Trainer Hours
Client by client, month by month

Log your dog training hours the way the certification log wants them

For dog trainers working toward the CPDT-KA: log your training hours one row per client per month and see hands-on and assisting hours inside the three year window against the published 300 hour numbers. Only the certifying body decides eligibility, and your rows stay in this browser.

Start your logHands-on versus assisting

Your rows, your clients' names and their dogs' names are stored only in this browser. There is no account and nothing is uploaded.

Type “Garcia and Lee” to see the row check the log runs as you type.

A part time trainer, 33 months of rows

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An invented log: a weekly puppy class and shelter volunteering, counted on 27 September 2026.

No counted month leaves the window in the next 3 months.Hours on counting rows by month. rows that do not count.
Hands-on
198 of 225
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Assisting (cap)
75 of 75
Capped
Total
273 of 300
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Three rows and their verdicts

  • May 2026 GarciaHands-on, leading, 4.5 h
    Counts
  • May 2026 LeeHands-on, leading, 2 h
    Counts
  • May 2026 Garcia and LeeBasic mannersOne client or facility per row. Split this row if it covers more than one.
    Counts, check the wording

The 300, 225 and 75 hour figures are from the CPDT-KA Candidate Handbook (2026 testing periods), Eligibility Requirements, item 1, read on 27 September 2026. The certifying body's current handbook governs.

Rows the log will accept

One client or facility for one month per row, hands-on and assisting on separate rows, no acronyms and no hours with your own dog. The log flags each problem as you type.

Counted inside the window

300 hours in the last three years, at least 225 of them hands-on and no more than 75 assisting. The progress page shows each number, the gap and the rows that leave the window next.

Names stay on your device

A client list never leaves your phone or laptop: there is no account and no upload. Keep your own copy with a backup file from the log's Backup tab.

What it is not

New here? Start with hands-on versus assisting hours and the questions people ask first.