Top Tier K9 Pet Training Services

Top Tier K9

We offer a safe and secure board and train program for our customers that is scalable to meet the needs of our pet owners. We train you, your family and your dog. Our 4 week board and train program is the same system we teach at our #1 rated Academy for Dog Trainers. We have secure facilities, fully insured, all trainers are certified through the #1 dog trainer school in the world. Visit our Certified Locations to contact the trainer closest to you.

Pet Training Program

Our board and train program is scalable with a training system designed by us and taught at our Academy for Dog Trainers (rated as the world's greatest), using a balanced approach to dog training, and a comprehensive approach to teaching dog owners, we offer a 4-week board and train program followed by an optional a 2-week advanced training program, we train your dog and we teach YOU how to maintain the training. Call for pricing. Pricing and options vary by location so choose the Top Tier K9 closest to you (Certified Locations).

4 week Board and Train program: We train your dog to manage his own load, to be able to handle pressure that traditionally causes a dog to pull you on a leash, jump on you, react inappropriately to distractions and even show aggression towards other humans and animals. We train you to maintain that training, effortlessly. This is a balanced approach to training you and your dog and we use the least amount of corrections necessary to stop bad behaviors and teach your dog to make the right decisions when pressure increases that creates conflict in your dog. Each week you will see the dogs constant improvement in conflict resolution and an ever increasing ability for your dog to no longer have conflict, regardless of the pressure, the distractions, the environment. The world's greatest dog training.

Use our 3 corporate locations in Madison Fl, Tallahassee Fl, and Milton Fl or any of our certified locations across the country.

1. Evaluation and drop off on location specific days (check directly with the facility you want to use, some have different days of the week).

2. We train your dog using a balanced approach to dog training (rewards and minimal corrections necessary).

3. You use our DVD, Video Streaming and/or our Virtual Reality Dog Training Center (optional) to study at home.

4. Each week we move the dog up in it's ability to manage impulses caused by pressure and then respond to the pressure with proper behaviors (conflict resolution) Certified Master Dog trainers at each location.

5. Each week you come back and see the progress of the training and practice what you learn.

6. We teach you how to apply the communications system and manage your dog effectively creating a new and stronger bond between you and your dog.

Pets Plus Program

Once you and your pet have completed our Basic Pet Training Program (4 week) you are eligible for our Pets Plus Program. This begins with YOU and your desire to study and learn about the specific function you want your dog to perform. Our online streaming programs include a package for Foundation Dog training that will be the first step in accomplishing your advanced training goals. Once you pass a written test on the specific function we will begin training you and your dog in these programs.

Advanced Obedience
Protection
Scent detection
Tracking

Evaluation

We evaluate you and your pet for trainability and determine the best approach based on you and your dogs needs and abilities. We discuss your specific needs and any behavioral issues the dog may have. We also evaluate you, the owner. We have found that our efforts need to be divided between the pet and the owner relative to training 40/60.

There are many misconceptions about training dogs. Our job is to ensure you effectively define your needs and comprehend what it is we will be doing with you and your dog so that proper expectations are set. This makes for a winning approach for you and your dog. Our systems are developed using world class project management processes. No other dog training program offers this level of quality assurance and experience.

Training Your Pet

We use a science-based balanced approach to dog training. Timing, motivation, and consistency are the most important elements of dog training. We train people how to train dogs and we train dogs using these same principles.

We teach your dog to respond to voice commands, not react to your body language. If your dog is not looking at you, in a fight, chasing a car, or being chased he cannot respond to body language. Once the dog is directional with those commands (meaning he comprehends the commands) we can then train your dog for off leash obedience,

Hand signals or different languages can be added at the end of training in minutes when your dog is taught verbal commands first.

Sit, down, climb, heel, come when called (recall), and out (or drop it) commands are all available in our programs. Avoidance to dangerous objects and situations are also available to you and your dog. We provide "board and train" services that are based on weekly training and evaluation of you and your pet to ensure your needs are being met and for you to monitor the health and happiness of your dog.

We handle all pets with all problems.

Training You

We train you while we are training your dog. Each week of training you come to our location (or login to our online training center if your schedule requires it) and see the improvement of your dog. You get to see the great progress and we get to evaluate your newly obtained dog handling skills you learn through our multi-media based customer training program and one on one sessions throughout the process.

We offer at-home follow-ups as well as the most complete DVD/Video Streaming library for dog training available anywhere. We even have the world's first Virtual Reality Dog Training Center that you can access through an Meta/Oculus VR headset. Our programs are designed by certified instructors and course developers; not by someone who happens to be good with graphics or is simply good at training dogs; training the owner is a requirement. Our trainers are certified dog trainers and certified people trainers.

Only Top Tier K9 offers this complete program; your dog deserves the best and Top Tier K9 delivers the best in the industry, recognized in June of 2024 as the World's Greatest Dog Training Company.

Why You Should Use Top Tier K9 to Train You and Your Pet

You will spend approximately $1,980 annually on your pet for things like routine vet visits, food, and monthly preventatives for heartworm, flea and tick: The average pet lives 12 years equaling an investment of $23,760. Why spend that much money on a dog that is not trained? For just a little more money, you have a dog that obeys you and adds value to your family.

In 2023, pet ownership increased from an estimated 67 percent of U.S. households that own a pet to 70 percent—an all-time high. Socialization of pets has suffered due to COVID-19 isolation and the challenge of getting people back out into public settings. Balanced dog training allows for more effective socialization and provides pets with a better life through structure, communication, and your dog learning to manage pressure brought about by changes in the world around them.

Using a Top Tier Certified Location you have access to all Top Tier K9- Corporate support, oversight and quality assurance. With our certified locations you will be using trainers that are in the upper 95% of trainers world-wide, the absolute best in the world. Their certifications are improved with constant improvement with a focus on quality of outcome for you and your dog(s). If you are using a trainer who is not part of a certified location, make sure to check their references by finding them, alphabetically, on our graduate page. If a trainer claims to be Top Tier K9 Certified and he/she is not on this page then they have either been decertified by us or are not being honest in their sales. Let us know if someone is misrepresenting their skills using our contact form.

Being recognized as the world's greatest means there are/will be imposters out there setting up websites and social media pages pretending to be Top Tier K9®. These are not part of our program and obviously can't stand on their own skills and merits trying to trick the public. If you cannot find a reference to that trainer on this site, they are not certified by Top Tier K9®, the world's greatest dog training company.