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About The School
National K-9 is a school that is dedicated to advancing the field and profession of dog training. The school continues to assess our course content and develop subject matter that assists today’s professional trainers.
We encourage each student to approach dog training as you would any other educational endeavor. If you start by having preconceived notions about dog training and behavior, there is a possibility that you will not be able to broaden your knowledge base. At National K-9 we do not encourage a single “method” or training “tool.” Our function is to educate individuals on the theory and proper use of as many training tools or methods as we possibly can. Training tools in and of themselves are not good or bad. It is how they are selected, introduced, and used that makes them effective in training or harmful to dogs. We have graduates that practice their trade using a multitude of different tools and methods. These graduates in turn have successful business practices and very satisfied clients.
We try to instill in all our graduates the ability to evaluate each individual situation and then choose the appropriate or best suited approach for that dog and situation. Each dog is an individual and must be approached in that way. Professional dog trainers should make determinations of how to approach training or modify behavior based on the dog’s personality, social development, past and present behavior, aptitude for learning, and the dog owner’s goals for that dog. In most situations, there is often more than one possible approach or method to assisting the owner and training an individual dog. We believe that professional trainers should not try to make dogs fit into a singular “method” of training.
National K-9’s ultimate priority is the education and care of interested students, dog owners, and their dogs. There are thousands of dog owners now enjoying their dogs due to our various methods of instruction. Students are also taught business ethics, practical business theory, customer relations and basic advertising skills in relation to professional training.