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 has served as a trainer at
twenty-six (26) AMPWDA National Seminars, The Winter Workshop,
Jailbreak 2011, The Real-Life Scenario Seminar, various mantracking
classes and countless other state workshops across the country. Dan is a big
believer in double blind training/testing and was instrumental in
moving AMPWDA to a double blind test protocol for Mantrailing.
