J Rangarajan was born
into a dog loving family and evinced great interest in training dogs right from
his young age. He was only 14 when he trained his first dog. He has won many
awards in Obedience Trials at various dog shows. In the year 1988, he started Woodstock
Dog Training School at Chennai and the services from his institution are well
sought after. In the same year, he was granted License by the Kennel Club of
India to judge Obedience Trials and since then he has judged shows extensively.
In the year 2001, Rangarajan migrated to the USA with his family and he opened
a branch of Woodstock in the USA. He is an approved Canine Good Citizen
Evaluator by the American Kennel Club. In the year 2009, Rangarajan was
appointed by the Tamil Nadu Government to train dogs for Search and Rescue work
for the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services. This is the first ever Rescue
Service Dog Squad in the country.