About Train Canine
Train Canine helps new puppy families, dog-training enthusiasts, and trainers understand dog behavior, solve real training problems, and build clearer training plans.
Train Canine is for people who want to understand dog training. Whether you're a professional dog trainer working with real client cases, an aspiring trainer who wants to build a stronger foundation or a serious dog enthusiast who wants to understand why training works, you'll find up-to-date information and resources here.
Whether you are raising a puppy, working through common behavior challenges, preparing for cooperative care, trying to understand your dog better, or building better training habits at home, Train Canine offers clear resources, guides, courses, and tools.
Meet Sarah Filipiak, CDBC
Train Canine was founded by Sarah Filipiak, CDBC.
Sarah is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, educator, curriculum designer, and professional mentor with more than two decades of experience in dog training and behavior consulting. She develops practical, structured education for dog trainers who want clearer decision-making, stronger training plans, and better client results.
Sarah teaches for the Association of Professional Dog Trainers International and leads mentorship programs through the IAABC Foundation , helping aspiring consultants build the skills needed for professional certification. She has also served as executive director, president, and board member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants.
In addition to her work in dog behavior, Sarah holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and journalism. Her background in behavior, teaching, and strategic communication shapes Train Canine’s approach: clear explanations meeting practical structure so trainers, behavior consultants and clients can see real progress in their training plans.
What Train Canine helps with
Train Canine focuses on the parts of dog training that help a plan actually work, including:
- puppy basics, early learning, and preventing small problems from turning into big ones
- common training problems like biting, jumping, leash pulling, barking, settling, and “my dog knows this but won’t do it here”
- cooperative care, grooming practice, handling skills, and helping dogs feel better about needed care
- reactivity, fear, frustration, overexcitement, and other big-feelings behavior
- understanding behavior, not just teaching cues or following steps
- building clear training plans for home practice, client cases, classes, and behavior-change work
- choosing the next step when progress stalls or the first plan is not working
- improving follow-through between lessons, practice sessions, or training appointments
- helping serious dog people and dog-training enthusiasts learn more deeply without getting lost in jargon
- helping aspiring trainers, professional trainers, and behavior consultants organize their work more clearly
The site includes articles, courses, templates, coaching resources, and practical tools for people who want more structure in their training or teaching.
Who Train Canine is for
Train Canine serves several connected audiences.
If you are a dog owner working through puppy, manners, reactivity, grooming, or behavior challenges, you will find practical guidance that helps you understand what to do and why it works.
If you are a serious dog-training learner or aspiring trainer, Train Canine can help you build a stronger foundation before you move into professional education or behavior consulting.
If you are a professional dog trainer, Train Canine focuses on the skills that hold your work together: training plans, client communication, homework, troubleshooting, and structured follow-through.
If you are moving toward behavior consulting, Train Canine offers education and resources that help you think more clearly about behavior change, case structure, and professional decision-making.
Start here
New to Train Canine?
Start with the resources that match where you are now:
Dog Training 201 — for dog trainers who know the basics but want better plans, better follow-through, and better client results.
What is a dog behavior consultant? — for trainers and serious learners who want to understand how behavior consulting differs from basic training.
Why dog training clients don’t follow through — for trainers who want better client participation without blame, guilt, or chaos.
You can also browse the latest articles on traincanine.com.
Official Train Canine profiles
Train Canine’s official website is traincanine.com.
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Learn with Train Canine
Train Canine is built for people who want dog training to make sense in practice.
That means fewer vague tips, fewer magic-sounding protocols, and more attention to the actual work: understanding the case, choosing the next step, explaining the plan, supporting the learner, and adjusting when real life does what real life does.
If you want practical education for better training plans, stronger client follow-through, and clearer behavior outcomes, you are in the right place.