Loyal Guardian Service Dog Training

07/04/2025

🇺🇸🎆 Happy 4th of July from all of us at Covenant Keeper’s K9! 🎆🇺🇸

We hope your day is filled with celebration, joy, and quality time with family, friends, and of course—your pups! 🐾

As we celebrate our freedom, let’s also be mindful of our pets and neighbors. Fireworks can be frightening for dogs and may trigger PTSD in some veterans. Please enjoy safely and thoughtfully.

Wishing you a safe and happy Independence Day!
— The Covenant Keeper’s K9 Team

07/04/2025

07/04/2025

🚨🎆 Please be considerate this Fourth of July! 🎆🚨

Fireworks may be fun for us, but they can be terrifying for others.
🐾 Pets can become anxious, scared, and even run away during fireworks.
🎖️ Veterans in your neighborhood may struggle with PTSD, and loud fireworks can trigger painful memories.

Let’s celebrate responsibly.
✅ Keep fireworks away from residential areas.
✅ Let your neighbors know ahead of time.
✅ Choose kindness and compassion this holiday.

06/27/2025

🦮 Most people don't understand the difference between service animals, support animals, and therapy animals. This is bad because...

🚨 Confusion can lead to legal issues, harm to animals, and risks to public safety.🐾

Dogs play powerful roles in our lives—offering comfort, support, and even life-saving assistance. But not all working dogs are the same, and mislabeling them can have serious consequences.

Here's a quick breakdown:

🐕‍🦺 Service Dogs: Trained to perform specific tasks for people with disabilities. Protected under the ADA. Full public access rights.

🐶 Therapy Animals: Provide comfort in places like hospitals and schools. No public access rights. Must be invited.

🐕 Emotional Support Animals (ESAs): Offer companionship for mental health. No training required. Protected only under housing laws.

🏥 Facility Dogs: Work with professionals in settings like courts or clinics. Trained like service dogs but don’t have the same legal access.

Misrepresenting a pet as a service animal is illegal in 34 states and can lead to fines or jail time. It also undermines the rights of people who truly rely on service dogs.

Let’s protect the integrity of these roles—for the people who need them and the animals who serve them.

06/22/2025

WTF is going on?!? TEN?!
Ten dogs have died—and we’re supposed to just act like this is normal? Accidents happen, sure. Dogs can get sick, injured, or have complications even with the best care. But dogs are dying, and not just one or two—TEN.

This isn’t a fluke. This is gross negligence. This is a failure to do the bare minimum: provide safe, clean, attentive care. Being a trainer or boarding facility means putting the dogs first, always. It means knowing how to recognize a problem before it becomes fatal.

If you call yourself a professional, act like it. These aren’t numbers. They’re lives. And they deserved better.

- On Thursday, Detectives arrested an animal trainer and his girlfriend after ten dogs in his care died.

On June 18, 2025, at about 5:25 PM, the Irvine Police Department (IPD) was contacted by a pet owner who reported that they had received a message from their dog trainer saying that their dog had died in their sleep and had been cremated. Our Animal Services
Unit and patrol officers immediately began investigating the circumstances. In the initial stages of the investigation, it was determined that at least ten dogs had died in the trainer's care. IPD quickly recovered multiple dogs at different crematoriums.

We are working closely with veterinary professionals who will perform necropsies to determine how the dogs died. Our priority is determining if the death of the dogs was accidental or intentional. Based on suspicious activity after the incident, including the
attempted cremation of the dogs, Detectives arrested Kwong (Tony) Chun Sit, 53, of Irvine, for animal cruelty and destruction of evidence last night. Sit’s girlfriend, Tingfeng Liu, 23 of Vista, was arrested for the same charges. Both were booked at Orange County
Jail. The investigation is ongoing, and Detectives continue to gather evidence and information.

Detectives believe Sit worked with pet owners across Southern California, under different company names, including “Happy K9 Academy.” If you have been notified of your dog's sudden passing while in the care of Mr. Sit or have any information related to this case, please contact [email protected].

05/31/2025

🎉 Huge Congratulations to Gigi & Echo! 🐾

We are proud to announce that Gigi and Echo have officially earned both their Advanced Canine Good Citizen (CGCA) and Urban Canine Good Citizen (CGCU) titles!

Echo was lovingly donated by her breeder, Highbred Hybrids, and professionally trained through our program at Loyal Guardian Service Dog Training, in partnership with Covenant Keepers K9.

This incredible team has worked with dedication, trust, and heart—and their progress is a beautiful reflection of what can happen when a dog is given both purpose and partnership. We are so excited for all that lies ahead for this duo!