Guardian-K9

Guardian-K9 offers customized private training, group training, doggie playcare and lodging for your canine companion.

Guardian-K9's top priority is setting you and your canine up to succeed. Guardian-K9 offers a customized training program that will be tailored to develop your ideal canine. We offer a variety of training programs including puppy socialization and several different levels of obedience classes. Guardian-K9's uses positive reinforcement by the use of shaping and luring. We can accommodate your needs

by providing private and group sessions. Please contact us to find out what other training programs we offer.

08/30/2024

Squad goals! No one pawties harder than a group of doggos at GK9!

Picture catch-up 8/22 to 8/25

08/30/2024

✨Very cutesy✨Very demure✨Very new✨
Help us in welcoming these beyond darling girls to the GK9 family. Everyone say hello to Roxi Ruby & Millie! 🩷❤

08/29/2024

Happiest of BARKDAYS to our spitfire, Miss Lilo! This wild child truly is like her namesake and always keeps us on our toes. Happy 6th BARKDAY! We woof you so much! 💜🌺

08/29/2024

Tails are waggin’! 🐕 🐾 ☀️ 😃

Picture catch-up 8/22

08/28/2024

Happy 1st day to Spartacus, Reba, and Ralphie! ❤🩷🧡

08/28/2024

🎓🎓It’s a great accomplishment to be a CGC graduate!🎓🎓

Help us in giving a round of apPAWS to Dobby, Charlie, Reece, Cayce, Persia, and Gunnar! 👏 👏 👏

08/27/2024

Hi there! We are Ace & Remi! 👋❤️👋🩷
Today was our first day 🎉 at Guardian-K9 and boy-oh-boy what an adventure! Since we both were the new kids on the block, we initially stuck together to check things out. But once Henry & Ralph took us under their wings, they showed us we had nothing to be nervous about! We walked the play yard, got pets from EVERYONE💕, and then we got to tell our paw-rents all about our day on our report card!📝 Guardian-K9 is so magical! ✨🪄 We can’t wait to come back to play!

08/26/2024

Help us in giving a big, warm welcome to sweet Poppy! She had a marvelous first day of playcare! 😍🎉🐶

08/26/2024

Happy International Dog Day! 🐶🐶🐶

Picture catch-up 8/20 to 8/22

08/23/2024

Happiest of BARKDAYS to a doggo who is the epitome of an old man...or Mister Rogers! Zaid pulls off sweaters like no other and loves keeping young whipper snappers in line. Happy 9th BARKDAY, Zaiders! We woof you so so much! 🎉😍👨‍🦳

08/23/2024

Have you heard? It’s FRIDAYYYYYYY!!!!! 🎉 🎉

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08/22/2024

We can’t believe it’s almost Friday! Get your dog’s weekend started early with playcare tomorrow! 🤩🤩

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08/22/2024

📢❗️⏰🚨LAST CHANCE!!!!! 🚨⏰❗️📢

This Sunday (AUGUST 25th) is the FINAL day to pre-order and get your PAWS on our limited edition PAWgwarts shirt 👕🪄! Hurry in and order before it's too late!

Reminder:
These shirts 👕are for humans! If you want your shirt color to be a surprise based on what house your doggo will be sorted 💌 into, just let us know! 🪄🎁🎉👕

08/21/2024

Just a little post to bring some sunshine to your day ☀️ 🌻 💛

Portrait catch-up 8/8 to 8/20

08/20/2024

🎉 Wishing a wag-tastic BARKDAY to one of our favorite playcare pups, Joey! 🐾🎂 Cheers to your third year of tail-wagging, ear-flapping happiness! 🥳🎈

Thank you to his wonderful paw-rents for bringing yummy snacks for staff and all his fur-ever friends! 💙

08/20/2024

Why are dogs 🐶 terrible dancers? 💃 🕺 🧐

Because they have two left feet! 😂😂😂

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08/19/2024

Woofin’ around! 🐶😍🤩❤️

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08/19/2024

🎓 Our upcoming AKC Canine Good Citizen class is right around the corner! 🎓

About the Class
-Starts: Monday, September 9th
-Ends: Monday, October 14th
-6:00pm to 7:00pm
-Things that will be covered in the course: accepting a friendly stranger, sitting politely for petting, appearance and grooming, out for a walk (walking on a loose lead, walking through a crowd, sit and down on command and staying in place, coming when called, reaction to another dog, reaction to distraction, and supervised separation
-Cost: $180

This is a great place to begin learning the basics of obedience training around other owners & doggos.

