give educational seminars as well as assisting Diane Bauman with seminars and evaluations of dogs. I also currently serve on the committee for the Wantage dog Park & I volunteer my time at local animal shelters, training the problem dogs to make them more adoptable. Currently my dog Boo Boo Lee competes in AKC agility trials. I am available for private behavior sessions & private agility lessons. I offer group classes at the Dog Dome in Wantage
(Sussex County) The Clip Shoppe in Newfoundland (Sussex county) & Club Barks Institute in West Paterson (Passaic County). In September 2010, will be teaching at in Denville (Morris county).
I was voted a Favorite Agility Instructor, for the 2009 Readers' Choice Awards in Tails magazine. 
In July 2010 I visited Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. Volunteering with many different breeds and used my skills to teach many dogs different commands and calming techniques. Dogtown is the dog area of the sanctuary, and suggest that anyone interesting in helping some lost souls, take a visit.