Guardian K9

01/29/2025

Throwing some marks with the thunder launchers!

12/29/2024

Food has been restocked. Reach out for pick up!

12/21/2024

What a great day to train retrievers! Zoe has really excelled in our gun dog training program!

11/27/2024

Sweet Jacob! He is 100% boxer, friendly, energetic, and playful.

Jacob came to us in need of some manners and clear rules and boundaries. Some of Jacob’s bad habits included, counter surfing, turning on the bathtub faucet (helping himself to a drink), being an escape artist, and jumping on people. Jacob also had a habit of leash pulling and his owners were especially interested in reliable recall due to living on a busy road.

Jacob was conditioned to an e-collar as part of his training plan. Here at Guardian K9 we believe in using positive reinforcement and a balanced training approach in e-collar training. This is a highly effective reward focused training method. When used in conjunction with electronic collars, positive reinforcement can help reinforce good behaviors and prevent unwanted behaviors from occurring in the first place.

By rewarding your dog for positive behaviors and teaching them what is expected of them, you can help create a strong foundation of good behavior and help your dog to become a more well behaved and obedient companion.

Jacob, being the typical highly energetic boxer, responded well to agility training, which provided him lots of exercise and mental stimulation throughout the day.

We especially enjoyed having Jacob’s mom out for a few days during the two week board and train. It not only allowed us to show her Jacob’s progress throughout training but also allowed us to teach her the training techniques that she uses now that Jacob has returned home.

We are happy to hear that Jacob’s owners are following his training plan! Jacob’s mom shared that she has enjoyed working with him on his place training. The place command has so many great benefits, it can help teach your dog impulse control, it can help your dog learn to relax and be calm on command, it can build better communication skills with your dog and it can help build your dogs confidence.

We would also like to mention, Jacob came to us on a prescription diet due to food sensitivity. With owner’s permission, we introduced Jacob to Inukshuk professional dog food. Jacob has been on the marine 16 formula for three weeks with no sensitivity and he absolutely loves it! Guardian K9 is a trusted reseller of Inukshuk professional dog food. If you are interested in learning more about Inukshuk products please contact us!

11/20/2024

We have one opening left for our board and train program From December 7-21. This is the only opening left for December. Reach out to us if you are interested! Check out our new website also!

11/20/2024

Dog food has arrived! We will have food for sale to the public. We are carrying all 5 formulas of the Inukshuk brand. Reach out if you would like to start your dog on the best food around!

11/14/2024

If anyone is interested I am putting in an order this week for Inukshuk dog food. It is the best food I’ve ever fed my dogs. They have multiple formulas that will work for your dog. You can not buy this food in stores. I can save you money if you are ordering from Chewy. Message me or comment on this post if you are intereste

11/13/2024

Check out the new website!

Guardian K9 MI offers expert protection dog training services to help your furry friend become a well-trained guardian.

11/12/2024

Hey everyone! Anyone interested in adopting a GSD. This is Kaplan and she is looking for a new home to call her own. She is started in some basic protection work. She is dog aggressive so she needs to be the only dog in the home. She loves people. She has not been around small children. Not sure on cats but she is loaded with prey drive so it may not work. She loves to chase a ball and knows basic commands well. She is good in a crate. Needs exercise to keep her busy! If you adopt her I will work with you free to get her off to the right start!

11/11/2024

Thank you Veterans

Guardian K9 thanks all veterans for their service! Home of the free because of the brave.

11/11/2024

Guardian K9 thanks all veterans for their service! Home of the free because of the brave.

11/11/2024

Transforming a dog's behavior can lead to a happier home. With tailored training programs, every pup can shine and thrive.

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11/10/2024

Guardian K9 Board and Train Program

Our board and train program is a 24/7 training experience. We go beyond obedience commands, using our busy home to teach your dog the obedience and practical manners it needs in yours.

Unlike commercial kennels where your dog learns new commands or skills for an hour or two and then goes back into a kennel, at Guardian K9, your dog is learning the exact skills he or she needs at home and practices those skills all day everyday in a safe, loving home environment.

Your dog will learn basic household skills like staying off counters in our kitchen, not to beg at our dinner table, to remain calm on their place cot as people enter our home, polite greetings as guests and delivery drivers come and go and to socialize with people and dogs.

Your dog will learn leash walking in our residential neighborhood. We also train dogs to walk off leash with reliable recall and e-collar training. We have a nice walking trail on the backside of our property, along the Kalamazoo River that the dogs enjoy.

Your dog will also go through agility and obedience training during their time with us to build confidence and mental focus.

We ask a lot of our board and train dogs, but they never seem to mind. We work hard to make them feel like one of the family. In the spring, summer and fall, it is not uncommon to see us at the ballpark watching our girls play softball with one of our board and train dogs. It’s a great way to socialize a dog and sharpen their skills in a public setting.

Your dog will return home ready for real life! There’s nothing else like it.

Once we train your dog, we will train you and your family to maintain and build upon your dog’s training.

The kiss of death in a board and train program is to send the dog home with no plan. Without a plan, your dog will arrive home and go right back to their old behavior. The reason this happens is because a dog’s behavior has a lot to do with their associations with their environments and their relationships with their humans. If we send you home without a plan to address those two factors, or you don’t follow the plan, your dog WILL revert right back to his or her old behavior patterns as if training never happened.

When you pick your dog up from our board and train program, we will spend some time teaching you everything you need to know to be successful.

If you are interested in our board and train program, or have some questions about it, please feel free to contact us!

We do also offer private lessons and will be sharing more information about those soon.

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11/10/2024

Meet Jason! Jason is a 1 year old German Shepherd. He recently completed our two week board and train program. Jason came to us not knowing any basic commands. Jason was primarily contained in a fenced area, and had no leash training or off leash obedience.

Jason is very friendly but had a habit of putting his mouth on his mom’s hand (essentially biting) to get her attention. He was never malicious about it but it was definitely an undesirable behavior. We quickly learned that much of this behavior stemmed from anxiety and insecurity.

We were able to implement a solid foundation of desired behaviors including proper greetings, reliable recall, leash training and the place command.

The place command was essential Jason’s training because it gave him a job to do, instead of him choosing his own job, which usually displayed in undesirable behaviors.

Jason was quick to show off his obedience to his mom when she picked him up. Instead of grabbing her hand with his mouth, he ran up to her and sat next to her.

11/10/2024

11/08/2024

Meet Riggs! Riggs just completed our two week board and train program. Riggs came to us with typical puppy challenges, leash pulling, jumping, counter surfing, not coming when called and in need of general manners and obedience training.

Riggs was a joy to work with. He is incredibly smart, loves to train and is very athletic.

Riggs lives with his family on several acres and has never been able to be off leash because he did not have reliable recall. Since completing his training program, his family can now allow Riggs to enjoy their property off leash without worry.