Register online or schedule with a staff member!

08/18/2024

Welcome to PAWgwarts! The start of term banquet will begin on Friday, September 6th, 2024.

But before your pup takes their seat in the Great Hall, they will be sorted into their respective houses. Will your pup be in Slobberin, Gryffindog, Hufflefluff, or
Ravenpaw? 🧙‍♂️🪄🐾⚡️🚂

Since this is our MOST POPULAR pawty, we are REQUIRING you RSVP for your pup by Friday, August 30th. This way we can ensure all dogs are properly sorted and all dogs receive a personalized PAWgwarts acceptance letter along with their FREE souvenir pawty picture.

RSVP by signing-up online, over the phone, or in the lobby with a staff member!

DON'T forget that PAWgwarts t-shirts must be ordered by Sunday, August 26th and PAWgwarts yearbooks must be ordered by Friday, September 6th! ***T-shirts are for humans and dogs MUST be at PAWTY on 9/6/24 to be in the yearbook!***

08/16/2024

🚨LAST CHANCE!!!!🚨

A little less than 4 weeks until the last group Out & About class of the year!

About the class:
-1 hour class once a week (each week we will meet at a different public spot)
-4 weeks
-Starts on Friday, September 13th
-6:00pm - 7:00 pm
-Instructor: Madison

In the Out & About class we work on a variety of different situations that you and your dog may come into contact with out in public. Some of the things we work on are loading and unloading from your car, walking on a loose leash, sit-stay and down-stay around heavy distractions, sitting politely for petting, remaining neutral to people and other dogs when necessary, and we also teach the leave it command. This class is where you can really put your training to the test and also learn how to better proof your dog’s obedience. Each class is different so this is a class you can take over and over again and always continue to learn something new and improve.

Enroll today!

08/16/2024

Finally, it's Friday.....WOW!!!!! 🤩 🎉 👏 🐶
Who’s looking forward to the weekend?!?

Picture catch-up 8/8 to 8/12

08/15/2024

Fun to infinity and beyond! ♾️ 🎉 🐶❤️

Picture catch-up 8/6 to 8/8

08/15/2024

You should see our camera roll!!! 😂❤️😍🐶

Picture catch-up 8/1 to 8/6

08/14/2024

This boy has the most contagious smile! Buddy PAWTY'ed it up for his very 1st BARKDAY, and we were happy to be along for the celebration! Happy birthday, Buddy!! ❤️🎁 (He even got a surprise visit from Bekah!)

Huge thanks to his sweet paw-rents for treating our staff and our pups with some yummy treats to celebrate his BARKDAY!

08/14/2024

Happy belated 1st BARKDAY, Bella! 🎂🎈🥳
Miss Bella turned 1 on Sunday, so obviously we had to celebrate with her today! She’s the sweetest, silliest, water-loving pup around! We woof you, Bella! 🎉

08/14/2024

Happy hump 🐫 day! We're pawficially halfway through the week! 🎉😊🐶

Picture catch-up 7/26 to 7/31

08/13/2024

Some doggo cuteness to brighten your day! 😊 💛🐶

Picture catch-up 7/23 to 7/26

08/13/2024

🚨Cuteness Alert🚨
Meet Richie & Maize! These handsome boys are here for their first day of playcare! 🎉 ❤️ 🐶🐾

08/12/2024

Happy Monday everyone!

