# Trainer Hours, full text

> Log dog training hours by client and month, see hands-on and assisting totals inside the three year window, and print a log with the fields the certifying body asks for. Private.

Trainer Hours is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT) or any other certifying body. CPDT-KA and CBCC-KA are marks of their owners. Trainer Hours does not determine eligibility. The certifying body decides eligibility. Everything below is our own summary of the certifying body's published handbook and log instructions; the documents win if they differ. Site: https://trainerhours.app/

# Free and Premium

Free, with no account: unlimited rows in the trainer log, each checked as you type; your hands-on and assisting totals, the gap and the pace; the training log on screen; every guide; a plain backup file of your records, out and back in. Premium is an optional paid plan that adds: the printable training log with the fields the certifying body lists; CSV export in a column order you can map to the upload template, and CSV import; encrypted backup files locked with a passphrase; the behavior consultant log. Plans and prices are on the Premium page. Nothing is uploaded: rows stay in the browser.

# The requirement numbers, as checked

Last reviewed 27 September 2026.

| Log | Published numbers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Knowledge assessed dog trainer certification | 300 hours in 3 years: at least 225 hands-on, at most 75 assisting | CPDT-KA Candidate Handbook (2026 testing periods), Eligibility Requirements, item 1 |
| Knowledge assessed canine behavior consultant certification | 300 hours in 3 years: at least 225 individual, at most 75 group | CBCC-KA Candidate Handbook (2026 testing periods), Eligibility Requirements, item 1: the 300 hours, individual and group hours |

## Trainer log roles

- Hands-on, leading (hands-on): Instructing a group class, a private lesson, consulting with a client, or training one or more dogs yourself.
- Hands-on as a trainer's assistant (hands-on): Assisting another trainer while you actively instruct a client or train a dog. The handbook counts this as hands-on.
- Assisting or related work (assisting): Shelter volunteering outside a trainer role, discussing cases with another trainer, designing plans, vet tech or grooming work, or assisting without instructing.

## Behavior log roles

- Individual behavior consulting (individual): Behavior modification with one dog, or a client and their dog, for fear, phobias, compulsive behavior, anxiety or aggression.
- Specialized group class (group): Instructing a group class whose curriculum is dedicated to fear, phobias, anxiety or aggression. Never basic obedience.

## Row rules

- At most one client or facility for one month per row.
- Hands-on and assisting hours (individual and group on the behavior log) never share a row.
- No acronyms.
- No hours with your own dog.
- Only the month and year of a row are reviewed.

## How this site counts

- The three year window is the 36 calendar months ending with the month of your count date. Only the month and year of a row are reviewed, so a row counts for its whole month or not at all.
- A row is one client or facility for one month, in one role. Hands-on and assisting hours for the same client in the same month go on two rows.
- Pace is your counted hands-on hours per month over the last six months, carried forward month by month while old rows leave the window.
- Group hours count only on a row marked as a class dedicated to fear, phobias, anxiety or aggression.

## Sources read

- [CPDT-KA Candidate Handbook](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CPDT-KA-Candidate-Handbook-2026.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2026 testing periods.
- [CPDT-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CPDT-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry.
- [Dog trainer certification](https://www.ccpdt.org/certification/dog-trainer-certification/), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, web page listing the 2026 handbook.
- [CBCC-KA Candidate Handbook](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CBCC-KA-Handbook-2026.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2026 testing periods.
- [CBCC-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CBCC-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry.
- [How to become a certified dog behavior consultant](https://www.ccpdt.org/certification/dog-behavior-consultant/), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, web page listing the 2026 handbook.

# The 300 dog training hours, explained

URL: https://trainerhours.app/guide/300-hours-explained/
Last reviewed: 27 September 2026

The CPDT-KA needs a log of at least 300 dog training hours from the last 3 years, at least 225 of them hands-on and no more than 75 assisting.

Hours can be paid or volunteer. Hands-on training means teaching classes, private lessons, consulting with clients or training dogs yourself; assisting means related work. Hours with your own dog never count. You also need a signed attestation statement, and you must be at least 18 with a high school diploma or equivalent.

