Lisa Carroll

Lisa and Jeff have trained dogs seriously for 27 years and are entering their eighteenth year training for CPT.

The Top 5 Dog Trainers in Atlanta

Nobody else in Atlanta matches Mark’s background of competition training, pet dog training, behavior modification experience, education, and canine neuroscience research.  

Psychiatric Service Dog Hank

Hank is a 2-year old, male Rottweiler mix.  After 4.5-months of intensive training he is now also a highly proficient psychiatric service dog. Hank services a teenage recipient in Tennessee, who suffers from severe schizophrenia that includes visual and auditory hallucinations.  Hank mitigates the limitations and effects of her psychiatric disability by performing specialized behaviors […]

CPT Trainers Participate in Appie and Robert Kamps Seminar

CPT Trainers Lisa Carroll, Megan Sinteff Jefferson, and Mark Spivak participated in the Appie and Robert Kamps Seminar held November 15 and 16 in Dawsonville, GA. Appie and Robert are two of The Netherlands’ top KNPV competition and police dog trainers. They also train performance horses that are well known as crowd pleasers at Dutch events, especially when the horses work in combination with dogs and chickens.

CPT Provides Clicker Training Seminar to Staff

On Monday, May 13, 2013 CPT presented a clicker training seminar to its trainers and support staff. The seminar began with a discussion regarding the role of the clicker, which in the belief of CPT is most advantageous when:

Conducting imprint training with puppies, when
Working with anxious, but noise tolerant dogs, who are nervous amidst humans or when hearing the human voice,
Conducting counterconditioning drills with a majority of human or dog aggressive animals,
Conducting shaping drills for complex exercises, and
Working with owners/handlers who are not adept at vocal modulation and/or human-dog verbal communication.