Picture catch-up 7/22 to 7/23

Address

3856 N. Indianapolis Road
Columbus, IN
47201

Telephone

+18127990776

Website

http://www.guardiank9columbus.com/

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Welcome to PAWgwarts! The start of term banquet will begin on Friday, September 6th, 2024. But before your pup takes their seat in the Great Hall, they will be sorted into their respective houses. Will your pup be in Slobberin, Gryffindog, Hufflefluff, or Ravenpaw? 🧙‍♂️🪄🐾⚡️🚂 Since this is our MOST POPULAR pawty, we are REQUIRING you RSVP for your pup by Friday, August 30th. This way we can ensure all dogs are properly sorted and all dogs receive a personalized PAWgwarts acceptance letter along with their FREE souvenir pawty picture. RSVP by signing-up online, over the phone, or in the lobby with a staff member! DON'T forget that PAWgwarts t-shirts must be ordered by Sunday, August 26th and PAWgwarts yearbooks must be ordered by Friday, September 6th! ***T-shirts are for humans and dogs MUST be at PAWTY on 9/6/24 to be in the yearbook!***

Help us in sending off and wishing Kathryn the best of luck at school! 🏫❤️📚We cannot wait to hear all about her college experience and sure will miss her until school breaks!

Working hard, playing hard. It’s the only way to go! We’re having a great time training 🐶 Emma, Robik, Mollee, Jovie, Buddy, Himalaya, Kane, Kandy, & Oliver love that they are able to work outside during their training. Don’t forget to ask us about our Train & Play program, we are now booking for September.

What if you turned your lodging reservation into a ✨learning experience✨? You can add a training service while your dog is staying with us to keep them stimulated and sharp as you travel. Training may also help with separation anxiety and you’ll come back to a well-mannered doggo. Ask us about our training options! 🐶

Let your doggo get their groove on tomorrow at our WOOFstock PAWTY!!! ☮️ ✌️ 🌸 🎶 Dogs must be in the facility by 10am to get a PAWTY picture taken!

One of our most exciting and fun group classes is coming up and it's our group Out & About! In the Out & About class we work on a variety of different situations that you and your dog may come into contact with out in public. Some of the things we work on are loading and unloading from your car, walking on a loose leash, sit-stay and down-stay around heavy distractions, sitting politely for petting, remaining neutral to people and other dogs when necessary, and we also teach the leave it command. This class is where you can really put your training to the test and also learn how to better proof your dog’s obedience. Each class is different so this is a class you can take over and over again and always continue to learn something new and improve. Our next group Out & About class starts on Friday, May 3rd at 6pm! Sign-up today!

Smell the flowers 🌸🌼🌺, smell the rain 🌦🌧💦☔️, now is time ⌚️⏰ to get your dog 🐶 trained! As the warm weather and outdoor family activities approach, don’t forget to brush up on your dog’s manners so they can join in the family fun! We have a variety of options from private training, in-facility training, and group classes! Reach out today and get started! Some of our upcoming group courses: -AKC Canine Good Citizen starting on Wednesday, April 10th at 6pm -Out & About starting on Friday, May 3rd at 6pm -AKC Canine Good Citizen starting on Monday, May 6th at 6pm -Agility FUNdamentals and Novice Tricks starting on Tuesday, May 28th at 6pm

Want to join an energy-packed, fun class with your doggo? Consider joining our Lure Course class that will be starting on THIS FRIDAY!!!! This class will meet every Friday at 6pm from March 22 to May 10! Your dog will get to tap into natural behaviors like chasing prey (a plastic lure) and tracking moving objects while in a fenced-in area on a closed course. 🐶🐰 Sign-up in the lobby or online!

