About Us
Who do we serve?
Serving the dock diving and dog training community in North Central Ohio. Within 1 1/2 hour driving distance of Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Sandusky, Findlay, Van Wert, Bowling Green. We also serve clients from the following states, within a 3 hour drive: Southern Michigan, Eastern Indiana, Western Pennsylvania & Northern Kentucky
Why come to our facility?
We offer more than just Dock jumping, we can teach you or you can practice all the disciplines in DockDogs, NADD, and UAD. We also provide therapy swims for dogs that need to rebuild muscle tone or low impact exercise for an older or geriatric do, as well as much needed swimming for dogs that need to lose a few pounds!
All instruction is by a certified and experienced trainer.
Meet Our Trainers
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA AKC CGC/Tricks Evaluator
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA AKC CGC/Tricks Evaluator
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA AKC CGC/Tricks Evaluator
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA, the owner of The Gated Dock, has spent 1000's of hours working with hundreds of dogs. Her experience includes 7 1/2 years working closely with the local county Sheriff Department's K-9 program, as a veterinary technician, boarding kennel attendant, AKC CGC Evaluator, as well a 4-H Obedience judge. She recently be
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA, the owner of The Gated Dock, has spent 1000's of hours working with hundreds of dogs. Her experience includes 7 1/2 years working closely with the local county Sheriff Department's K-9 program, as a veterinary technician, boarding kennel attendant, AKC CGC Evaluator, as well a 4-H Obedience judge. She recently became Certified Canine Hydrotherapy, and earned her Certification as a dog trainer through the Council for Professional Dog Trainers. Marie has the experience and knowledge to teach your dog in basic obedience or dock jumping. She can take an experienced dog to the next level, in competition or train for a new discipline.
If you want to be a better handler, and you want your dog to reach its potential, Marie can get you both on track to success!
Molly Miles
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA AKC CGC/Tricks Evaluator
Marie Buckingham CPDT-KA AKC CGC/Tricks Evaluator
My name is Molly, I am a training instructor at The Gated Dock. I am married with two beautiful babies and two spunky fur babies. My fur babies are a black lab and my senior rescue, Mr. Marvin (pictured with me).
At a very young age I was obsessed with the mechanics and the beauty of how dogs work, think and function. In 2016 I started a s
My name is Molly, I am a training instructor at The Gated Dock. I am married with two beautiful babies and two spunky fur babies. My fur babies are a black lab and my senior rescue, Mr. Marvin (pictured with me).
At a very young age I was obsessed with the mechanics and the beauty of how dogs work, think and function. In 2016 I started a self education journey to learn everything I could about training. I practiced every method imaginable on every dog I could, as well as reading and collecting over 100 training books and watching videos. Learning from and shadowing other trainers. (Thank you Carla)
I feel very confident in my positive reinforcement methods. I have applied reward based training to thousands of dogs, and have seen each and every dog excel in response. Today, I specialize in:
-AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy
-House Hold Manners
-Shed Hunting
-Canine Good Citizen Prep Classes
-Tricks
-Leash Walking
-Dog Body Language.
I am an AKC CGC/Tricks evaluator, and certified in Dangerous Dog Fighting Awareness and have over 800 hours working with shelter and rescue dogs.
I went into this thinking I was going to train dogs how to properly act, but the truth is I am humbled by learning something new from our Canine friends, daily.