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If you ask how long an employee has been working there you will soon find out that most of them are under a year there. I’ve seen mostly every employee cry from feeling burnt out, a lot stating that they’re trying to make it to the one year mark just so they could put it on their resume. The owners are master manipulators and used their communication degree to take advantage of employees with hard work ethics. You will move up quickly but trust me you don’t want to be working closer with the owners. If you speak up to them they will threaten to remove your management role. Their training was awful, they bring in their 15 dogs including rescue dogs and want you to add them to training days when you’re understaffed. Some of the employees will not work and you will have to pick up on their work. We’re supposed to have two meetings a day but that rarely happened. I’ve worked in small businesses and dog companies prior to my experience at DTE and this place has been the worst.

There are opportunities to learn but the training process is disorganized and lacks proper structure. They do not set employees up for success and then are upset when mistakes are made. They tend to promote the hardest working employees quickly even if they are not properly trained.  Most enjoyable part of the job is using mostly intuition and personal experience to connect with dogs and clients. Ultimately left due to not being paid for time worked. Honestly, this place is just a mess! 

I loved the method of dog training and the dogs. Management does not like getting feedback but doesn’t mind giving it out. Communications team has a cult like dynamic. Management is taking on too many projects that they don’t have staffing for and can’t handle. They are in over their heads and will work their employees to the bone till they quit.

Love working with the dogs.
Highly dislike working for dog training elite; outdated training methods, owners who describe anytime the dog doesn’t do what they want as the dog saying “F*** You” to them.
Often owners are sold highest cost training packages for their dog; despite the dogs advanced age/health or owners request for basic training.

I loved DTE when I started. As I was learning the companies training (I’ve trained for 15 years independently but moved) trainers would choke out and force my very eager to work dog to do the most basic skills he already knew by standards called out I was abusing my dog as they were teaching her in their methods.  

This company only cares about the cash they can bring in from sales, not the clients or the dogs that come with the handler. No work life personal life balance, expected to be available 24/7. 

Coworkers are great, trainers are great. Training methodology is "one size fits all" using outdated practices. Owner is good and means well.  Management needs a change. Manager pushes people out when subordinates create rifts or pushback with good intentions. 

Strongly recommend NOT working at STL location. Worst management ever experienced. Can’t keep an employee longer than a month at this point. 14+ have left on bad terms since they opened.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Dog trainer 18 salaries reported	$19.94 per hour
Administrative assistant 1 salary reported	$22.50 per hour
Training instructor 2 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour
Office assistant 2 salaries reported	$15.73 per hour
Entry level associate 2 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour

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