Meet the trainer
The trainer other trainers send their tough cases to. Based outside Brandon, Mississippi, working hands-on with dogs and their owners across the Jackson metro for more than five years.
My journey into dog training started over five years ago when helping a family member with a difficult dog sent me down the rabbit hole of learning everything I could about training and behavior.
Since then, I've invested thousands of dollars into my education, learned from respected trainers across the country, and worked hands-on with hundreds of dogs and their owners. Today, I continue investing in courses, seminars, and mentorship because I believe a good trainer should never stop learning.
I'm a balanced trainer, but my goal goes far beyond teaching basic obedience. I want to address the root cause of problem behaviors and build a dog that can listen and make better decisions even around real-world distractions.
Just as importantly, I train the owner, not just the dog. Whether you choose private lessons or a board-and-train program, I'll make sure you understand how to communicate with your dog and maintain the results long after our time together.
I've worked with everything from leash pulling, jumping, and poor recall to severe reactivity, fear, aggression, and dogs with bite histories.
For me, this business is about more than training dogs. It's about helping families get their lives back, keeping dogs in their homes, and helping owners experience what "man's best friend" can really mean.
Because at the end of the day, I believe one simple thing:
More Training = More Freedom.
I walk into every case trying to truly understand that specific dog. Dogs can be very different from one another, and I don't limit myself by feeling like I have to train in one specific way. I use whatever will genuinely help that dog the most.
That usually means a lot of rewards, clear rules, real accountability when a dog knows better, and training in the places where life actually happens: your living room, your street, the park, the store. It also means telling you the truth about your dog, even when it is not what you hoped to hear.
Bailey trained through the Will Atherton Academy and has completed coursework from many of the most respected balanced trainers working today. Continuing education is ongoing, because the dogs keep teaching new lessons. These are the trainers whose work shaped how Bailey trains.
Clinical canine behaviourist, Will Atherton Canine Academy
Holds a master's degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour and built the UK's most-watched balanced dog training channel, with more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers. Specializes in last-chance rescue cases and wrote the best-selling book Raising and Training Perfect Puppies.
Bailey trained through the Will Atherton Academy's professional program.
Founder of Leerburg
Training dogs since 1960 and producing professional training videos since 1982, Ed built Leerburg into one of the largest dog training resources in the world: 194 full-length DVDs, 95 online courses, and more than 4,000 free training videos. He and his wife Cindy bred working-line German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois for over 35 years, and Ed served as a K-9 handler for the Dunn County Sheriff's Department from 1990 to 2000. He retired from Leerburg in early 2026.
Coursework through Leerburg's online training library.
Founder, Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers
More than forty years in competitive dog sports, working-dog training, and pet training. Taught over 300 seminars across the US, Canada, and South America before opening his school in 2009, which has since coached close to 2,000 professional trainers. One of the first certified Mondioring decoys in the United States and a major influence on reward-based training in protection sports.
Coursework on engagement, marker training, and reward systems.
Two-time IGP World Champion, founder of Training Without Conflict
The only American to win two IGP World Championships, plus 14 national championships, all with dogs he bred, raised, and trained himself. Over forty years of experience in training, breeding, protection, and police work, and creator of the Training Without Conflict system and Ot Vitosha Malinois.
Coursework on play, possession games, and building drive without conflict.
Founder, Pak Masters Dog Training
Author of Everything You Need to Know About E Collar Training, which has sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide. Known internationally for aggression cases other trainers turned away and for showing unedited, real-case training on YouTube. Trains dogs in the Nashville, Tennessee and Bowling Green, Kentucky areas.
Coursework on remote-collar communication and rehabilitating aggressive dogs.
Founder, Next Level Dogs and GRC Dogsports
Founder of GRC Dogsports (Gameness, Respect, Control), a sport built for everyday dogs, and host of the Next Level Dog Talk podcast. A former MMA fighter and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, he is known worldwide for relationship-based training and biological fulfillment through play.
Coursework on play-based relationship building and drive fulfillment.
Founder of K9 Connection, former president of the IACP
Built K9 Connection in Buffalo, New York into a destination where owners across the US and Canada brought their dogs and where professional trainers came to study. Former president of the International Association of Canine Professionals and founder of Consider the Dog, an education platform for professional trainers.
Coursework on attention-based e-collar work and professional development.
Certified Master Dog Trainer, former US Marine
Co-hosted Animal Planet's Rescue Dog to Super Dog after his training caught the network's attention in 2017. Author of Nate Schoemer's Dog Training Manual, now in its third edition, with more than 100,000 YouTube subscribers learning from his science-based approach.
Coursework on obedience mechanics and the science behind training methods.
Bailey has studied these trainers' courses, seminars, and academies. Listing them describes his education; it does not imply their endorsement of Clark's Canine Training. Photos belong to each trainer and are credited to their websites.
Every one of these trainers approaches dogs a little differently, and that is the point. Rewards, play, clear rules, and fair accountability each have a place. Bailey's job is knowing which tool your particular dog needs on a particular day, and explaining why before it is used.
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