Dee Hoult

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About Dee Hoult

Dee currently serves as CEO of Applause Your Paws, Inc, South Florida's largest privately owned dog training company. Although Dee dedicates her training time to helping clients with their canine behavior concerns, the thing she is most passionate about is developing her business. A large part of business development includes all of the networks that Dee is part of. In addition to managing her staff and assisting her own clients Dee is the founder of the APDT’s Networking Group in South Florida, Miami Dade Animal Service’s ”go to” professional for canine evaluations and volunteer training, an Animal Behavior College Mentor Trainer, a CATCH Academy Mentor Trainer, Training Director for Miami Dade Corrections Second Chance Dog Training Program, a member of the Miami Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association, as well as the University of Miami Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Council. Dee previously served a four year term on the Board of Directors for the South Florida Veterinary Medical Association & Foundation and has also served on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Professional Dog Trainers. Dee is one of less than 200 trainers in the world who hold a CDBC (Certified Dog Behavior Consultant) credential through the International Association of Applied Behavior Consultants (IAABC) and is passionate about dog and baby/kid safety, providing a free community lecture several times a year on expectations and safety when it comes to living with kids and dogs. Dee actively serves on the Application Review Committee (ARC) for IAABC, and is responsible for scoring applications for professional certification in the dog division. In 2014 Dee was honored to be recognized as LEAP’s Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and in 2015 Dee was recognized as a top three finalist for the Coral Gables of Chamber of Commerce’s AXA Business Women of the Year awards. Dee is currently a finalist for the 2018 Woman on the Year for the Women in the Pet Industry Awards.