Obedience training gives the owner and dog a way of communicating and showing the dog where he fits in the household. We basically are saying to the dog that you are pet, you are a dog, you are not a person and you do not have an equal stand in the house. It gives the dog something to do and reduces urges to be unruly and destructive. It calms the dog in general and increases his attentiveness to his owner - mentally stimulating, physically active and at the same time, it gives the owner a way to communicate and bond with the dog.

Modifying the unwanted behavior is not a ‘Quick Fix’. It takes work on the owner side too when the dog is brought home. One of the primary causes of behavior problems is lack of communication between the dog and owner. The owner simply does not know how to correct or tell the dog he is doing something wrong.

Most dog behavior problems are dogs’ natural behavior that the owner simply do not like; for example: barking, jumping, scavenging, etc. For a dog owner living in an apartment, barking will be a problem but if you have an owner staying in a 30 acres land, he may not see it as a problem. In fact, he may prefer the dog to bark at stranger driving through his drive way.

At Real K-9, we do not base our pet obedience program on competition training but rather geared toward the needs of the pet owners. We use obedience as a tool to modify behaviors. These needs are simple and are based on function rather than style. For this reason we train the following 6 basic commands: sit, down, stay, come, and heel with automatic sit, and off. As a member of the International Association of Canine Professionals, a group of trainers, veterinarians, kennel operators, dog walkers, retailers, and other professionals dedicated to the well being of dogs. With an IACP member, you know you’re in Safe Hands.

We believe that to develop a protection dog regardless of the disciplines (i.e. sports, personal, or law enforcement work) requires a good Foundation Training and some Skills Work. How the dog behaves or performs in real life pretty much depend on to these two fundementals.

All dogs will be trained to negotiate in different type of environments and distractions, different type of equipments as well as man-orientation work. Although, some may perceived a protection dog as merely a biting machine, but a good protection dog must also be trained in obedience, calm and socially neutral.

For protection work, we will run a temperament test to see his sociability, nerves, drives, hardness, focus and attention span and other characteristics before it is accepted and preferably at minumum of one year of age.