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Top Tier K9® |Pet, Working Dog and People Training
Home of the Foundation Dog®
The Professional's Choice
Recognized as the World's Greatest Dog Training Company
Only the Best Earn and Maintain Certification with Top Tier K9
KHALID S. ALOMAIR
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Carolina Aguirre
Wyoming
Emma Anstee
Georgetown, Texas
Ariella Archbald
Gainesville, Florida
Alora Atkinson Yrigollen
Florida
Kelly Baldner
Texas
Josh Barker
Texas
Mina Barzola
Jacksonville, Florida
Ashley Blue
Perry, Florida
Jennifer Bonilla
Florida
Ronald Brauner
Florida
Kat Brenkert
Florida
Jennifer Burgoyne
Alberta, Canada
Kaitlyn Campbell
Missoula, Montana
Daniel Carroll
Perry, Florida
Brooke Chambers
Boston, Georgia
Alicen Church
Florida
Amanda Clawges
North Miami, Florida
Sam Collins
Atlanta Airport, Georgia
Connie Connelly
Lake Beuno Vista, Florida
Amy Crocker
Birmingham, Alabama
Jessica Cruz
Texas
Kayla Dahlberg
Spring Hill, Florida
Valerie Diaz
Apollo Beach, Florida
Cody Dollmann
Kansas City, Kansas
Sarah Maria Elsensohn
Slidell, Louisiana
William "Billy" Estep
Georgia
Charity Facemire
Tallahassee, Florida
Glen Fisher
Berkley, West Virginia
Franchise
Savannah Foster
Traverse City, Michigan
Maxine Friend
Maine
Stephanie Goncalves
Teaxs
Kelly Hager
Greeley, Colorado
LA Harris
Slidell, LA
John Hawkins
Florida
Kevin Hayes
Macon, Georgia
Scott Homitz
Jacksonville, Florida
Brandi Ropati Hunte
Florida/Alaska
Amarnauth Jaimungal
Jacksonville, Fl
Jody Johnson
Moultrie, Georgia
Brock Jones
Oregon
Sparsh Joshi
Missouri
Lori Keelin
Gulf Shores. Alabama
Casey Kinsey
Florida
Kala Kriener
Tampa, Florida
Ben Landkammer
Knoxville, Tennessee
Trinity Lee
Drummond, Montana
Lisa Limmer
Minnesota
Travis Lloyd
Ashtabula, Ohio
Michael Lopez
Slidell, Louisiana
Michelle Lutz
Cheyanne, Wyoming
Jaden Mattison
Cary, North Carolina
Sarah McNabb
St. Augustine, Fl
Robert Mercado
Florida
Chad Miller
Alberta, Canada
Kris Morrill
Albany, Georgia
Jen Mutz
Greenwood, Indiana
Caroline Nielsen
Sanford, Florida
Chris O'Brian
Madison, Florida
Victoria "Rebel" Pascuite
Hamden, Connecticut
James Powers
Jacksonville, Florida
Jade Rambur
Texas
Ashley Raymer
Florida
Harry Reid
Florida
Lisa Reis
Arizona
Anastasia Roberts
Pennsylvania
Kat Roos
Missoula, Montana
Marshall RounseVille
Rhode Island
John Rowbo
Jacksonville, Florida
Denton Rummel
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Christian Schmidt
Florida
Victoria Segura
Florida
Zach Shelnut
Perry, Florida
Megan Smith
San Antonio, Texas
Megan R. Smith
Naples, Florida
Sydney Spencer
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tony Starr
Canada
Victoria Stees
Cheyanne, Wyoming
Erin Stevens
Texas
Kate Stroup
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Leila Thomas
Newton, New Hampshire
Zach Thomas
Newton, New Hampshire
Tonya Tooker
Boca Raton, Florida
Madison Towrey
Cedar Park, Texas
Jeremie Vasquez
Florida
Don Wages
Madison, Florida
Karen Wannamaker
Anchorage, Alaska
Makayla Waters
Florida
Dean Weaver
Miamisburg, Ohio
Bridget Weidner
Aurora, Colorado
Mollie white
Florida
Alexa White
Biloxi, Mississippi
Kendra White
Jacksonville, Florida
Chris Williams
Missoula, Montana
Ben Wilson
Missouri
Marty Worline
Ospry, Florida
Barry Abraham
Crawfordville, Florida
Henried Andrade
Ecuador
Tatum Arboleda
Texas
