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 Judge, a trial host for NACSW, a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, and TagTeach-certified. Kayla has worked with many nosework teams from the introductory to Summit levels. Outside of nosework, Kayla has been a registered nurse since 2015 working in oncology. Prior to her nosework career, Kayla participated in several dog sports including flyball, dock diving, and agility and worked extensively with multiple guide and service dog organizations. Kayla has had at least one certified therapy dog in her life since 2025, visiting hospitals, nursing homes and schools. Kayla 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 high in trials 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. 

Kayla is deeply honored to serve the NACSW nosework community in this role of Certifying Official. She applied to become a CO because she is incredibly passionate about the sport and organization, because she wanted trials to continue to flourish and grow, but most especially, she wanted to honor her canine partners, who showed her the world of the canine nose, so others may experience the joy, wonder and partnership with their dogs that she has been able to experience with her dogs at NACSW trials.