About Jacklyn

Jacklyn Knutson is a Certified Trainer and is licensed under the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. She provides practical, humane solutions to training so dogs and their humans can communicate with one another and thrive in New York City.

Jacklyn’s passion for understanding dog behavior began in 2014, when she found an abandoned pit bull in a city park. Jacklyn gave the dog a home and named her Oatmeal. Besides being emaciated and still lactating from a recent birth, Oatmeal started to show several behavioral problems including dog aggression, resource guarding, and separation anxiety. Jacklyn quickly realized that restoring Oatmeal back to full health also meant giving her the structure and communication skills to overcome emotional distress and behavioral issues.

In the fall of 2014, Jacklyn began to apprentice with Robert Haussmann of Dogboy NYC. "I chose to work with Robert because his training methods involve humane behavioral solutions and years of experience." She spent the next three years learning as much as she could about dog behavior and training through hands-on sessions with Robert in addition to books, courses, and webinars. In 2017, Jacklyn became a CPDT-KA certified trainer and joined the Dogboy NYC team.

Since joining Dogboy NYC, Jacklyn has become an expert in the field from puppies to rescue dogs. She specializes in puppy prep/basics, manners training, crate training, socialization, leash walking, and more!

Jacklyn is available for online training sessions.