Katlynn Arnold
Jacksonville, Florida
Jennifer Bailey
Lake Norman, North Carolina
Zack Baldwin
Seattle, Washington
Alexia Barquet
Texas
Rose Baxter
Mooresville, North Carolina
River Boe
Wisconsin
Dawn Bowles
Southern West Virginia
Chloe Braungurdt
Kansas
Alyssa Browning
Madison, Florida
Krysta Caldwell
Birmingham, Alabama
Joseph Campbell
Florida
Mindy Cassel
Perry, Florida
Jessica Christoffers
Peachtree, Georgia
Mollie Clark
Florida
Amy Collin
Florida
Erwin Compes
Tahiti
Michael Cox
Utah
Cynthia Crowden
Shalimar, Fl
Dan D'ambrosio
Florida
Elizabeth Diaz
Florida
Daniel Dlugozima
Zephyr Hills, Florida
Mike Dooley
Tampa, Florida
Ryan Enriquez
Jacksonville, Florida
Julissa Fabela
Texas
Lisa Feliciano
Denver, Colorado
Kayla Fitzpatrick Peters
Ava, Missouri
Melissa French
Texas
Dylan Golden
Florida
David Gumm
Ashtabula, Ohio
Cindy Hallen
Salmon, Idaho
Brooke Harrison
Michigan
Jim Hayes
Thomasville, Georgia
Dr. Carol Hershey
Michigan
Sharon Hunt
Clinton, North Carolina
Annett Ihlemann
Hollywood, Florida
Marissa Jiral
Traverse City, Michigan
Paul Jones
Florida
Katie Jones
Jacksonville, Florida
Alex Kaminaris
Saint Augustine, Florida
Matt Kelly
Kansas City, Mo
Susan Klein
Pennsylvania
Andrew Kurtz
Florida
Bob Lawler
Ohio
Alejandro Ley
Miami Florida
Lindsay Little
Jacksonville, Florida
Kelsey Long
Ohio
Evgenia Maria Lorandoy
Napals, Florida
Faith Lynch
Florida
Makenzie Maeoi
Perry, Florida
Amber McGarrity
Florida
Toni Means
Florida
Krista Miller
Florida
Russ Moore
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Jennifer Moss
Jacksonville Florida
April Newman
Snellville, Georgia
Amy Nix Raddar
Tallahassee, Florida
McKenzie Pack
Texas
Kyon Flick Peralta
Texas
Hardy Purvis
Austin, Texas
Sarah Ramirez
WGV
Kevin Reed
Yor, PA
Franchise
Ty Reid
Florida
Kevin Rhoades
Missouri
Hollie Robinson
Mountain Home, Idaho
Joshua Rosenburg
Florida
Elizabeth Rouse
Tallahassee, Florida
Jammal Ruan
Angola
Norma Sanders
Alabama
Maria Schultz
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Charles Shearman
Texas
Laura Slawnikawski
Illinois
Tori Smith
Florida
Katie Snead
Chesterfield, Virginia
Madison Stafford
Vancouver, Washington
Meghan Stavros
Birmingham, Alabama
Ashley Steil
Florida
Connor Stevens
Tallahassee, Florida
Gretchen Thevenau
Live Oak Florida
Samantha Thomas
Florida
James Thompson
Jacksonville, Florida
Chelsey Tourtelot
Richmond, Virginia
Brooke Trometer
Ft. Meyers, Florida
Scott Verhey
O'Fallon MO
Brandon Waller
Valdosta, Georgia
Charlie Warden
Nashville, Tennessee
Ken Weadick
Greenwood, Indiana
Jamie Weidner
Aurora, Colorado
Julie Wellman
Anchorage Alaska
James and Lexi White
North Carolina
Don White
Conway, South Carolina
Alexandra Wilcox
Dallas Texas
Lamont Williams
Nashville Tennessee
Ben Wolter
California
Gracie deGafferley
Niceville, Florida
Kaitlyn Campbell
Missoula, Montana
I wanted to wait to write this until I got my first client so I could put everything I learned at Top Tier K9 to use and today is that day. January 5th I flew down to Florida originally for 5 weeks to get my pet certification, that quickly turned into 3 months. Not only did I get my pet certification I also got my working dog certification and became an affiliate of Top Tier K9. It was an amazing experience and I wouldn't change a thing. Jeff Minder is a wonderful teacher and pushes you to be the best that you can be.
