Ancillary K9 Dog Training

Grace 4 months ago

I truly enjoyed working with Dion, he made everything clear and worked really well with my dog Zeus. My dog is incredibly reactive, lunged at people and other dogs, was becoming incredibly aggressive with even me, I needed help and wasn't sure where to go. He's gone through obedience and he now walks close to me, listens when he is called, he is getting so much bettet around other dogs and people.This training has changed not only my life but my dogs life. I am incredibly grateful. I highly recommend anyone who is struggling to Dion!

Laura Brougher 4 months ago

At the time of this review I am halfway through my program with Dion/Ancillary K9. I have 2 Giant Schnauzers; a 3 year old female, Liesel, and a 7 month old male, Dieter. I had never done any formal obedience training with Liesel but had “gotten away with it” (really ??) because she is fairly easygoing and manageable . . . “just” challenged with impulse control & focus, not always fun to walk, and pretty lousy at recall. However, when it became apparent early on that Dieter is on the “wild child” spectrum (strong-willed, smart, sassy, independent, mouthy, exhibiting some reactive behaviors, and OBSTINATE), I knew I was in for a rough ride if I didn’t quit messing around and seek professional help early on. After a ton of research and meeting with Dion, I decided to move forward with Ancillary K9 and haven’t looked back. I can’t say enough how happy I am with my decision. Why? 1. Dion knows his stuff, no question. You won’t find many like him as far as his background and experience in dog psychology and behavior, and his success stories (as attested to by many, many clients) speak for themselves. His insights into dog (and people!) behavior and the ability to speak to the whys an

Kimberly Bringas 5 months ago

When I initially reached out for a consultation I was at my wits end with my 5 year old corgi aussie mix Cora. Her behavior was getting progressively worse and I didn't know how to deal with her. When I received a call from Vickie to schedule an appointment, I was brought to tears with how incredibly kind she was. She helped me feel at ease and I was a bit more hopeful after booking the consultation. The first thing Dion did was confirm Cora wasn't aggressive, but reactive. This helped me understand her behavior and he explained how we could leverage his training techniques to reduce her overall fear levels. He was very upfront about his expectations and for Cora to truly be successful I needed to be all in on her training. I signed up right after the consultation. While it was a very intense journey that required me changing a good amount of my own behaviors, I am incredibly grateful to have had Dion as my guide. One of the most powerful lessons I learned from him was to set realistic expectations for Cora. I had these ideas of how my dog "should" behave that weren't fair to her as it was putting her in unnecessarily stressful situations. While I did need to be on top of booking

Jennifer Brooker 7 months ago

Hiring Dion was one of the best decisions we ever made for our dogs. Our dogs were reactive but fairly manageable—unless we encountered another dog that was lunging, jumping, or barking. That’s when everything escalated quickly. One of our dogs even redirected aggression toward our other dog, and I was bitten in the process. After being approached by several off-leash or out-of-control dogs, I knew that for our own safety, I had no choice but to address our dogs’ behavior. Other dogs’ behavior is unpredictable, but ours didn’t have to be. When we first started working with Dion, I was extremely reluctant—and my husband was strongly opposed—to using training tools like the prong collar and e-collar. I had been conditioned to believe these tools were traumatic for dogs. Training began with leash walking, which I didn’t fully understand at first. I felt like I needed immediate help handling reactive encounters on walks, not focusing on structured leash work. I’m so glad I trusted Dion’s education and process because that leash work became the foundation for our dogs’ incredible behavioral transformation. Within weeks, they were walking beautifully and were far less concerned with o

Elenoa McCabe 8 months ago

I worked with Dion in 2021 and this review is long overdue. He helped us transform our dog reactive, aggressive, anxious, unpredictable 1 year old Husky/GSD into the PERFECT dog. The training we got with Dion wasn’t just for the dog- it was true leadership training for us as owners. That was my first time using an ecollar & prong collars- and we won’t go back. We now have a confident, well mannered dog who is a pride and joy to take everywhere. We get complimented daily on his behavior. It’s been 5 years and still to this day I am thankful for the experience we had with Dion. We even adopted a second GSD, Tyson who is another perfect dog, thanks to the long lasting training principles we learned from K9 Ancillary. The investment is well worth it- you’ll carry what you learn forward to every dog you have over your lifetime. THANK YOU!!!!