## Build your training log in six steps

These steps work with a spreadsheet or [the training log on this site](https://trainerhours.app/log/), which checks each row and totals the hours for you.

1. **Keep session notes as you go.** Date, client or facility, what you did and for how long. These are for you; the application wants monthly summaries.
2. **Add up each client's hours for the month.** At the end of the month, total the hours for each client or facility.
3. **Split hands-on from assisting.** Hands-on and assisting hours for the same client go on two separate rows.
4. **Write one row per client per month.** Month and year, the client or facility, the type of service, the type of training and the hours.
5. **Spell everything out.** No acronyms anywhere in the log, and no rows for your own dog.
6. **Check the window before you apply.** Only the last three years count. Rows older than that drop out of the total.

## The numbers

Table: The training log numbers, as read on the review date

| Requirement | Number | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total | 300 hours | In the last 3 years, paid or volunteer. |
| Hands-on | At least 225 | Teaching, lessons, consulting with clients, training dogs; includes an assistant who actively instructs. |
| Assisting | At most 75 | Shelter volunteering, case discussions with other trainers, plan design, vet tech or grooming work, assisting without instructing. |
| Own dog | Never | Hours training your own dog do not count. |

The 75 hour limit on assisting is a cap, not a target. You can log more assisting hours, but no more than 75 of them count, so the other 225 hours have to be hands-on. In practice that means 225 hands-on hours is only enough if you also have the full 75 assisting hours.

## What else the application asks for

- A signed attestation statement from a certificant, a veterinarian or another credential listed on the statement form. The handbook says credentials not on the list are not accepted.
- An agreement to the certifying body's standards of practice, code of ethics and the hierarchy of behavior change procedures.
- Being at least 18, with a high school diploma, GED or equivalent.

Since 2025 the log can be uploaded from a template inside the online application or typed in directly, according to the log instructions. The template is not linked from the public certification page, so keep your rows in a form you can copy from.

## Worked example: a part time trainer with a gap

A trainer teaches a weekly puppy class, 6 hours a month, and volunteers at a shelter 4 hours a month, both since January 2024: 33 months of rows. Counted by this site's engine as of 27 September 2026: 198 hands-on hours, and 132 assisting hours of which 75 count (57 are above the cap), so 273 counted hours.

Needs 27 more hands-on hours for the 225 minimum and 27 more counted hours for the 300 total, so at least 27 more hands-on hours. At 6 hands-on hours a month, the window would not reach these numbers within ten years. That is not a typo: at 6 hands-on hours a month, three years hold at most 216 hands-on hours, so the window can never reach 225. More shelter hours would not help either. This trainer needs more teaching, not more volunteering.

## Common mistakes

- Counting all assisting hours toward the 300 when only 75 can count.
- Logging hours with your own dog.
- Logging sessions instead of monthly summaries per client.
- Using acronyms for services, clubs or titles.
- Forgetting the attestation statement until the last week.

## Frequently asked questions

**Do volunteer hours count?**

Yes. The handbook says training hours can be paid or volunteer. Volunteering as a trainer is hands-on; volunteering at a shelter in another role is assisting.

**Can I use more than 75 assisting hours if I am short on hands-on hours?**

No. At most 75 assisting hours count, and at least 225 must be hands-on, so extra assisting hours cannot make up a hands-on shortfall.

**Does this site tell me I can apply?**

No. It totals the rows you log against the published numbers. Trainer Hours does not determine eligibility. The certifying body decides eligibility.

## Sources

- [CPDT-KA Candidate Handbook](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CPDT-KA-Candidate-Handbook-2026.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2026 testing periods, read 27 September 2026. Used for: The 300, 225 and 75 hours, the assistant rule, own dogs, the attestation and age and education.
- [CPDT-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CPDT-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry, read 27 September 2026. Used for: The row rules, the fields and the 2025 template upload.
- [Dog trainer certification](https://www.ccpdt.org/certification/dog-trainer-certification/), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, web page listing the 2026 handbook, read 27 September 2026. Used for: The current eligibility list and documents.

