Live a Happier Life with Your Furry Friend

Certified
balanced trainers you can trust

Since 2005
helping families nationwide

Lifetime Support
to keep training on track

National Network
of local trainers near you

Free Evaluation
to start your dog’s training

Our dog training goes beyond basic commands like Sit, Come, and Down. Our approach focuses on helping your dog make better choices and respond to you instead of their impulses. We cover all the essential obedience commands you need to communicate effectively with your dog. But more importantly, we teach your dog to stay engaged and follow through with these commands, even in the most distracting environments. Our goal is to enhance your dog?s understanding of obedience, making it a natural part of their behavior, not just a few tricks they perform when they feel like it.

How It Works

We offer a wide range of dog training programs designed to fit your goals, whether you need board and train, private lessons, puppy training, or group classes. Each program is led by certified trainers, with flexible scheduling and lifetime support after graduation.

Free Evaluation

We assess your dog’s needs and create a personalized plan that fits your lifestyle.

Customized Training Plan

Certified trainers guide you and your dog through proven, positive methods for behavior improvement.

Hands-On Training

Choose from in-home, mobile, or facility-based programs designed for lasting results.

Ongoing Support

Receive tools, guidance, and follow-ups to maintain progress and reinforce skills at home.

Our Dog Training Programs
and Services

Dog Training Obedience Programs

  • Lifetime Support
  • Private Dog Training Lessons
  • Group Dog Training Classes
  • Board and Train Dog Training
  • Puppy Training Programs

Dog Behavior Training Services

  • Problem Solving: barking, chewing, jumping, begging, counter surfing, digging, leash pulling, play biting, marking, door bolting, housebreaking
  • Resource Guarding Training
  • Dog Separation Anxiety Training
  • Adopted/Rescue Dog Training Program
  • Dog Socialization Training

Meet Your Dog Trainers

Every dog trainer on the The Dog Wizard Southlake team is extensively trained and experienced in balanced training techniques that address a range of behavioral issues to help your dog reach their full potential.

Collin & Madeline McCaskill

Owners

Hi everyone! We?re Collin and Madeline, proud owners of The Dog Wizard Southlake!
Both born and raised in Arlington, Texas, we?ve been married for 5 amazing years. We actually met back in high school on the golf team and later both attended Texas A&M?Gig "em Aggies!

We?ve both been lifelong dog owners and lovers, and our two sweet Cockapoos, big brother Archie (4) and little sister Winnie (1), are our whole worlds. They?re the inspiration behind our passion for helping other dog parents like us. "?
When we?re not training pups or spending time with our families, you can find Collin rooting on all the DFW sports teams, golfing, or catching live music. As for Madeline, she loves trying new restaurants, cooking up a storm, and spending time with our fur babies.
We?re beyond excited to bring our love for dogs to the DFW community and help you create stronger bonds with your pups! "

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Amy Young

Trainer

Hi there! My name is Amy Young, I?m 23 years old and I?m the lead trainer at Dog Wizard. My passion has always revolved around animals, I have two cats (Mochi and Bug) and a dog (Lando )! They?re my children and the loves of my life. I spend the majority of my free time fostering animals, and hanging out at home with my "kids." My goal has always been to advocate for dog's and cat's because they don't have the ability to advocate for themselves. I?ve always wanted to spend my life bettering the lives of the animals around me. I moved into the animal industry from the service industry, I was a fine dining server for 4 years. Which I absolutely loved, but didn't serve my passion to the fullest extent. As your dog trainer, I promise to be available to you as much as possible. While making sure you?re comfortable with the training process, and above all that your dog is comfortable with the training process. This is supposed to be a fun, encouraging process and I want to be your biggest cheerleader! My goal is to fit your specific lifestyle needs with the specific lifestyle needs of your dog. We want to foster an environment of harmony, and success, while also building your dog's confidence as well as your own!

