Allie Sherman

I have been training my own dogs since 2008, and began taking on neighborhood clients and working with horses just a few short years later. My real passion took shape when I discovered dog sports and began following and attending seminars with some of the most talented trainers in the world.

In 2017 I traveled to Tryon International Equestrian Center, where I worked as a groom and trainer for a prominent competition program, preparing horses for Grand Prix events alongside Olympic teams and some of the best riders in the world. That experience confirmed something I already believed: the highest level of performance in any animal comes from trust, communication, and a relationship built on patience.

That same year I began my career as a veterinary technician, eventually specializing in emergency and exotic medicine. I still work as a relief veterinary technician today. That medical background shapes everything about how I read and work with animals. Understanding their physiology, their stress responses, and what they are actually telling you changes how you train.

Cognitive Canines is the combination of everything I have learned across all of it.