I immediately felt welcome and had tons of people there for me. My first week was a business bootcamp that I went through with Amy Crocker and Ashley Blue, two amazing business women and trainers. During that first week I learned things that not only has helped me start and run my business but also has helped me in every aspect of my life. That first week blew by quickly and Ashley and I went on to start training pets. I can honestly say that I would not be where I am with my training if it wasn't for Ashley. We worked amazingly well together and help each other grow as trainers. After a lot of hard work we both certified as pet trainers. During this time Jeff and I discussed me staying for working dog and I ended up staying longer the backing of Jeff, Roger Campbell, and Lisa Campbell(my grandparents).
I really didn't know what I was getting myself into, but I quickly became aware. I don't think anyone knows how much hard work goes into training and owning a working dog until they actually do it. I absolutely love it and is worth all of the countless hours of training and lack of sleep at times. So I got my puppy Swift and got to work. Shortly after getting Swift from Crooked Creek Ranch I got the phone call that my great grandma was in the hospital and was not doing good. And of course I wanted to fly home and be there for her in my family which I didn't do at her request. Not long after that she passed away and it was incredibly hard for me being away from home but luckily I had Jeff, Ashley, and Chris O'Brian there for me the whole time and of course swift. Jeff was very understanding and not and did not try to rush me back into training and let me take the time I needed to grieve. Which most schools would not do. After taking a short break from training Swift and I got back into it and I pushed both of us as far as we could go. We both made huge improvements that would not have happened without Jeff Ashley and everyone there helping and pushing us.
I am incredibly grateful for all of the opportunities and experiences I have had because of Top Tier K9. I got to see and participate in impacting people's lives, I got to travel, and work with amazing people and dogs. There is not one school that I know of that has been as supportive and understanding as Top Tier K9. I 100% recommend Top Tier K9 to anyone wanting to become a dog trainer and run their own business. I am honored to be a part of the Top Tier K9 family and can't wait to see it grow with like-minded entrepreneurs.
Savannah Foster
Traverse City, Michigan
I certified as a Pet Trainer and am enrolled in the working dog trainer program. My certification wat the Top Tier K9 Affiliate location of Great Lakes K9 Solutions lead to me getting a job working for Carolyn Cabot at this location.
Karen Wannamaker
Anchorage, Alaska
I certified as a Pet Trainer with Top Tier K9. Eventually I want to learn to train working dogs but making money training pets gives me so much opportunity. I can keep my job with benefits and train dogs at night and on weekends while I grow my business. This has been an amazing adventure for me and the staff at Top Tier K9 follow through with their promises. Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy and Progressive Elaboration in business truly works!
Kate Stroup
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I chose Top Tier K9 to further my education in working dogs. I had completed Starmark and the on-line classes of Top Tier K9 made it so much easier for working dog certification. My classmates were from all over the country and we were able to work together through the on-line classroom and create business relationships as opposed to daily competition against each other.
The staff of Top Tier K9 are Top Tier. The on-site certification was challenging and the fact it was the capstone to the on-line training ensured I was ready for the undertaking. They really have the levels of learning down to an art.
