Trista Miller is the leader of Polite Paws, LLC and instructs all private sessions. When offered, she manages dog sport classes and teaches beginning courses. Trista is a CPDT-KA certified trainer, AKC CGC and Trick Dog Evaluator, and certified in Pet CPR and First Aid. She has completed Michael Shikashio’s Master Course-Aggression in Dogs and Susan Friedman’s Living and Learning with Animals course. She hosted Canine Con 2022, and has earned a BA in psychology and education. Trista also manages Fido’s Forest, Fort Wayne’s exclusive-use 5 acre wooded dog park.
Trista’s family has had a variety of pets her entire life, including horses, rabbits, cats, fish, birds and dogs including poodles, boxers, German shepherds, and mix breed dogs. Trista has owned and bred Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and has fostered mixed breed and full-breed dogs. Trista is married and has two fur babies: Bitzy (mixed breed, Jack Russell and Miniature Poodle), and Piper (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel).
Trista also owns and actively manages a wedding floral business called Rose’s Bouquets.
Trista, her husband Nate, and their fur babies Annie (crossed the rainbow bridge Dec 29, 2020), Belle (crossed the rainbow bridge Aug 6, 2022), and Bitzy. Thanks to Ruth Yaro Photography for the image.
