Portia Purfey

Portia Purfey has been training dogs for over six years. Her approach to training focuses on building strong relationships between dogs and their handlers. Portia began her dog training journey as a guide dog puppy raiser for a nonprofit organization in Wisconsin, where she previously lived. Over the last six years she has focused on teaching agility, manners and tricks. Portia enjoys helping teams learn fun patterns and commands that also transfer to daily life.

Portia currently has 3 dogs: Chaka, a border collie mix; Yuki, a rat terrier; and her current puppy Nina, a cattle dog mix. She has also trained and lived with Labrador retrievers, several terrier breeds, and many unique breed mixes.

Chaka has had many top ten placements in agility and he placed first in an AKC Trick dog competition. Chaka also has titles in Cooperative Care, Dock Diving, Disc, and AKC CGC. Yuki has qualified and won best of breed in an AKC trick dog competition. Yuki also has titles in scent work. Chaka and Yuki both have many titles in agility and high level trick dog titles including Trick Dog Champion and AKC Trick dog elite performer.