About Silva and Sons

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    Corey Silva

    FOUNDER AND LEAD DOG TRAINER

    Corey Silva, Dog Trainer, MS, ABCSDT, CTDI, AKC CGC Evaluator, Software Engineer by day

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    Bruno Silva

    A SON

    Bruno the Wheaten Terrier, CGC, TKN

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    Zuko Silva

    A SON

    Zuko the British Lab, Service Dog, CGCA, CGCU, TKI, CD-C, ATD

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Logo of the Canine Good Citizen program by the American Kennel Club, featuring a yellow border, blue background, and an outline of a person and a dog shaking paws. The text reads 'Canine Good Citizen' and 'Evaluator'.
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Bio

Corey Silva is a certified service dog trainer, certified trick dog instructor, and AKC CGC evaluator with a passion for problem solving and preparing dogs to live their best lives. He believes “to love your dog, is to train your dog!”

Corey’s passion for dog training began when he found himself living alone with a hyper-active Wheaten Terrier puppy in a 9th floor apartment. Determined to give this dog the best life possible, Corey put himself in dog training group classes for many months. He off-leash trained Bruno the Wheaten to accompany him on hikes and travels, to open up their world together. Shortly after, Corey got his second “son,” a British field lab named Zuko from Southern Oak Kennels. He took all of his dog training knowledge and applied it towards his very personal goal of training Zuko to be a service retriever. Today, Zuko works as Corey’s service dog and is capable of retrieving just about anything Corey points to. He also has earned titles and competes in obedience competitions.

By trade, Corey Silva is an applied mathematician with degrees from Brown University and Tufts University. He uses these problem solving skills by day as a software engineer, but is also deeply passionate about bringing these same skills to the dog training world by night.

Corey is never done learning about dog training, and continues to study the latest techniques to help his clients live better lives with their dogs. He attended a dog training seminar in South Carolina, “5 Months to a Great Waterfowl Retriever,” and attended Emma Parsons course “Click to Calm”. He is part of the training team at Masterpeace Dog Training.

Corey loves what he does and is so excited to train with you!

Silva and Sons Highlights!

Zuko earning first place at a recent CDSP obedience competition.

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A man with a beard, wearing a blue baseball cap and dark jacket, kneels next to a happy, fluffy dog with a ribbon indicating it has earned a canning good citizen award. The man is holding the ribbon and smiling. They are outdoors in a yard with trees