Professional Dog Trainers in Columbus Ohio

We’re dog people, just like you!

Let us help you teach your dog as the only entirely positive-reinforcement dog training program based in Gahanna, Ohio! We teach your dog to understand working with you leads to everything that they want in life through positive, clicker based treat training! To us, dog training is so much more than a profession, it’s our mission to help every pup love living a full life with their owners!

Professional Dog Trainers In Columbus Ohio

Work with a trainer you can trust to treat your dog like one of their own!

Reale Dog Training Mission

We help your dog live its best life! Dogs are truly man’s best friends, and we want to help your pup live a fulfilled life and empower you to bring them everywhere so you can build a strong life-lasting human-animal bond!

Meet the Reale Dog Training Team!

Phil Reale, KPA CTP

Phil is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner! Phil started training pups in 2006 through volunteering in The Ohio State Universities Puppy Kindergarten classes. After working with the OSU animal behaviorists Phil found his love of dog training and has never looked back.

Phil has helped Animal Care Center at Cherry Way build a behavioral department since 2010. With over 17 years of experience, Phil understands the struggles the average pet owner experiences, and proactively helps prevent unwanted behaviors before they ever form! To Phil it’s all about improving the relationship with an owner and their dog!

Phil Reale, Owner & Certified Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer
Sarah Sams | Manager

Sarah Sams

Manager

As a Columbus native, Sarah has always loved dogs and the relationships built by integrating a pup into everyday family life! Sarah loves helping owners build that human-animal bond through clear channels of communication. Sarah finds working with the board and train clients the most rewarding, and helping owners choose what program will be best suited for their dog. It’s incredible how Reale Dog Training can help change a pup parent’s life in just one or two weeks!

Salena | Lead Trainer

Selena Schaney, KPA CTP

Lead Trainer

Selena is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner. Growing up there was never a time in her life when she didn’t have a pet to take care of. She is a 2022 graduate of The Graham School. Selena originally wanted to be a Veterinarian Technician, but in her senior year of high school she interned at Reale Dog Training. “I never thought I would find such a perfect job for me,” she says. Though it is very challenging at times, the support system at Reale Dog Training has helped her to overcome any challenges and become a better professional dog trainer. She was officially hired in June of 2022.

Miranda Steenburgh | Trainer

Miranda Steenburgh, KPA CTP

Trainer

Miranda is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner. She has been working in animal care for over seven years. She started training after getting her dog, River! After experiencing the bond that was created with River through positive reinforcement training, she made it her career!

Beamer | Mentor Dog

Beamer, KPA CTP

Mentor Dog

Beamer started working with Phil in 2019 after 5 different trainers couldn’t understand how to communicate with him. Now that Beamer works at Reale Dog Training, he mentors dogs on how to behave in scary situations and works cases with Phil to help dogs that are reactive to other dogs. Beamer used to be reactive to other dogs too, but Phil taught him from the ground up that other dogs are not so scary. It’s hard work but some-doggy has to do it!

River | Mentor Dog

River, KPA CTP

Mentor Dog

River is a 2023 Karen Pryor Academy graduate alongside his mom, Miranda. He really enjoys helping puppies build their confidence and learn how to play. Now that River works at Reale Dog Training, he is assisting with dogs who are reactive to other dogs to help them gain confidence. River might be small, but he sure is mighty and will do anything for some treats!

We understand dog training can be frustrating, that’s why we are here to help.

Dog training is a process of understanding the pups emotional state, body language and reinforcing appropriate behavior. In turn, the dog learns how to understand and communicate with you. Our expert trainers will help create a life lasting human-animal bond that will keep both ends of the leash working together to create perfection in training.

KPA CTP Certified Trainers

Consults with The Ohio State University Veterinary Behaviorists for In-Depth Cases

17 Years of Dog Training Experience

The ONLY Board & Train program in Columbus that exclusively uses positive reinforcement training and has veterinarians on site

We understand dog training can be frustrating, that’s why we are here to help.

Teaching your dog to listen is simple!

Process Step 1

Schedule a Consultation

Tell us about your dog, your goals and your progress. This will enable us to determine the best program for your dog!

Process Step 2

Choose the Right Package

From the completely hands off board & train package to you teaching your dog in group classes, we offer every level of involvement to fit your lifestyle.

Process Step 3

Love Life with Your Dog

After training with us, you will have better lines of communication with your dog and be comfortable integrating them into your everyday life.

Happy Pet Parent Stories

We love reinventing how our clients live their lives with their pups!

“As much as we love our dogs, we were having major issues with their behavior that we could not get under control. Having tried a few dog trainers, reading countless articles on the internet, and virtually everything else, we could not find a solution to improve their behavior. Whether it was jumping on people, asset guarding, incessant barking, urinating in the house, and/or the potential to bite, we were at a complete loss.

A friend referred us to Phil Reale, owner of Reale Dog Training. At first I was reluctant, as we had tried other recommended trainers, yet with our situation I was willing to give it “one last shot”.

From the onset, I noticed an immediate difference in Phil’s process compared to other trainers. The initial meeting was consultation and evaluation. Following Phil’s assessment of our dogs “issues”, he mapped out a detailed plan to address and correct our dog’s behavior.

Our dogs have made incredible progress over the past 3 months. Phil’s plan, coupled with ongoing training which he taught us, has resulted an incredible change in our dog’s behavior. Again, Phil takes the time to create a detailed plan to address each situation. I am incredibly happy with the progress our dogs have made in a relatively short period of time. If you follow Phil Reale’s process you will get the same exceptional results with your dog(s).”

Greg Williams