Van Hendrix K-9

VHK-9 is a world-renowned POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT canine training facility located in N.E. FL. We train for FAMILY, CORPORATE, and GOVERNMENT.
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We are the "Go To" board and train facility when it comes to aggression rehab. & behavior mod. VHK-9 is a full service, positive reinforcement, K-9 training, aggression rehabilitation and behavior modification board and train facility. We place strong emphasis on 21st century training techniques which place the dogs physiological and psychological well-being at the core of its training/rehabilitat

ion programs. We, at VHK-9, strongly oppose any type of training devices such as choke-, prong-, or e-collars. Although these “quick fix” and/or “quick training” devices show short term fast track results, the long-term negative impacts on canines are obvious and well known. Great lifetime training results are best achieved through a committed training regiment that puts the dog’s well-being at its center and ensures love and praise as the canine excels. To better accommodate all of our clients, we have moved our world class operations from Miami to the NE Florida area, close to St. Augustine, easily accessible for anyone seeking help for their canines. Two local airports, (Palatka and St. Augustine), each about 15 min from our facility, as well as two International airports (Orlando and Jacksonville) are merely 60 away. VHK-9 certainly offers pick-up and delivery to/from your location (FL, GA, SC, NC, AL) or the aforementioned airports, to ensure that the training/rehab process of your loved pet can easily be accommodated. At VHK-9 we understand that separating yourself from your “family member(s)” is a very emotional experience and although our world class “A” rated reputation, as our past and present clients put it, and years of rehab and training experience can provide a feeling of ease for you, in hopes to minimize your anxiety, we provide you with video feeds of your canine while at VHK-9.

05/09/2024

Nothing is better than ending a service dog exposure training in the water.💦😂

05/08/2024

3 girls left to go to their forever homes.
They started their enrichment, basic training and exposure.
For more info please contact us!

05/06/2024

German Shepherd Puppies Available!
They are ready to go home to their forever families in the middle of May.
Beautiful temperaments - Great as family pet or service dog prospect.
Please contact us for more information.

04/23/2024

Some of our beautiful and amazing service dog prospects are being career changed and are looking for their forever homes.
They’re about 1 year old and have been trained in their basics, some public access, as well as some „task“ work.

They are loving, sweet and incredible souls with great fundaments, whom we are happy to re-home to deserving owners.

If you are interested please send us a message.

The following are the names of the dogs that are available:
Nova, Nobu, Plato, Xerxes, Aquila and Sora

03/20/2024

Beautiful purebred German Rottweiler puppies available.
Ready to be rehomed in about a month.
Please contact us with any questions, more information, and to reserve your new addition to the family with a direct message or 305.904.5577

01/21/2024

Perle and Maggie lighting up our days with their golden joy! 🌟🐾 Watching these two beautiful souls play and socialize is pure bliss. Grateful for the endless love and laughter they bring into our lives.

01/18/2024

Celebrating the journey of these two amazing German Shepherds Malachi & Summer who came for behavior modification to overcome anxiousness and shyness. 🐾 Seeing their progress is truly heartwarming.

11/26/2023

Amazingly powerful❣️ one of my Golden Retriever dogs, Ruby, goes to her trainer Chrissi, stands up on her hind legs and gives Chrissi an approx 3 min. hug. No reason, just because. Absolutely AWESOME❣️❤️ I am super great full and lucky to have amazing trainers working with me and blessed to be training dogs like Ruby. ❤️

11/04/2023

Yesterday our golden girls had a fun trip to Macon to meet up with some of our Service dogs in training from our Tennessee facility.

Training service dogs is a labor of love! 🙌 Working with these amazing pups to become lifesaving companions is truly rewarding. Patience, dedication, and a whole lot of love go a long way! 💕🐕

06/18/2022

The power of “Positive Training”. Rottie was “e-collar” trained; low self esteem; not listening; afraid and worried Same with Mallie; shock collar trained; low self esteem and afraid. Different owners, different cities; different languages. Both dogs came to us for rehab work around the same time. Rottie has now entered our service dog training program for a Veteran; Mallie will be traveling to Switzerland soon. Both dogs are super happy, have re-gained their confidence, happiness, playfulness, and are almost finished with their trainings. Well the Mallie. Rottie still has a bit. ❤️

06/09/2022

Owners of this beautiful, fear aggressive, shepherd came to us for help. This amazing creature was trained via “e-collar” 😤. However, there is a lot more abuse to it. Assumed physical abuse, perhaps during the board and train that she was send to. She is frightened of sounds, yelling, raising of the hand, people in general.
She was way to scared to bite us, but has badly bit one of the owners’ other dogs and lunges at times. We’ll keep you posted on her rehab progress. ❤️

