Welcome to Dog's Play!
Meet Master Trainer Julie Hughes, CPDT-KA , Owner/Trainer at Dog's Play Campus.
Julie is a problem canine behavior consultant, CDBC certified consultant, AKC Evaluator, and ACT agility coach.
The Dog's Play main campus is located 30 mins west of the city center of Gainesville, Florida - in the small town of Archer, Florida. It is less than 1 hour from Ocala, Florida (to our south), and Lake City, Florida (to our north).
At Dog's Play, we pride ourselves on being lifelong learners through sustained, continual training in the industry, working with other professionals, and learning from our clients and their dogs. We offer full-service training for active canines and their people.
Master Trainer, Julie, is the only board-certified dog behavior consultant within 100 miles of Gainesville, Florida.
Client Testimonials
Huge thank you to Julie for teaching a great class! I love how you approach things from the dogs point of view. Anyone in the area should check out Dog's Play for training and ways to connect with their pup!
Julie is so great! We just finished our AKC puppy star cert and will definitely continue lessons. My dog has a blast!
Julie is a skilled trainer with a great heart. She helps the dogs in Plenty of Pit Bulls rescue by offering classes to fosters and adopters. This helps the POPB dogs, their humans, and in turn adoptions. Check her out!
Julie is a terrific trainer. She understands the pups and works with them with compassion to bring out their best. Grace is also wonderful! Highly recommend!
I highly recommend Julie’s training and classes. She’s helped us tons and we continue to take advantage of her skills and knowledge on as needed basis. Go check out Dog’s Play for yourself!