# Hands-on versus assisting dog training hours

URL: https://trainerhours.app/guide/hands-on-vs-assisting/
Last reviewed: 27 September 2026

Hands-on hours are time you spend training (classes, private lessons, consults, training dogs yourself); assisting hours are related work such as shelter volunteering, and at most 75 count.

Assisting also covers talking through cases with another trainer, designing training plans, working as a veterinary technician or groomer, or helping another trainer without instructing. The dividing line is whether you were instructing a person or training a dog. A trainer's assistant who actively instructs counts as hands-on. At least 225 hands-on hours are needed.

## The assistant rule

The 2026 candidate handbook allows a trainer's assistant to log hands-on hours, provided they are actively instructing a client or training a dog as part of the assistant role. The same handbook lists assisting another trainer without actively instructing as assisting hours. So two hours at the same class can be different kinds of hours depending on what you did.

- You demonstrated an exercise with a student's dog and coached the handler: hands-on.
- You ran one station of the class and gave instructions to handlers: hands-on.
- You set up equipment, handed out treats and held leashes: assisting.
- You watched the lead trainer and took notes: assisting at most.

## Two kinds of hours, two rows

The log instructions say hands-on and assisting hours reflect different activities and cannot be listed in the same row. If you assisted at a school's class for part of the month and instructed for the rest, write two rows for that school for that month, one with the hands-on hours and one with the assisting hours. The log on this site stores one role per row, so it cannot mix them.

## Recording the difference as you go

The hardest months to reconstruct are the ones where you helped out at a colleague's classes. A year later it is hard to say how much of that time you were instructing. Two habits make it easy:

- Note in your diary, the same day, whether you instructed or only helped. A word is enough: taught, or helped.
- When you start assisting a colleague, agree with them what you will teach, so the hands-on part of the role is clear to both of you. The person who signs your attestation may well be that colleague.
- If you are unsure whether an hour was instructing, log it as assisting. The cap limits what assisting can add, but an honest log is worth more than a few hours.

## Worked example: one month, five rows

Table: One month of work, by row, as this site's engine classifies it

| Client or facility | Service and hours | Role |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Garcia | Private lesson, 4 h | Hands-on, leading |
| Main Street Dog School | Group class, 6 h | Hands-on as a trainer's assistant |
| Main Street Dog School | Group class, 3 h | Assisting or related work |
| Riverside Animal Shelter | Volunteering at a shelter, 5 h | Assisting or related work |
| Patel | Designing training plans, 2 h | Assisting or related work |

10 hands-on and 10 assisting hours. The dog school appears twice because part of the time was instructing and part was not. You can log a month of your own the same way in [the training log](https://trainerhours.app/log/).

## Common mistakes

- Putting hands-on and assisting hours for one client in the same row.
- Logging every hour at a colleague's class as hands-on when you were not instructing.
- Logging shelter volunteering outside a trainer role as hands-on.
- Counting more than 75 assisting hours.

## Frequently asked questions

**Does consulting with a client count as hands-on?**

Yes. The handbook lists consulting with clients alongside group classes, private lessons and training dogs as hands-on training.

**Does discussing a case with another trainer count?**

Yes, as assisting. Consulting with another trainer about current cases is on the assisting list.

**Is a vet tech's time hands-on?**

No. Working as a veterinary technician or a groomer is listed as assisting.

## Sources

- [CPDT-KA Candidate Handbook](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CPDT-KA-Candidate-Handbook-2026.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2026 testing periods, read 27 September 2026. Used for: Hands-on and assisting examples and the trainer's assistant rule.
- [CPDT-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CPDT-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry, read 27 September 2026. Used for: Hands-on and assisting hours never share a row.

# One client per month: how to write training log rows

URL: https://trainerhours.app/guide/one-client-per-month-rows/
Last reviewed: 27 September 2026

Write one row per client or facility per month with that month's total hours, plus the month, the client's last name, the type of service, the type of training and your role.

If some of those hours were hands-on and some assisting, use two rows. Do not use acronyms, and only the month and year of the date are reviewed.