I would recommend Top Tier K9 to anyone seeking to further their education in Pet and Working dog training. I only need 1 dog to certify as a working dog trainer (instead of 2), I didn't want to leave my family, I didn't want to miss all the family events that I would if I left for an out of state campus.
Great program!
Alexa White
Biloxi, Mississippi
The Pet Trainer Program through Top Tier K9 exceeded my expectations. The ability to be part of this program without leaving my home was a huge factor, as I work full time.
I found this program to have its challenges, but felt that I could overcome any obstacle I encountered with the help of Jeff and Kari. I also was extremely happy that there was a course before the Pet Trainer Program so that I had a foundation of education before I trained my first dog.
There is something to be said about a program that educates you on all aspects of the pet training industry. That being said, Top Tier K9 did an excellent job of educating me on the business aspects of the pet training industry as well. I know if I ever have any questions about business or pet training, I can call Jeff or Kari, without a doubt!
I am extremely happy that I chose to be part of the Top Tier K9 Pet Training Program and plan to continue through the Working Dog Program as well! Thank you Top Tier K9 for making me the best Pet Trainer I can be!
Chad Miller
Alberta, Canada
I chose Top Tier K9 as the place to learn to better communicate with dogs. Jeff’s process is one based on fact and trial and error not emotion and bias. He developed a replicable process that allows us to communicate effectively with the dogs and teach them first how to learn and then a proven process to increase their capabilities.
The imprinting process is a solid program that allows the dogs to pick up new trade skills as they move through their career therefore adding value to the dog and its owner or handler for future endeavours. Your dog is imprinted at 6 months old and it can be modified throughout it's life to perform new tasks as demands and needs change for the owner.
Not only is it a solid program for the dogs but the dog trainer school for handlers and people wanting to become better trainers is well thought out and can be modified to work with your schedule.
Top Tier K9 is not just a place to go to get a certification and your done. It’s a place were if you want to be a part of the team and Top Tier K9 affiliate family you get huge value for you and your business. The support and team environment is one where we all want to help each other succeed and develop.
Hardy Purvis
Austin, Texas
“On a scale of 1 to 10 I give Top Tier K9 an 11”, Hardy said. “The working dog foundation program is amazing and the business development and project management processes I learned will help me take my business to the next level. The business insights I gleaned from the classes more than re-paid my investment in class curriculum, instruction, purchase of a puppy and two trips to Mississippi and Florida!"
“I was able to learn live on-line through an ‘application’ level of learning while I ran my business and stayed with my family. I then traveled for 2 short weeks to Madison Florida to prove that I had learned the required skills by demonstrating my amazing Malinois “Gerti” in tracking, scent detection, advanced obedience, and protection where I reached the ‘analysis’ level of learning”
Hardy added, “The business planning, and project management work I did with Jeff was worth its weight in gold. When you see that Top Tier K9 is the gold standard in the dog training industry, believe it” he added.
Hardy joined up in the Top Tier K9 affiliate program where he will be able to use and distribute Top Tier K9 training collateral to his customers in support of his business objectives of expanding into protection training. In addition, as an affiliate, Hardy will be able to broadcast Top Tier K9 Live programing within his facility to members of his community. Exclusive training programs that include our home-schooler classes on dog behavior and obedience, our Top Tier K9 for kids programs, and our defense programs for abused women are available only through our affiliate network.
Mike Dooley
Cincinnatti Ohio
One of my favorite things about Top Tier K9 is how hard they work for their students success. I graduated the Pet Training Program, worked hard and became a Certified Top Tier K9 Pet Trainer, and am now making money training pets while I am still enrolled in the Working Dog Trainer Program. I can make money while I study and train dogs for paying customers as opposed to training dogs for free like they make you do at the other dog trainer schools.
KHALID S. ALOMAIR
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
I have gained a lot of in depth knowledge and practical training during this course , more importantly, the business development section helped me tremendously. The training methods adopted by Top Tier k9 are proven to be both effective and practical.
I'm very thankful for having this opportunity and look forward continuing my professional development journey with Jeff Minder , he is the master of dog training business