Good Neighbor Dog Training was founded in 1989 by Anita Crafton and Marti Kincaid. Anita and Marti teamed up after many years of instructing for the Snake River Canyon Kennel Club of Idaho and the 4-H program. Tiffany Piltz joined the school in 2009.

Anita and Marti are active members and past board members of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors, Inc.  Marti is a past president and has served on several NADOI committees. In 2005, NADOI conferred an Honorary Life Membership on Anita. NADOI is the oldest organization in the world with standards for endorsing dog obedience instructors.

Marti and Anita bring a background of working with many breeds of dogs and other animal species.  In order to keep on top of what’s happening in canine training, they have attended seminars by Dr. Patricia McConnell, Brenda Aloff, Ian Dunbar, Roy Hunter, Terry Ryan, Turid Rugaas, Karen Pryor, Job Michael Evans, Morgan Spector, Virginia Broitman, and other leaders in the field of behavior and training.  In 1992, they traveled to England to study behavior with John Rogerson and others.  They have incorporated many of the best ideas to help the owner-dog relationship.

Tiffany has owned and trained a variety of dogs, from Chow Chow to Lab to Chihuahua. She competes in NADAC agility with several dogs, having achieved elite titles with her now semi-retired retriever, Annie. Her current dog, Kobi, is working at the advanced level and she has two young dogs started. Besides a lifetime of dog ownership, she worked at the Twin Falls Animal Shelter for several years. She started as an assistant 4-H leader in 2006 and then began assisting classes for Good Neighbor. Currently, she is the lead instructor for agility classes and helps with the puppy and level I classes. She has attended instructing, training, and behavior seminars in recent years to prepare for NADOI membership.

Anita is currently inactive in dog training but serves the school in a support capacity.