VanEss K9 Academy LLC

01/16/2025

New episode drop. This is one of my favorite episodes we have done in awhile. The topic is fascinating and I legit didn’t know anything about it. So I may sound dumb but I legit learned a lot. Go check it out

01/13/2025

Happy 23rd birthday to my little baby girl I am super proud of you and can’t wait to see how your life progresses. We love you very much.

01/10/2025

01/07/2025

01/07/2025

PRO TIP: Dreft and water is one of the absolute best ways to clean out wounds of any kind in dogs and humans. Several years ago my wife slipped on a boat ramp and got a deep cut on her knee, filled with algae slime. Instant infection. We tried all the usuals, peroxide, neosporine, etc. She ended up going to see a friend who is a high high level orthopedic surgeon. He said don’t use any of that stuff. Use Dreft to clean out all wounds. So we started using it for dogs. It’s amazing. Especially if a dog tears his pad. Soak his foot in Dreft/water. There’s nothing that you can use that’s better at cleaning and heeling. Side note. I found it also works great for cleaning fresh tattoos. They heal up twice as fast. Plus it smells good. MAJOR EDIT: I completely forgot that my head trainer got the tip of her finger bitten off by a dog. Using Dreft helped her heal 3 weeks faster than expectd and she'a smoker. The stuff is magic

01/07/2025

Time to open up the books for my E Collar, Without Conflict, For Working Dogs seminar for 2025. After this year I will start teaching another topic. This seminar will change how you work your dog, fix your relationship with your dog, clear up a ton of issues, and help clear up that pesky verbal out. I will also be teaching this at the in the classroom and hands on at the Colorado K9 Conference. The seminar is 3 days. Cost is $3600 plus travel. Max 15 working teams and unlimited audit spots. Hosting agency charges whatever they want to recoup costs. Message me for any other details and available dates.

01/02/2025

12/31/2024

2024 was good for me in regards to getting to teach people. I had about 800 people attend my seminars throughout the country. I was also able to get a book published. The book went live on Amazon Oct 28th and as of 10 mins ago I had sold over 1200 copies. I hope the momentum keeps rolling along in 2025. Thanks to .monsewiczauthor for your guidance and editing. I think we put out a good product for people to use.

12/16/2024

Anyone who knows Paige knows that she is such an independent and strong individual… Melody Ann needs your support for Help Paige Overcome Life-Changing Injury

11/20/2024

Scan this to get a copy of my book E Collar Without Conflict For Pets and Working dogs. I appreciate all of the support you guys have given me. This winter I am going to record the audio version. That should be fun

11/14/2024

449 copies of my book sold so far this month. I am super humbled and beyond grateful. I hope all of you that have ordered copies so far have enjoyed it and have gotten at least a couple things out of it. I think it’s an easy read and easy to follow. Those of you who have met me, or listen to the podcast, it’s ok to admit you heard my voice in your head when you read it.

11/02/2024

Sometimes people think owning a business is sitting back and taking in dough. Not sure where that comes from. I started this morning at 0700, trained the police dogs all day. Now I am working at my pet facility until at least 10pm because one of my team is sick. My employees all work very hard and contribute over and above every day. In the end it still falls on me to step up. I just finished vacuuming and mopping the whole place. Gotta take out garbage and then start breaking the boarding and training dogs. It takes a team to run something like this. That includes the boss. Not gonna lie, I am tired 😂 Old ass dude

11/02/2024

Today was graduation and state certification for the fall handler class. All three did exceptionally well. All these dogs came from .drive.k9 and are super nice.

11/01/2024

Wow. Best Seller in one category in only a couple of days. Your support is amazing. Do me a favor. Once you have read it, if you like it, go give me a review on Amazon. I am told that helps push the algorithm. Thanks again everyone.

10/31/2024

My buddy is here today and brought his copy of my book for me to sign. This is the first physical copy I have seen. It’s so stinking cute. Also those of you who have heard me tell the story of K9 Drago, that’s him on the cover. My proudest accomplishment in this system has been fixing him using my techniques. I openly admit that my old style of training caused pretty much all of his issues (some genetics too.) When I tell the story about him I always get a little emotional.