Who is Hector Hernandez? 

 As a veteran, an immigrant, an entrepreneur, a former law enforcement officer, a professional dog trainer, and public speaker.  As a dog trainer, Mr. Hernandez seeks to work with both dog and owner by providing constructive insight, experience, and expertise and never turning a case away no matter the difficulty of the situation.

Hector regularly conducts obedience classes for dog owners and their dogs and also gives private lessons. He notes, with customary humor, “The dogs are easy; the owners are harder, getting the owners to think like a dog is more difficult” Memorable and effective, his classes and individual training sessions leave both owner and dog with a long-lasting relationship of respectful obedience and mutual affection. He solves problems with dogs and their owners in a way which leaves you in awe of his ability to know how much to do, attempting to correct bad behavior and when to back off and “let the dog teach itself.” He understands that there are bad dogs/good owners and good dogs/bad owners, although most cases are at neither extreme. Both owners and dogs “just need to learn the concept,” he will say at the beginning of a series of lessons.

He will not refuse any dog or owner, no matter how bad the relationship has become. Nor does he shy away from telling an owner the truth about the dog’s (and owner’s) problems. Sometimes these problems can’t be solved; more often, with patience, they can.