Haggerty Dog Training

Haggerty Dog Training The Haggerty Family has been training dogs since 1962! Babette is carrying the legacy her dad began in 1962.

She has been Training Everyday People to Have Once in a Lifetime Dogs full time since 1989! Few trainers are born to be trainers, but Babette Haggerty was born into a family of trainers, breeders, and handlers. Her dad was Captain Haggerty, who is considered the pioneer in the field of dog training. It was said that he “made it a respected profession” and that “he did for dog training what the Be

atles did for rock n roll.”


After spending her childhood working in the family dog training school, training, walking, cleaning up p**p as well as answering the phones, Babette moved to Florida and built the most respected dog training school in Palm Beach County. She has now returned to her roots to New Jersey where she is helping families to have once-in a-lifetime dogs. Her articles have appeared in Dog Fancy and Dog World, and she has authored three books and co-authored three others, all on training. She has served on the board of the IACP and the Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers. Not just a trainer, she has presented seminars to AKC Judges on the German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois and bred and shown Belgian Malinois to their championship,as well as developed training programs for Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. She volunteers her time to rescue groups such as Garden State German Shepherd Rescue. She has appeared on different levels of press, radio and tv, such as the LA Times, Martha Stewart and the Today Show. When she is not training the dogs of Seth Meyers, Jack Nicklaus, Jimmy Buffet or the late Senator Lautenberg, she is at home with her two children, a German Shepherd, a Standard Poodle, a Pug and a Norfolk Terrier.

10/17/2025

My favorite quote of the day! "Performance dogs don't have to be ugly, conformation dogs don't have to be stupid!"

10/10/2025

I love getting these memories from my clients sent to me! Bertha is now ten and her dad is still a Dead Head!



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Always check the dates of your dog food!
08/19/2025

Always check the dates of your dog food!

A Westmoreland County woman says her champion show dog died after eating a new shipment of dog food.

08/12/2025

It has been a while since I got one of these phone calls and it made my morning! "Hi! We met a long time ago and ran around dog shows together. My parents were *** and they were friends with your Dad. They all knew each other from the Bronx County Kennel Club. I need a dog trainer so I put Captain Haggerty into google and you came up. I got so excited. My dad is smiling down right now knowing that I am going straight to the source and having you train my dog!" I remember him and his parents. We were little and it was more years than I care to admit but it is awesome that I get to work with him and train his dog!

Rocket Man rocking his five minute down stay watching the bunnies go by.
08/09/2025

Rocket Man rocking his five minute down stay watching the bunnies go by.

I love it when Puppy Chow dresses up for school!
08/08/2025

I love it when Puppy Chow dresses up for school!

Just another reminder why I train dogs for awesome dog owners!  I’m so grateful for the wonderful owners  I have had the...
03/04/2025

Just another reminder why I train dogs for awesome dog owners! I’m so grateful for the wonderful owners I have had the privilege to serve since 1989!

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Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

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Training Everyday People to Have Once in a Lifetime Dogs

Few trainers are born to be trainers, but Babette Haggerty was born into a family of trainers, breeders, and handlers. Her dad was Captain Haggerty, who is considered the pioneer in the field of dog training. It was said that he “made it a respected profession” and that “he did for dog training what the Beatles did for rock n roll.” After spending her childhood working in the family dog training school, training, walking, cleaning up p**p as well as answering the phones, Babette moved to Florida and built the most respected dog training school in Palm Beach County. She has now returned to her roots to New Jersey where she is helping families to have once-in a-lifetime dogs. Her articles have appeared in Dog Fancy and Dog World, and she has authored three books and co-authored three others, all on training. She has served on the board of the IACP and the Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers. Not just a trainer, she has presented seminars to AKC Judges on the German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois and bred and shown Belgian Malinois to their championship,as well as developed training programs for Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control. She volunteers her time to rescue groups such as Garden State German Shepherd Rescue. She has appeared on different levels of press, radio and tv, such as the LA Times, Martha Stewart and the Today Show. When she is not training the dogs of Seth Meyers, Jack Nicklaus, Jimmy Buffet or the late Senator Lautenberg, she is at home with her two children, a German Shepherd, a Corgi, French Bulldog and Norfolk Terrier.

About Haggerty Dog Training: Everyone dreams of having that perfect, once-in-a-lifetime dog. But too often, the dream doesn’t match reality. Maybe your dog barks constantly, jumps on you or chews your things. Perhaps he has severe behavior issues such as anxiety or aggression towards other dogs or people. Maybe he pulls on the leash, lunges at other dogs or completely ignores your commands. Or maybe you just have a new puppy and want to make sure that none of these things ever happens to you! Regardless, if any of these sound familiar, Haggerty Dog Training can help give you the dog of your dreams.

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