Our Credentials

Cold Nose Col­lege is a 3,500-square-feet dog train­ing cen­ter in Mur­phy, North Car­olina. We are the only facil­ity of our kind within a hun­dred miles—offering you and your dog mul­ti­ple ser­vices under one roof amid the forests and mead­ows of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Our ser­vices include:

Dog train­ing, puppy train­ing, behav­ior mod­i­fi­ca­tion, dog obe­di­ence classes, dog sports classes, dog walk­ing ser­vices, dog train­ing week­end work­shops, pro­fes­sional instruc­tor edu­ca­tion for dog train­ers, and dog walk­ing certification.

About Lisa Lyle Wag­goner, CPDT-KA, PMCT-2

Lisa Lyle Wag­goner is a Cer­ti­fied Pro­fes­sional Dog Trainer, a Pat Miller Cer­ti­fied Trainer-Level 2, a dog∗tec Cer­ti­fied Dog Walker, and a pro­fes­sional mem­ber of the Asso­ci­a­tion of Pet Dog Train­ers (APDT).

Lisa has many years of expe­ri­ence train­ing dogs of all types and ages. A pas­sion­ate advo­cate for humane, science-based dog train­ing, Lisa has stud­ied ani­mal behav­ior and the lat­est train­ing tech­niques through­out her career with dogs—and she devotes a min­i­mum of 40 hours a year to con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion. She has attended numer­ous work­shops and sem­i­nars with lead­ers in the train­ing and behav­ior field, for exam­ple Karen Pryor, Ian Dun­bar, Patri­cia McConnell, Jesus Rosales-Ruiz, Pia Sil­vani, Karen Lon­don, Suzanne Cloth­ier, and Ken Ramirez.

Lisa writes expert arti­cles on dog train­ing, is a colum­nist for the Chero­kee Scout, a reviewer of dog train­ing books and DVDs for The APDT Chron­i­cle of the Dog, and a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to the newslet­ter of the Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Coun­cil for Pro­fes­sional Dog Train­ers. She is also a fre­quent pub­lic speaker on humane edu­ca­tion and other dog-related topics.

Lisa’s Cre­den­tials At A Glance

Cer­ti­fied Pro­fes­sional Dog Trainer, Coun­cil for Pro­fes­sional Dog Train­ers
PMCT 2: Pat Miller Cer­ti­fied Trainer, Peace­able Paws
Train­ing Men­tor, Ani­mal Behav­ior Col­lege
Peace­able Paws Assis­tant to Pat Miller, Level II Instruc­tor Acad­emy
Pro­fes­sional Mem­ber, Asso­ci­a­tion of Pet Dog Train­ers
CGC Eval­u­a­tor, Amer­i­can Ken­nel Club
Cer­ti­fied Dog Walker / Instruc­tor, dog∗tec Dog Walk­ing Acad­emy
School Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram Pre­sen­ter, Val­ley River Humane Soci­ety
Cer­ti­fied in Pet First Aid & CPR, Pet­Tech

About Brad Wag­goner, CPDT-KA, KPA-CTP

Brad Wag­goner is a Cer­ti­fied Pro­fes­sional Dog Trainer, a grad­u­ate of Karen Pryor Acad­emy of Ani­mal Train­ing & Behav­ior (KPA) and a KPA Cer­ti­fied Train­ing Part­ner (CTP), a dog∗tec Cer­ti­fied Dog Walker, and a full mem­ber of the Asso­ci­a­tion of Pet Dog Train­ers (APDT).

A vet­eran of pro­fes­sional dog train­ing, Brad was awarded the pres­ti­gious B.F. Skin­ner schol­ar­ship to attend Karen Pryor Acad­emy. Dur­ing his intern­ship at Peace­able Paws, he received top hon­ors in the prac­ti­cal exam, demon­strat­ing his abil­ity to use pos­i­tive rein­force­ment train­ing to get great results with dogs.

Brad keeps his knowl­edge and skills finely honed through classes, sem­i­nars, and work­shops with such dog-training lumi­nar­ies as Ian Dun­bar, Kay Lau­rence, Patri­cia McConnell, Pat Miller, Kathy Sdao, Pia Sil­vani, Suzanne Cloth­ier, and Ken Ramirez.

When he isn’t busy solv­ing dog prob­lems for his clients, he vol­un­teers with the School Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram vol­un­teer at the Val­ley River Humane Soci­ety, help­ing stu­dents learn about pos­i­tive reinforcement-based train­ing, pet safety, and dog-bite prevention.

Brad’s Cre­den­tials At A Glance

Cer­ti­fied Pro­fes­sional Dog Trainer, Coun­cil for Pro­fes­sional Dog Train­ers
Karen Pryor Acad­emy Cer­ti­fied Train­ing Part­ner, Karen Pryor Acad­emy
Pat Miller Level 1 Intern Acad­emy, Peace­able Paws
Full Mem­ber, Asso­ci­a­tion of Pet Dog Train­ers
CGC Eval­u­a­tor, Amer­i­can Ken­nel Club
Cer­ti­fied Dog Walker / Instruc­tor, dog∗tec Dog Walk­ing Acad­emy
Ther­apy Dog Eval­u­a­tor, K9to5 National Ther­apy Dog Reg­istry
School Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram Pre­sen­ter, Val­ley River Humane Soci­ety
Cer­ti­fied in Pet First Aid & CPR, Pet­Tech