Kayla Dever KPA-CTP is the owner and lead trainer at Every Dog Nosework in Rochester Hills, MI. Kayla is an NACSW Certifying Official and trial host, a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, is TagTeach-certified and has worked with many nosework teams from the introductory to summit levels.

Outside of nosework, Kayla is a registered nurse working in oncology.

Prior to her nosework career, Kayla worked extensively with multiple guide and service dog organizations, has owned and handled certified therapy dogs since 2005 and has an extensive background in behavior training and preparing working dogs.

Kayla has titled her 3 canine partners (black Labrador Retrievers Brennan and Davey and Shetland Sheepdog Flynn) all to Elite Champion and both labs to multiple Summit titles, all with overall placements. She’s also earned multiple overall placements at the Elite and NW3 levels with all 3 dogs. Her lab Brennan was the first dog in the country to earn the Elite Premier (ELT-P) title.

She is currently actively competing at the Summit and Elite Premier levels in NACSW, but has titled to the highest levels in multiple other nosework venues (AKC, UKC, CPE).

Kayla believes that nosework is for every dog and focuses her teaching on supporting both ends of the leash.