## Turn a month of sessions into rows in five steps

Do this once a month from your diary or booking system, or keep the rows in [the training log on this site](https://trainerhours.app/log/) as you go.

1. **List the month's sessions by client.** Group every session by client or facility.
2. **Split each client's time by kind.** Hands-on time in one pile, assisting time in another.
3. **Total each pile.** One number of hours per client per kind of hours.
4. **Write one row per pile.** Month and year, client or facility, type of service, type of training, hours.
5. **Read it back for acronyms.** Spell out club names, titles and methods in full.

## The fields a row needs

Table: The training log fields, as listed in the 2025 log instructions

| Field | What to write |
| --- | --- |
| Date | Any day in the month; only the month and year are reviewed. |
| Client or facility | The client's last name is enough, or the facility's name. |
| Type of service | Private lesson, group class, volunteering at a shelter, working as a vet tech, or similar. |
| Type of training | Basic manners, dog sports, obedience, handling, house training, socialization, or similar. |
| Hands-on hours | The month's hands-on hours for this client, or 0. |
| Assisting hours | The month's assisting hours for this client, or 0. |

Since 2025 the log can be uploaded with a template inside the online application, which fills in the log, and the rows can be edited afterwards. The template file sits inside the application. The CSV from this site puts its first columns in the order above so you can copy or map them across, but check the template's own columns before you paste.

## Worked example: six sessions become three rows

Table: A trainer's May sessions

| Date | Client | Session |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2 May | Garcia | 1 h private lesson |
| 9 May | Garcia | 1 h private lesson |
| 16 May | Garcia | 1.5 h private lesson |
| 23 May | Garcia | 1 h private lesson |
| 12 May | Lee | 2 h private lesson |
| 26 May | Lee | 1 h shadowing a colleague on the Lee case, not instructing |

Table: The rows they become

| Month | Client | Role | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | Garcia | Hands-on, leading | 4.5 |
| May 2026 | Lee | Hands-on, leading | 2 |
| May 2026 | Lee | Assisting or related work | 1 |

Two rows this site's row checks would flag: "Garcia and Lee" (one client or facility per row. split this row if it covers more than one.) and a row whose type of training reads "CGC prep" (spell out cgc: the log instructions say not to use acronyms.).

## Common mistakes

- One row per session instead of one per client per month.
- Two clients on one row, such as a couple who each own a dog you train separately.
- Hands-on and assisting hours in the same row.
- Acronyms for titles, clubs or methods.

## Frequently asked questions

**Can I have two rows for the same client in the same month?**

Yes, when one is hands-on and one is assisting. Two rows of the same kind for the same client and month are better combined into one.

**What do I write for a group class?**

The class or the facility as the client, group class as the type of service, and the month's hours for that class.

**Can I submit my log as a spreadsheet?**

Since 2025 the application accepts an upload from its own template, or rows typed in directly. Keep your rows in a spreadsheet or this log so you can copy them into either.

## Sources

- [CPDT-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CPDT-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry, read 27 September 2026. Used for: One client for one month per row, separate rows, no acronyms, the fields and the template upload.
- [Dog trainer certification](https://www.ccpdt.org/certification/dog-trainer-certification/), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, web page listing the 2026 handbook, read 27 September 2026. Used for: Where the log instructions and handbook are published.

# Dog training hours that do not count

URL: https://trainerhours.app/guide/what-does-not-count/
Last reviewed: 27 September 2026

Four kinds of hours do not count toward the 300: any hours with your own dog; assisting hours beyond the first 75; any hours older than the last 3 years; and, on the behavior consultant log, group hours from basic obedience classes. Rows with acronyms or with more than one client are not a question of counting but of form: fix them before you submit.

## Your own dog

The handbook and both log instructions say training hours cannot be earned by working with your own dog. That includes competition training, puppy raising of your own dog and demonstrations with your own dog. The log on this site keeps an own dog row so your records are complete, and leaves it out of every total.

## Old rows and the assisting cap

Only the last 3 years count, and only the month and year of each row are reviewed. This site counts the 36 calendar months ending with the month of your count date, so a whole month is in or out. Assisting hours above 75 are kept but not counted.

