The Pape's started their career in the dog industry after adopting Bones, their first dog in 2016. With a management background, Jacob succeeded in roles in dog training and dog daycares before opening Great Lakes Dog Training Co. in 2022.

Husband and Wife duo, Jacob and Liz bring a combined 14 years of dog experience. Liz enjoyed learning as much as she could about business ownership and client relations. In March of 2025, Jacob & Liz had their first child and Liz has stepped away from operations.

Katie comes to us with a background in dog training as she was once a client who sent her naughty puppy to training! Katie is now our Sales Manager after working with us as a dog trainer. She is the face at consultations and the voice on the phone! When she's not talking about training for your dog, she's enjoying her huskies and taking them on adventures!

We weren't kidding when we said we're family owned and operated! Anthony Pape plays a key part at GLDT by being a trainer, leading the team and overseeing operations. Anthony grew up with dogs and has highly trained dogs of his own. Anthony has excelled at every role here at GLDT and continues to excel with experience and continued training through seminars.

Abbey comes to us with a background in dog daycares and continued her venture into dog training. She won Dog Trainer of the Year in 2022. Abbey is a big proponent here at Great Lakes handling our social media and marketing!

Erin started her career in the dog industry at a dog daycare. She worked in a vet field as well and finally, broadened her skills focusing on administration and sales for a dog training company. When she's not answering the phone or working on our newsletters, she is a mom to dogs and kids!

Krista comes to us with years of experience starting in dog daycare which lead her into dog training. When she's not training with us, she's spending time with her dogs at home.

Previous client, Ellory learned how to train from the best. Using that system, she trained her second dog, a rescue! When Ellory isn't training with us, she is hiking and training with her dogs.

Jamie's dog experience started in the vet field where she learned lots of skills which lead her to us to expand those skills!

Aaron comes to us with years of dog training experience. His passion is working with dogs and teaching them how to live happy lives with their families. He loves taking his dogs in public any chance he gets.

Tyler comes to us with experience in dog training from his own personal dogs to working with other training companies. When he's not working with us, he is having fun with his German Shepherd, Labrador Retriever and Brittany Spaniel.