Happy 7th BARKDAY to the one and only, Phoebe Buffay! 🎉❤️

Want to join an energy-packed, fun class with your doggo? Consider joining our Lure Course class that will be starting on Thursday, March 21st at 6pm. This course will meet every Thursday at 6pm from 3/21 to 5/9. Your dog will get to tap into natural behaviors like chasing prey (a plastic lure) and tracking moving objects while in a fenced-in area on a closed course. Sign-up in the lobby or online! If you aren't sure if your dog would enjoy this class, we will be having a Try It class on Friday, March 15th at 6pm for $15. Let us know if you would like to give it a try or sign-up for the whole class!

Week One of Maverick’s Lodge & Learn is coming to an end and he’s picking up on a lot of new skills. Maverick has been learning sit, down, stay, and heel and we can’t wait to see how well he does when he goes home!

Day Twelve is our last day of our Train & Play program. We don’t typically add on a new command at this point and just review all the commands that have already been taught. Just because the Train & Play program is 12 days of training at Guardian K9 doesn’t mean your dog will be fully trained in 12 days. Training takes a lifetime of commitment and dedication. We are so proud of the progress that Emmy Lu & Ollie have made and can’t wait to see them progress more. Their owners have done such a great job with them already.

Yesterday was Day Eleven of our Train & Play program where we had the dogs working on “touch” and coming when called. We like to introduce touch not only to help with coming when called, but also as a way to get the dog to engage with us. Touch is very simple to teach your dog, simply hold a treat in your hand, present your hand to your dog and say “touch”. After a few repetitions with the treat in your hand you can now start to present your hand without the treat in it and say “touch”. Because your dog is used to getting treats from your hand they come over to investigate, this is when you will then reward them. We start practicing coming when called once the dog has a good foundation of stay, like Emmy & Ollie here thanks to the work their owners are putting in at home. You want to call your dog to you from a stay only 20% of the time you practice stay with your dog.

Today is Day 10 of our Train & Play program. This means we’re working on walking in heel. To work on walking in heel, have your dog come into heel position and then say “heel” and start walking. Make sure you have a few treats in your hand to guide them to stay next to you. Every few steps, stop and reward your dog. You can practice turning left, right, and about turns (turning all the way around). Practice at the beginning of your walk and end of your walk. You can also practice without taking your dog for a walk. The more you practice good leash walking manners, the better your dog will walk when you take them for a walk.

Day Nine we continued working on heel position. This time we added in having the dogs practice sit, down, stand, and stay. To practice this have your dog come into heel position and then lure them into the sit down and stand positions like you did when you first taught them. You can also work on stay the same way you did in the beginning.

Help us in wishing this paw-some chick a very happy 20th birthday today! We woof you so much, Carly! ❤️❤️❤️

Day 8 of Train and Play we are beginning to work on leash walking. Specifically we are introducing the heel position. Heel position means your dog being beside you. In these clips we are working on what we call “recall to heel” or “coming into heel”. This is the first step on teaching your dog how to walk beside you. Heel position is also good for practicing greetings and interactions with other people. Watching the video is the best example on how to do this, but explanation in words is take a treat in your hand on the side you want your dog to walk on, guide your dog to come beside you and then turn them around in a u-turn so that they end up parallel to you. Reward them only at the very end.

Happiest of birthdays to our very own Keeli!🥳🥳🥳 On behalf of all of us at GK9 and all our puppers, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎊We hope you had a day that's just as fabulous as you are! Here's to many MANY more years making amazing memories together. We love the heck out of you! ❤❤❤

Day 4 of Emmy Lu and Ollie’s Train & Play programs are focusing on duration. Duration is how long your dog can maintain a sit or down position. Duration is the first step in teaching your dog a stay. Simply grab some treats and have your dog sit or down. Continue to reward them to help them maintain the position. After you’ve given your dog a few treats say “okay” and release them. Then have them sit or down and do it again! Slowly try to increase the length of time your dog can stay in a sit or down position without you moving.

Here are our most commonly asked lodging FAQs! Just a heads up, our Spring Break lodging is almost full!!!! So if you need Spring Break lodging get it booked soon! ***Peak lodging dates require a non-refundable half payment at time of reservation!!!!***