Dan Gray
AMPWDA Master Trainer - Administrator
Dan grew up raising and training dogs. At the age of fifteen
(15), he finished his first dog as an AKC Champion. He continued
showing dogs and later worked as a handler, training and showing
dogs for various clients. Also, during his teen age years, he was
the sole caretaker for a pack of Timber Wolves at a sanctuary in
central Indiana.
Dan went on to complete his education in Computer Science and after
working in the field for several years started his own computer
consulting firm, DGE Automation, Inc. All the while, he continued
working with and training dogs, as canines are his lifelong passion.
He has earned multiple certifications with multiple K9s and been
active on numerous manhunts, working with the Indiana Department of
Natural Resources, city and county Police Departments, and numerous
fire departments.
He started with AMPWDA in 2009 and during his tenure has served as a
trainer at 30 AMPWDA National Seminars, 8 West Virginia State
Workshops, the 2010 Winter Workshop, the 2011 Jailbreak Seminar, the
2012 Real-Life Scenario Seminar, numerous other state workshops
across the country, various mantracking classes and over 300 one-day
training sessions. Dan is a big believer in double blind
training/testing and was the chief designer/implementer of the
AMPWDA double blind test protocol for Mantrailing.
