Meet Our Trainer

Dog Behaviorist and Trainer &

Certified American Kennel Club Evaluator

"I had to learn to speak dog!"

Andre Gatling has had a long and successful career in the publishing and entertainment industry as a stand-up comedian, voice actor, best-selling author, among other roles. But his real love in life has always been rescuing, desensitizing and training an array of animals, particularly pit bulls through his own foundation (ChloJo; named after his two AKC CGC Titled Pitbulls, Chloe and Jordan). Andre has spent well over 25 years learning under different behaviorists and trainers techniques (to include his most influential trainer, North Oatlands Michelle Jackson) but much more time growing up around Pitbulls. He realized he had a unique approach to changing the behavior of tempermental and sensitive dogs from his personal experiences and his time working with quarantined dogs in animal shelters throughout the DMV. 

In his own words, Andre will tell you, "Aggression in a dog is similar to aggression in a human. We're both scared of what we don't understand, and our need to protect leads to aggression. Changing that aggression in a dog is more complex because the dog doesn't speak English, so I had to learn to speak dog in an effort towards helping people understand the importance of the human/dog bond, positive leadership and nurtured growth to get that relationship on the right track."