About Us

Professional Dog Trainer & Behavior Specialist, Amy Hiscocks, previously known as Amy Patterson, has lived in Idaho for 22 years. She is currently owner of three dogs, but has owned many over her lifetime. Amy always knew she would some day work with the animals, since she was in pre-school. She was always found out with the dogs or the horses. From a very young age, Amy seemed to have a way with the animals. The dogs would follow her where ever she went and she could always seem to get them to do what she wanted. There would be this big dog about the size of her, all she'd have to do is give the cue and that dog would do it. No prior training had been done, and the dog wouldn't listen to anyone else.

Once Amy got a little older, for every birthday & Christmas she would ask for books and videos on training, training equipment, and anything else to do with dogs. Over the years she has collected quite the collection. Amy self taught herself for the most part, she would read as much as she could get her hands on through books and the internet, and watch what ever she could, then take her dog out and practice. Amy always kept an open mind about different training methods and has experimented with each. She would take something she liked from one training method and pair it with another. Amy didn't always start out as a positive trainer. She first learned treats were a bad thing, and did the whole traditional training with the leash jerks and corrections when the dog didn't listen. Though they were effective, they weren't much fun for her or the dog.

Amy kept reading and researching and kept experimenting with what worked, what didn't work, and what type of methods worked the best. She found every dog to be different and would need to figure out which techniques would work best for that particular dog. Over the years Amy has become very good at identifying which techniques will work with certain dogs. If one method doesn't work, there are many others to use. Amy has worked with many different dogs, the strong minded, the fearful, the active, the non-food motivated, the big, and the small. You Name it, she's probably worked with it. Amy now knew what she wanted to do with her life. She wanted to train dogs and help people to better understand their dogs. She planned on starting her own training business from a very young age, though she always felt she could learn more before opening it.

During the summers, Amy would volunteer up at the Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley, in Hailey. She would work with dogs there, training them basic obedience and good manners for when people came to look at them. Dogs that had been there months or even years would be adopted soon after Amy had worked with them. The animal shelter loved having Amy volunteering up there. Though Amy hasn't been there for a few years since going to school and getting a job, she does plan to go back in the near future and continue her volunteering.

While still in school, Amy was browsing the web one day and she came upon a Professional Dog Training School, Triple Crown Dog Academy: Triple Crown . A school for people to become a professional dog trainer. Excited by this, she looked over the whole site over and over, and even emailed them and got the movie & a packet to tell more about the school. Amy showed this to her parents, who were always very supportive. They too thought it was a good idea. So after graduation which was 3 years later after finding the school, Amy was finally able to go. The school accepted her in, Amy packed up and moved to Texas for 4 months. She signed up for the 12 week course, but was there for 4 months. There she worked with some of the top trainers in the country, and she learned much more, go here: 12 week course to see what all was included.