Has Anyone Heard of 160 Driving Academy?

You may not find it on the website, but FFE (Frozen Food Express) allows pets and will send you to school. They only recently started recruiting in Illinois.

 

Here's some more that allow pets and hire in IL. Many you will never hear about in cdl school or see on the websites that they hire new cdl grads, but they do. Some websites may have "experience required", so ignore that; the website isn't up to date.
Schuster - nations largest ice cream hauler
USA Truck
Navajo Express
Fischer Trucking
Abilene Motor Express
Melton Truck Lines
Jim Palmer Trucking
Watkins-Shepard
Southern Refrigerated Transport
Magnum Ltd.
WEL

 

Do you think I should apply to these companies? Do they have CDL training? I will look into it as well.

 

Jim Palmer has cdl training. The others you'll have to attend a private cdl school.