We shape dogs and train people. By that, we mean that we will train your dog in a series of real-world skills that emphasize obedience and safety—but we also train people like you to maintain your dog’s training and continue their education for life.
Our training is guided by the relationship-based, Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive (LIMA) principles established by the International Association of Canine Professionals. Our owner, Martha, holds a LIMA certification and actively shares her expertise with our entire training team, ensuring consistent, compassionate, and effective methods for every dog we work with.
Having a poorly-mannered dog not only impacts your pet and family’s safety, it impacts your relationship with your furry best friend. We want you to have a deep and fulfilling relationship with your pup, and that starts with proper training—for the whole family! If you’re committed to creating that kind of experience for your family through dog training, check out our programs below for more information.
For the best chance at success in a busy world, socialization and training should start for puppies from an early age. We offer puppy kindergarten for puppies aged 12-18 weeks who are actively receiving vaccinations.
Puppy Preschool is a one-hour session you take before or shortly after your puppy comes home. This is a great fit for first-time dog owners or dog owners stepping into a puppy situation for the first time.
This is the total package. Every Bootcamp package is custom-tailored to fit your dog and your family’s needs. We teach skills, not tricks! All of our training is rooted in usable, helpful, real-world skills that will keep your pet safe and make them a joy to be around.
While less intense than our bootcamp programs, our day training programs are built from the same concept – We will work with your dog during the day for three consecutive weeks Monday-Friday to build real-world skills tailored to your family and pet.
Our daycare costs are always fair, but they’re even lower for pups who have graduated from one of our Training Programs through Kim’s K-9 Family Discount.
Bootcamp and Day Training are our most successful obedience programs, so for most folks we recommend starting there. In some cases, when folks have unique training goals, a difficult schedule, or a dog who is not vaccinated or fixed and so can't enter our facility, private training may be a better fit. For owners who are ready to put in lots of work in-between sessions to train their pup, private training can be very successful! You'll meet with one of our expert trainers in six one-on-one sessions over the course of six weeks. Message us to learn more and to see if private training is a good fit for you.
Kim’s K-9 was a lifesaver. The 4-week Bootcamp experience gave her a strong foundation that I could easily follow once she was home. Both my dogs are great advertisement for Kim’s K9!
After the first 4 days of training we already had a new dog. By new dog I mean, the same adorable happy pup, with manners. Imagine that! He has now been trained to sit, down, wait, stay, and many many other useful communications I can use to keep me and my dog safe.
We enrolled our 8 month old stubborn, dominant Golden Retriever puppy in the day training program after trying other trainers with no success. Needless to say we should've gone to Kim's K-9 from the start. THANK YOU Martha and Kim's K9 for giving us a truly life changing experience with our now obedient, loving, pup.
We took our 4 yr old rescue that had ZERO training and were able to turn her into a well-behaved pup in only a few weeks. The training they gave to her humans cemented all the work they had done and now we have a very happy family.
We brought our extremely shy and timid German Shepherd/Retriever mix to puppy kindergarten and it’s completely changed the personality of our dog. The skills and tricks we learned at the class are invaluable! I seriously cannot recommend Kim’s K-9 enough.
We did the overnight Bootcamp for them, and we are so thankful. A huge part of the training is the willingness and training of us, the owners. They really know dogs and the science and psychology behind training them/figuring out their behaviors.
