Start Now Dog Training

About Start Now

Dog Trainer in Georgetown KY

Balanced training. Real results.

Balanced, individual training from a Kentucky trainer who meets your dog where they are — and helps you build a life you both enjoy.

Daniel Cravens at a dog show with an Airedale Terrier
9+Years hands-on

Meet the trainer

Daniel Cravens

I have been training dogs full time for over 9 years now. I have trained dogs, competed, and titled dogs in AKC Obedience, Rally, IGP, and WDA and have coached many people to success on the trial field and in the ring. I am a certified decoy within the WDA organization (level 3 decoy with Honors), and I had the pleasure of decoying for their national event in 2023. All that to say that my main passion and priority is in helping people achieve amazing results with their dog(s) through training. I am here to help people create peace in their home in situations where the dog may be causing chaos. Helping people build great relationships with their dog and open up opportunities to enjoy them more. The path to a better life with your dog is through training, and it is never too late or too early to start. I am here, so let's start now.

Why Start Now Dog Training

Experience you can trust with your dog

Real credentials, a real philosophy, and a real commitment to helping dogs and owners succeed together.

9+ Years Hands-On

Full-time dog training experience — in the field and in the ring.

Based in Georgetown, KY

Proudly serving Georgetown and surrounding Central Kentucky.

Free In-Home Evaluation

Start with an honest conversation, not a sales pitch.

Balanced Training Approach

Adaptable methods — because two dogs may need different routes to the same destination.

Real-World Training Focus

Skills that hold up beyond the quiet room, where life actually happens.

Competition-Proven

Titled in AKC Obedience, Rally, IGP & WDA — and a certified WDA decoy.

The balanced philosophy

The path
to freedom.

A trainer in a black Start Now shirt engaging a black-and-tan German Shepherd with a reward toy in an outdoor training yard
01

Listen

We start with the dog’s history, temperament, environment, and the life you want to share.

02

Communicate

We find fair, understandable ways to reinforce good choices and interrupt the patterns holding you back.

03

Practice

Skills move beyond the quiet room into the places where life actually happens.

04

Unlock

Reliable communication creates confidence, trust, and the freedom to enjoy more together.

The work

In the field
and in the ring.

Foundations, obedience, competition, and protection work — a look at the training that happens every day across Kentucky and beyond.

Trainer holding a bite sleeve as a German Shepherd leaps to grip it during protection training on a grass field.
Trainer in protective gear working a dog on bite skills in an open field.
A black German Shepherd mid-air biting a training sleeve during bite work.
Trainer in a bite suit working a sable German Shepherd on a protection exercise.
Four trainers holding up Working Dogs of America championship t-shirts at a trial.
Handler directing a German Shepherd during a protection drill beside a K9 training blind.
A brindle German Shepherd engaging a helper in a bite suit during field training.
Trainer standing with a German Shepherd alongside two award recipients holding ribbons at an indoor show.
A Doberman alert and focused on a helper behind a training blind during bite work.
Trainer kneeling with a German Shepherd and a trophy earned at a working dog competition.
Three handlers standing with two Dobermans and a German Shepherd after a working dog event, holding ribbons.

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