# Trainer Hours

> 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 a free, private hours log for dog trainers working toward the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers' knowledge assessed trainer certification (CPDT-KA), and for behavior consultants working toward the CBCC-KA. It keeps the training log the way the log instructions ask for it, one client or facility per month per row, and totals hands-on and assisting hours inside the rolling three year window against the 300 hour total, the 225 hour hands-on minimum and the 75 hour assisting cap. The full text of every guide and the FAQ is at https://trainerhours.app/llms-full.txt.

- [Dog trainer hours log for certification](https://trainerhours.app/): Log dog training hours as one row per client per month, see hands-on and assisting totals inside the three year window, and print your log. Free and private.

## Tools

- [Log dog training hours by client and month](https://trainerhours.app/log/): Log each client or class once a month with the type of service, type of training, your role and your hours. Rows that would be refused are flagged as you type.
- [Your 300 hours, hands-on and assisting](https://trainerhours.app/progress/): Your hands-on and assisting hours inside the three year window against the 300 total, the 225 hands-on minimum and the 75 assisting cap, with gap and pace.

## Reference

- [Guides to dog trainer certification hours](https://trainerhours.app/guide/): Plain answers on the dog trainer hours log: the 300 hours, hands-on versus assisting, one client per month rows, what does not count and behavior consulting.
- [Questions about the trainer hours log](https://trainerhours.app/faq/): What the training log counts and what it does not decide, where your rows are stored, why your own dog never counts, and how the printed log and CSV are used.

## Guides

- [The 300 dog training hours explained](https://trainerhours.app/guide/300-hours-explained/): The CPDT-KA exam asks for 300 dog training hours in the last 3 years: at least 225 hands-on and at most 75 assisting, logged by client and month.
- [Hands-on vs assisting dog training hours](https://trainerhours.app/guide/hands-on-vs-assisting/): Hands-on hours are teaching clients or training dogs yourself; assisting is related work such as shelter volunteering. An assistant who instructs is hands-on.
- [One client per month: training log rows](https://trainerhours.app/guide/one-client-per-month-rows/): Each training log row is one client or facility for one month, with hands-on and assisting on separate rows and no acronyms. How to roll sessions into rows.
- [Dog training hours that do not count](https://trainerhours.app/guide/what-does-not-count/): Hours with your own dog, assisting hours above 75, rows older than three years and group hours from basic obedience classes do not count toward the 300.
- [Behavior consultant hours: 300 in 3 years](https://trainerhours.app/guide/behaviour-consultant-hours/): The CBCC-KA behavior log asks for 300 hours in 3 years: at least 225 individual behavior consulting and at most 75 from specialized group classes.

## Policies

- [Privacy, your training log stays local](https://trainerhours.app/privacy/): How your data is handled: your rows, client names and dog names stay in your browser, there is no account, and nothing you log is ever sent to a server.
- [Terms of use for the trainer hours log](https://trainerhours.app/terms/): The terms for using this training log: a record keeping helper, not training advice, with no warranty that an hour is accepted, and how refunds work for plans.

## Premium

- [Premium plans for the trainer hours log](https://trainerhours.app/premium/): Premium adds the printable log, CSV export and import, encrypted backups and the behavior consultant log. Logging and every total stay free for everyone.

## What it is not

- 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. It is a record keeping helper, not an official record or application.
- It keeps records and does arithmetic. It gives no training or behavior advice. Client and dog names never leave the browser.

## Pricing

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.

## Optional

- [Full text for AI assistants](https://trainerhours.app/llms-full.txt): every guide, the requirement table, the row rules, the counting conventions and the FAQ as one Markdown file.
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