06/03/2022

Ghost arrived at VHK-9 to begin his rehab. The poor guy is afraid of his own shadow., yet he bit three dogs at three different times. Looking forward to working with him. ❤️

06/02/2022

Looking for reliable part time and/or full time team members to fill the positions of kennel tech and K-9 trainer assistant.
Must love animals, willing to play and exercise some of our dogs and can't be afraid of large breed dogs. For more information or to schedule an interview, please call/text Michael at 305.519.4569

06/01/2022

2 year old Great Dane female “G….” arrived at our facility from the Florida Keys yesterday. She will be with us for confidence and self trust building, as well Phase I basics training. ❤️ super excited to work with her ❤️

05/13/2022

Sapphira and Hershey.
♥️

04/29/2022

Zola and Hercules. Two of the best dogs I could have ever wished for. From the moment they met they became best of friends. They have given me so much of their unconditional love and loyalty. Ironically, both have been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Tumors spread through their bodies. Life is surely a mystery, wanting to take two of my most incredible dogs at the same time. 😭 But at least they won’t be walking their journey alone. ♥️😭 💔 love them so much.

04/28/2022

One of my toughest days. My longtime “baby” Hercules was diagnosed with cancer today. The cancer spread to his lungs already and I have only days to say goodbye. I Love my big boy. ♥️❤️♥️

04/22/2022

Play and train. ♥️

04/16/2022

Yup, ears need to be cleaned. No matter which one of my dogs. Hahaha. Zeus is not very happy. 🤣

04/16/2022

Just because … ♥️

04/06/2022

04/04/2022

Playtime ❤️

04/03/2022

PTSD service dog Bogey. Came to us about a month ago with several issues e.g. no longer listened to commands; very anxious and afraid of his surroundings; insecure about himself and more.
Chrissi, one of our amazing trainers is working with him in this video and Bogey shows significant signs of improvement.

04/03/2022

Dakota, beautiful Mali, arrived at our facility a few days ago. Doing eval right now. Rehab work will start in the next couple of days. ❤️

04/03/2022

Super Mali’s Draco and Ringo at play. AWESOME.

02/22/2022

Looking for reliable part time and/or full time team members to fill the positions of kennel tech and K-9 trainer assistant.
Must love animals and can't be afraid of large breed dogs. For more information or to schedule an interview, please call/text Michael at 305.519.4569

Address

104 Ivy Road
East Palatka, FL
33175

Telephone

+13059045577

Website

http://www.vhk9.net/

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Owners of this beautiful, fear aggressive, shepherd came to us for help. This amazing creature was trained via “e-collar” 😤. However, there is a lot more abuse to it. Assumed physical abuse, perhaps during the board and train that she was send to. She is frightened of sounds, yelling, raising of the hand, people in general. She was way to scared to bite us, but has badly bit one of the owners’ other dogs and lunges at times. We’ll keep you posted on her rehab progress. ❤️

Ghost arrived at VHK-9 to begin his rehab. The poor guy is afraid of his own shadow., yet he bit three dogs at three different times. Looking forward to working with him. ❤️

Sapphira and Hershey. ♥️

Play and train. ♥️

Yup, ears need to be cleaned. No matter which one of my dogs. Hahaha. Zeus is not very happy. 🤣

Just because … ♥️

Playtime ❤️

Service dog becoming great again. ❤️

PTSD service dog Bogey. Came to us about a month ago with several issues e.g. no longer listened to commands; very anxious and afraid of his surroundings; insecure about himself and more. Chrissi, one of our amazing trainers is working with him in this video and Bogey shows significant signs of improvement.

Dakota, beautiful Mali, arrived at our facility a few days ago. Doing eval right now. Rehab work will start in the next couple of days. ❤️

Super Mali’s Draco and Ringo at play. AWESOME.

Peyton arrived for his positive reinforcement rehab today. ❤️

About another week or two and Vizou will be going back home after positive reinforcement aggression rehab and basic training. ❤️ Amazing dog 💕

Horse trough? What horse trough? It’s our cooling tub. 🙄 ❤️

Rex started his aggression rehab with us yesterday ❤️ Big boy. Reminds me of a King GSD.

Milo…went home again. Super happy for him. No more jumping; great in socializing with other dogs; redeveloped trust in humans. Super happy for him and his owners. ❤️