Behavior consultant candidates have one more rule: group hours count only from specialized classes dedicated to fear, phobias, anxiety or aggression, never from basic obedience classes, according to the behavior log instructions.

## Rows that count but need fixing

Some rows count toward the hours but break a rule about how the log is written. They will not cost you hours if you fix them before you copy the log into the application, so this site counts them and shows a warning instead of leaving them out.

- Acronyms anywhere in the row, such as a title, a club or a method written in capitals. Spell them out.
- More than one client or facility in one row, such as two names joined by and. Split the row.
- Two rows of the same kind for the same client in the same month. Combine them into one.

The log also cannot show two things the application asks for separately: the signed attestation statement and your age and education. Keep those in mind while you finish the hours.

## Worked example: 185 hours logged, fewer counted

A trainer logs 185 hours: 40 hands-on with a client, 30 with their own dog, 25 with a client in May 2023 and 90 of shelter volunteering. Counted by this site's engine as of 27 September 2026, with the window starting in October 2023: 115 hours count.

The own dog row (30 hours) is out, the May 2023 row is outside the window, and 15 of the shelter hours are above the 75 hour cap. You can see the same breakdown for your own rows on [the progress page](https://trainerhours.app/progress/).

## Common mistakes

- Counting practice with your own dog for sports or titles.
- Keeping assisting hours past 75 in your total.
- Counting rows from more than three years before you apply.
- Counting a basic obedience class as behavior group hours.

## Frequently asked questions

**What if I train my own dog in front of a class as a demo?**

The time with your own dog does not count. The time you spend instructing the handlers in that class is hands-on and does count.

**Can extra assisting hours replace old hands-on hours that dropped out?**

No. At most 75 assisting hours count at any time, and at least 225 must be hands-on.

**Does this site delete rows that do not count?**

No. It keeps every row and says why a row is not counted, so your record stays complete.

## Sources

- [CPDT-KA Candidate Handbook](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CPDT-KA-Candidate-Handbook-2026.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2026 testing periods, read 27 September 2026. Used for: Own dog hours, the assisting limit and the three years.
- [CPDT-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CPDT-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry, read 27 September 2026. Used for: Own dogs, acronyms and only month and year reviewed.
- [CBCC-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CBCC-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry, read 27 September 2026. Used for: No group hours from basic obedience classes.

# Behavior consultant hours: 300 in 3 years

URL: https://trainerhours.app/guide/behaviour-consultant-hours/
Last reviewed: 27 September 2026

The knowledge assessed canine behavior consultant exam (the CBCC-KA) asks for a behavior log of at least 300 hours of behavior consulting in the last 3 years, on fear, phobias, compulsive behavior, anxiety and aggression. At least 225 must be individual hours, behavior modification with one dog or a client and their dog, and at most 75 may be group hours from specialized classes dedicated to fear, phobias, anxiety or aggression, never basic obedience. Your own dog never counts.

## How behavior rows differ

The row rules are the same as the trainer log: at most one client or facility for one month per row, individual and group hours on separate rows, no acronyms, and only the month and year reviewed. The fields differ: the behavior log asks for the number of sessions in the month and the issue, such as fear, phobia, compulsive behavior, anxiety or aggression, instead of the type of service and training.

- Individual: a private behavior consultation, in person or remote, working on the dog's issue.
- Group: instructing a class whose curriculum is dedicated to fear, phobias, anxiety or aggression.
- Not counted: a basic obedience class, however many reactive dogs attend it.

## Behavior consultant versus trainer

Both exams use 300 hours in 3 years with a 225 and 75 split, but the content differs. Trainer hours cover any training, from puppy manners to sports. Behavior hours must be behavior modification for the listed issues. An hour can appear on both logs only if it meets both definitions; the log on this site keeps the two logs separate.

The behavior consultant certification page lists the same age, education and attestation requirements as the trainer page.

