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As one of the best known experts in the industry, owner Cheryl Carlson works to provide the most comprehensive Training programs available.

Cher Car Kennels’ breeding program specializes in German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois, and strives to produce the working dog you remember from childhood.  Cher Car dogs are in police departments and family homes throughout the United States, Canada, the Virgin Islands and Mexico.

Cheryl Carlson has been training dogs professionally since 1977, providing guard dog service, teaching family companion dogs (manners, problem solving and behavior modification), personal protection, training K9 police service and physical assistance dogs, and is truly unique among trainers for her vast knowledge, years of experience and unmatched expertise in every area of dog training.
 
She has rehabilitated and placed countless rescue dogs and conducted hundreds of DOG SAFETY AWARENESS seminars throughout the country. Cheryl is a paid consultant teaching dog bite prevention techniques to various organizations including the United States Postal Service, GTE, FIA, Consumers Energy, UPS, the Visiting Nurses Association and many more.
 
Cheryl’s knowledge is frequently utilized throughout the Midwest by Federal and District courts, where she is called upon to provide expert witness testimony in regards to training of police dogs, dog attacks, and dog behavior.  She is also a certified E.M.S. instructor in the field of Environmental Emergencies.

Cheryl has trained and certified 51 police K-9's to date, with teams trained in patrol, narcotics and explosive detection.  She has also certified many other dog trainers in police work.

Cheryl enjoys competition with her own dogs, and has titled in conformation, agility, obedience, Schutzhund, French Ring, Campagne, herding, racing and UKC Dog Sport.  She has judged countless personal protection trials throughout the US and Canada, is a certified Campagne decoy (a French sport consisting of bitework, agility, obedience and tracking), and a former past President of NARA (North American Ring Association).
 
Cheryl is also a UKC licensed Trial Judge for all classes of Dog Sports, and certified by Service Dogs of America to select and certify helpers/decoys for the UKC Dog Sport program.