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Lauren Harper

Administrative & Customer Experience Specialist

Hi, I?m Lauren Harper, a proud DFW native, administrative assistant, and social media manager for The Dog Wizard in Southlake! At The Dog Wizard, I keep things organized behind the scenes and help share the amazing transformations of our dogs and their humans through social media. Whether I?m coordinating schedules or capturing tail-wagging moments, I?m all about making the experience smooth, positive, and engaging for everyone involved. When I?m not working, you can find me outdoors hiking, horseback riding, or enjoying local bands and open mics. I love hearing people's stories, learning what makes each dog unique, and being part of a team that helps build lasting bonds between dogs and their humans.

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matt lunsford
20:36 20 Nov 25
What a great experience!! Our 7month old Shepherd Mix, Lucky Jane, did so well with the training. Our trainer Amy is Amazing! We are working and building on all the skills Lucky was taught and hope to do more advanced training early next year. Highly recommend!!!
J Steven Shrout
16:45 20 Nov 25
Dog wizard is the best!
So I recently took in my puppy of one year Duke to Dog Wizard and I was shocked at how well he listened to Amy the trainer. They know what they’re doing over there and I will be returning in the future. Highly recommend to any “naughty dog” owners!
Monica Suarez
17:40 23 Sep 25
I have been back and forth about leaving my review. I really dislike giving bad reviews but I think this one is necessary. We had Amy as our trainer in the Bedford location. She seemed very nice and we were looking forward to getting our dog "Tank" trained. Drop off day, she was about an hour late. After drop off, we get a frantic call from her saying our dog got out of the front door! Fast forward to pick up day. She was late, again. About an hour. She did email me a thorough message with everything she "taught" him. This was a 7 day training so he was with her the whole time. He came home and the only commands that stuck were sit(which he already knew) and place. That's it...all that money for 2 commands.
Laura Rodriguez
15:48 31 Aug 25
Milo loves his trainer! The dog wizard private lessons has helped with my dogs leash walking and anxiety tremendously! We are so excited to continue!
Barbara Wallander
20:54 03 Apr 25
Amy Young is an amazing trainer. She pinpointed what we needed to work on and gave us practical ways to address his needs. She has helped us turn life around from being stressful with our Doberman puppy to enjoyable. I highly recommend Amy. She is patient and persistent with our furry family members.

About The Dog Wizard Southlake

Our dog training goes beyond basic commands like Sit, Come, and Down. Our approach focuses on helping your dog make better choices and respond to you instead of their impulses.

We cover all the essential obedience commands you need to communicate effectively with your dog. But more importantly, we teach your dog to stay engaged and follow through with these commands, even in the most distracting environments.

Our goal is to enhance your dog’s understanding of obedience, making it a natural part of their behavior, not just a few tricks they perform when they feel like it.

Why Choose The Dog Wizard

Magical Methodologies

All of our trainers use balanced training techniques that are proven to be effective in and out of the classroom.

Everywhere Dogs Are

With over 100 locations — the majority of them being mobile — we have the ability to bring balanced dog training right to you.

Trained to Transform

Our knowledgeable trainers complete a rigorous dog training curriculum through The Dog Wizard Academy that teaches them methods that truly work

A Lifetime of Support

Those who complete our obedience programs have access to indefinite group class training support.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Dog Wizard Southlake offers a free evaluation. Most locations will even come to you to do one! This enables our trainers to meet you and your dog, go over your training goals and find a program that works for you. Give us a call and we will help you set one up.
The Dog Wizard trainers are well versed in a variety of training tools; from food to collars to remote collars. We know that not all dogs do well with every tool and we will help you decide what tool is best for your dog as well as what tools you’re comfortable with using. At the end of the day, whatever tool you’re comfortable in using will be the one you’re most consistent in using and that’s what’s most important to us.
It is never too late to start teaching your dog new habits. It will take more time and effort than teaching a new puppy but you will love the outcome.

In order to know how long it will take to train your dog, we will need to do a free consultation. During your consultation, we will get to understand what you are looking to gain from the training as well as evaluate your dog to see what we will need to do to get him where you would like him to be. At that point, we will be able to give you a timeline for his training.

We do not have a one size fits all approach to training. Each dog owner team that has a free evaluation will have a customized program designed to fit your specific needs. Because of this, individualized system pricing varies. Give us a call and we will help you set one up

Additional questions? We’d love to help.

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