Barbara Hayes ~ Trainer/Groomer
Barbara is a great positive motivational trainer. She brings many ideas and new energy to our training staff.
For over 20 years, Barbara has worked in the pet grooming, training and kennel industry. Graduating from The Pedigree School of Dog Grooming (Lynn, MA) in February 1990. She began her career as a groomer but quickly became interested in the dog’s mind. She self-taught for years by attending training classes and seminars.
In March 1997, Barbara enrolled in the Professional Dog Trainers Course at CT K-9 Education Center (Newington, CT). She quickly excelled and, upon graduation, was offered a position teaching public obedience classes at the school. She taught six classes a week: puppy through advanced obedience and performed behavior evaluations until 2000. She was then offered the position of Director of Training. In this capacity, Barbara was responsible for the entire training department at CT K-9 and was the instructor for the state accredited Professional Dog Trainers Course. For the next 7 years, Barbara graduated over 30 students.
In 2007, Barbara was offered the position as instructor for the Professional Dog Grooming Course at CT K-9. In this capacity she was able to work in both of the fields she feels so passionately about! While teaching this course, she felt it was vitally important to teach her students CPR and First Aid so she became a certified instructor through PetTech. Also, Barbara was very involved in the rescue program Save-A-Pup.