## Writing the issue and the sessions

Name the main issue you worked on with that client that month in plain words: fear of strangers, separation related anxiety, resource guarding aggression, a noise phobia. The instructions list fear, phobias, compulsive behavior, anxiety and aggression, or similar. Count the sessions you held with that client in the month, whether in person or remote, and put the hours for all of them on the one row.

## Worked example: a consultant short on individual hours

A consultant logs 6 individual hours a month with one aggression case from March 2024, 5 hours a month teaching a fear focused class from January 2025, and one 20 hour month running a Saturday obedience class. Counted by this site's engine as of 27 September 2026: 180 individual hours, 90 group hours of which 75 count, and 20 obedience class hours not counted. Total 255.

Needs 45 more individual hours for the 225 minimum and 45 more counted hours for the 300 total, so at least 45 more individual hours. At 5 individual hours a month, the window would not reach these numbers within ten years. More group classes cannot close this gap; only individual cases can.

## Common mistakes

- Counting basic obedience or manners classes as group hours.
- Counting more than 75 group hours.
- Logging cases with your own dog.
- Leaving out the number of sessions and the issue.

## Frequently asked questions

**Do I need the trainer certification first?**

The behavior consultant page does not list it as a requirement. Check the current handbook before you apply.

**Do remote consultations count?**

The log instructions describe behavior consulting with a dog or a client and their dog without limiting it to in person work. Record remote sessions honestly as the service type.

**Is the behavior log free on this site?**

No. The behavior consultant log is one of the features Premium, the optional paid plan, adds. Logging your training hours and every total stay free.

## Sources

- [CBCC-KA Candidate Handbook](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CBCC-KA-Handbook-2026.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2026 testing periods, read 27 September 2026. Used for: Eligibility: the 300 hours in three years, the 225 individual behavior hours, the 75 dedicated group class hours, no basic obedience and no own dog.
- [CBCC-KA Online Training Log Instructions](https://www.ccpdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CBCC-KA-Online-Training-Log-Instructions-2025.pdf), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, 2025 edition, template upload or direct entry, read 27 September 2026. Used for: The 300, 225 and 75 hours, the fields, the issues, group class rules and own dogs.
- [How to become a certified dog behavior consultant](https://www.ccpdt.org/certification/dog-behavior-consultant/), Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, web page listing the 2026 handbook, read 27 September 2026. Used for: The eligibility list, age, education and attestation.

# Questions about Trainer Hours

URL: https://trainerhours.app/faq/

## Answers

**Does Trainer Hours tell me whether I can sit the exam?**

No. Trainer Hours does not determine eligibility. The certifying body decides eligibility. It totals the rows you log and shows them against the published numbers, with the source named, so you can see what is missing.

**Is this site part of the CCPDT?**

No. Trainer Hours is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT) or any other certifying body. CPDT-KA and CBCC-KA are marks of their owners. It names the certifying body only to say whose published requirements it summarises.

**Where are my rows stored?**

Only in this browser, on this device. There is no account and nothing you log is uploaded, including your clients' names and their dogs' names. Export a backup file from the log page now and then, because clearing your browser's site data deletes the log.

**Why does a row with my own dog show as not counted?**

The certifying body's handbook and log instructions say training hours cannot be earned with your own dog. The log keeps the row so your record is complete, and leaves it out of every total.

**Why does the log warn me about acronyms?**

The log instructions ask candidates not to use acronyms. The row still counts here, but spell the words out before you copy the row into the application.

**Can I log every session separately?**

Keep your own session notes however you like, but the application wants a summary: at most one client or facility for one month per row. Add up the month's hours for each client and log one row, or two if some hours were hands-on and some assisting.

**Is the CSV the certifying body's upload template?**

No. The template sits inside the candidate application and was not available to us. The CSV's first columns follow the order of the fields the log instructions list, so you can copy or map them into the template.

**What happens to rows older than three years?**

They stay in your log but drop out of the totals once their month is outside the 36 months ending with your count date. The progress page lists the rows that leave in the next three months.

**Does it cover the behavior consultant log too?**

Yes. The behavior consultant log counts individual and group hours toward the same 300 in three years, with at least 225 individual and at most 75 group hours from classes dedicated to fear, phobias, anxiety or aggression.