A trainer your dog will love.
14 years with dogs. A master’s in progress. A trainer who’s worn many hats in this profession — and brings all of it to your dog.
Jacqueline’s path started in 2012 in rescue and veterinary medicine — Animal Rescue Coalition, Villalobos Rescue Center (where she interned with Tia Torres and the team from Animal Planet’s Pit Bulls & Parolees), Detroit Bully Corps, the Humane Society of Livingston, and the ER at Oakland Veterinary Referral Services.
She launched Training by Jacqueline in March 2014. Today she’s a CDBC (Certified Dog Behavior Consultant), a Fear Free Certified Trainer, a graduate researcher at Virginia Tech in Applied Animal Behavior & Welfare (studying management techniques for canine reactivity under Dr. Mindy Waite, Dr. Camille Ward, and Dr. Robin Foster), and a mentor at AggressiveDog.com.
She’s been voted #2 trainer in Detroit and #3 trainer in Michigan, and is recommended by veterinarians and veterinary behaviorists across southeast Michigan.
Outside of client work, Jacqueline is available for podcast interviews, veterinary clinic lunch & learns, rescue/shelter education, and other speaking events. Reach out for details.
Education & certifications.
Every protocol Jacqueline uses, she can show you the research for. Here’s the paper trail.
Rescue & welfare work spans Villalobos (2013), Detroit Bully Corps, Humane Society of Livingston (2015–16), Stiggys Dogs, Blue Star Service Dogs, and Bark Nation. Veterinary experience at Countryside Veterinary Hospital and Oakland Veterinary Referral Services. Certified professional dog trainer (CPDT-KA) 2019–2022 and AKC Evaluator.
Why I train this way.
Two rescue dogs are the reason this business exists. Their stories explain everything about the methods on this site.
Puma — the face of TBJ
Nine years in rescue, written off as unadoptable after trauma in her past. Featured on Animal Planet’s Pit Bulls & Parolees. Her memorial fundraiser raised nearly $6,000 for rescue.
Porter — my second heart dog
Detroit stray. Over a year in rescue, subjected to shock, prong, and choke. The before-and-after that shaped Jacqueline’s reactivity protocol.
Reactivity & aggression — what I’m known for.
Porter and Puma are why this is the work I’m known for. Fear, leash reactivity, resource guarding, and aggression are the cases I take most seriously — and the ones I’m most careful with.
Pain before behavior
A medical eye first — back issues, thyroid, GI, vision. Coordinated care with your vet, because the body is a behavior suspect.
Paced & force-free
Decompression, desensitization, and counter-conditioning — kept under threshold, so your dog is never set up to fail.
Referrals welcome
Veterinarians and veterinary behaviorists across southeast Michigan refer reactivity and aggression cases here.
Honest timelines
This is months, not weeks — and you deserve to hear that up front, not after you’ve paid for a quick fix that doesn’t exist.
Reactive or aggressive dogs aren’t a separate package — they too start with either an in-home Consultation or the New Client Program, whatever pace fits your dog. Urgent situation? The one-hour Emergency Consultation is built for that.
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