About The Dog Wizard Oklahoma City

Scott and Gale Templeton both had successful careers in corporate America prior to focusing their skills in the pet industry. Scott was a division manager for 7-Eleven and held senior operating and marketing positions with Tosco, Phillips 66, Conoco Phillips, Shell UK and Mobil. He did consulting work on four continents for Shell International, Exxon Mobil and ERG Petroli. He did strategic marketing work for GTech and Intellimat, an $18-million Virginia start-up. He started his professional pet career in 1993 with Petropolis, a $2-million-a-year, 22,000 square-foot facility, capable of boarding more than 300 pets daily. Over the years, he has designed, built or operated nearly 20 professional pet facilities, including the Rowan County Animal Shelter and the Boyd County Animal Shelter. In his career, he has supervised more than 260,000 pet stay days.

Gale Templeton began her professional career with grocery facilities. She worked for Kroger and other grocery companies in a retail, wholesale and vendor role. While at Kroger, she served as a store manager and moved into a corporate merchandising role. She also worked in sales and marketing in the staffing industry and the food service and supply industry. In 1994, Gale joined Petropolis in a management and marketing role, overseeing nearly 10 PetCare Advisors on staff, the Grooming Academy School and Hidden Fencing Division.

Her dog Asa (ASCA CH, ATCH Shalako’s Windchaser) is a ASCA Hall Of Fame Sire. He has direct off-spring that have garnered more than 22 advanced titles in five competitive disciplines. Her dog Yuma (Asa’s son) is a North American Dog Agility Council Hall of Fame Competitor, with six Champion Agility titles to his credit. Gale has 16 and counting agility championships to her credit.

Gale has competed in conformation (U.S. and U.K.) and titled in competitive obedience, rally, herding, barn hunt, dock dogs and agility. Gale has qualified and participated in ASCA Nationals and NADAC Championships 10 times. Over the years, Gale has put more than 100 titles on the dogs. She has been conducting training classes at Tin Woof Inn since 2007.

Introducing Amanda Davis, a passionate dog enthusiast whose love for canines has been a lifelong devotion. From her earliest interactions with neighborhood dogs to her experience training her first companion, Chaz—a spirited Pomeranian known for his agility and playful nature—Amanda’s affinity for dogs has been unwavering throughout her journey.

Driven by a desire to pursue a career aligned with her passion, Amanda transitioned from the food industry to the world of dog training. Rejecting the notion of merely existing in a job she didn’t love, she embarked on a path where her natural talent for understanding and training dogs could flourish.

After graduating with honors from Animal Behavior College in 2006, Amanda honed her skills by working alongside seasoned trainers and volunteering at animal shelters to improve the adoptability of rescue dogs. Over the years, she has forged a successful career as an independent trainer, leveraging her expertise in various settings, including retail environments.

A Canine Good Citizen evaluator for the AKC, Amanda is dedicated to helping dogs and their owners achieve CGC certification and assisting those interested in therapy dog programs. She says, one of the best parts of her job is witnessing the transformative moments when dogs grasp new concepts, knowing she’s making a tangible difference in their lives and the lives of their owners.

Now proudly a part of the Dog Wizard family, Amanda continues to channel her passion for dog training into creating harmonious relationships between pet dogs and their families. Her goal is to bridge communication gaps, fostering happier homes for everyone involved.

Passionate about her faith, Amanda expresses her devotion through worship at a local ministry, where she actively participates as a singer and pianist. Beyond her professional career, Amanda finds joy in spending quality time with her husband, Joshua, and their two daughters, Selah and Miah.

With an unwavering commitment to enhancing the lives of dogs and their human companions, Amanda eagerly looks forward to meeting you and your furry friend, ready to embark on a journey of mutual understanding and fulfillment.

Steve Zorn has been involved with dog training for more than 20 years. Steve has always had a passion for animals from a very early age. He sensed a special bond with animals from childhood with the family dog, friends’ dogs and cats, and the many other animals he encountered on family and friends’ farms. His lifelong thirst for knowledge pertaining to animals and animal behavior is insatiable.

Since his early 30’s Steve has been involved in rescue work, where he co-founded and ran an animal rescue for 16 years. In this time Steve rescued, rehabbed, trained, and found permanent homes for well over 1000 dogs. Many of these were rare breeds, or, breeds deemed dangerous. He quickly became the go to guy for many abused, neglected, and homeless dogs that ended up in shelters and county pounds in the Midwest. Steve’s passion has always been with the animals that were ignored or deemed too difficult to bother with. He counts these as his greatest successes. Steve has also been a mentor to other animal rescue organizations offering advice on training, behavior, and, management of dogs and cats.

The breed Steve is most passionate about is the German Shepherd Dog. He has owned, trained, and competed with German Shepherds for 25 years in local, regional, and, national events in several very demanding competitive dog sports. Steve is a previous member of Topline German Shepherd Dog Club, a founder of, and the original President of Turner Junction Working Dog Club, as well as Vice President and co-founder of Yorkville Schutzhund Club. Steve has also trained several German Shepherd Dogs prior to them being accepted at police K-9 academies where they then became full-fledged police K-9’s.

Steve also ran his own dog training business in the Chicagoland area, and, then again in Nashville, TN and Phoenix, AZ. While in Nashville Steve also worked with one of the inventors of the very difficult Vapor Wake Training Method for Explosives Detection Dogs.

Presently, Steve still enjoys training and competing with his German Shepherds and has more recently dabbled a little with dock diving. His passion also remains with rare breeds of dogs, as well as Livestock Guard Dogs utilized on farms.

Steve’s best advice to all dog owners is to build a strong bond with your dogs based on mutual trust, and, learn how to understand what your dog is thinking, especially in difficult or stressful situations.