Meet our trainers

Brittany Vincent CPDT-KA

Assistant Director / Lead Trainer

Brittany's passion in life has always been working with and training animals. Growing up she helped train and care for horses, and moved on to managing horse barns in her 20's. Once she moved to Alabama in 2018, her focus switched from training horses to training dogs. She adopted her first dog, Maui, from Metro Animal Shelter and later picked up another addition to the family, a corgi/aussie mix Loki, a few months after. She worked on training her 2 personal dogs on her own, then started working as a professional trainer once she acquired her third dog, Luffy (corgi/aussie) in 2021. Brittany now helps run the training department for BARK University at Hot Diggity Doggie Camp.

Brittany is very passionate about helping pet parents and their dogs have a better relationship and communication style. Nothing's better than working with your dog and starting to understand how they're feeling and why they're choosing to do certain things! She spends her free time training agility with her dogs and hiking around trails in the Tuscaloosa area.

Brittany Vincent is currently a Certified AKC Evaluator, AKC FIT Dog Level 1 Instructor, and Professional Member of APDT (The Association of Professional Dog Trainers), Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assesed (CPDT-KA)

Virginia Cain

Lead Trainer / Head of Canine Life Skills Classes

Virginia Cain grew up with Great Danes and Mastiffs. She has a lifelong passion for dogs and teaching, which intertwined when she found herself in need of a little extra help. Several years ago, Virginia got Sunny, a silver standard poodle, and trained him to be her service dog. Virginia and Sunny enjoy dog sports including tricks, nosework, rally, and fastCAT, and they love taking Saturday afternoon naps together. The two can also be found at The University of Alabama, where Virginia earned her doctorate in American history, and Sunny earned his honorary doctorate in being a Very Good Boy.

Virginia loves helping dogs and their owners live together in harmony. She enjoys training basic obedience and teaching owners how to communicate clearly with their dogs. Her goal is to create confident dog and owner partnerships built on trust and understanding. Teaching dogs and people how to be safe is paramount. Even when working through difficult issues, Virginia likes to remind clients to enjoy the process and celebrate all improvements, big and small.

Virginia is currently a Certified AKC Evaluator and AKC Fetch Dog Evaluator.