The K9 Effect

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Sevices include:
Obedience Training (Board & Train)
Behavioral
Puppy Development
Group seminars (for obedience, Service Dog Rights Seminars for businesses, and more)

"I bought a *insert herding breed* and now its herding my children" 🙄"I bought a *insert retriever breed* and it puts ev...
09/02/2025

"I bought a *insert herding breed* and now its herding my children" 🙄

"I bought a *insert retriever breed* and it puts everything in its mouth" 🙄

"I bought a *insert hound breed* and it keeps chasing things and smells" 🙄

"I bought a *Insert mastiff breed* and it wont let anybody in the yard or house" 🙄

Yes, trainers are there to help you gain control of your dogs, but we can't out train genetics. If you're an ethical trainer, you won't correct the genetics but rather teach the owner how to harness them and teach the dog how to be a team player. 90% of the issues with dogs are because people get the wrong breed and then try to correct the genetics out of the dog.

YOU 👏🏻 CAN'T 👏🏻 OUT 👏🏻 TRAIN 👏🏻 GENETICS 👏🏻.
YOU 👏🏻 WILL 👏🏻 CREATE 👏🏻 A 👏🏻 BIGGER 👏🏻 PROBLEM 👏🏻

Gunner worked very hard. Slowing his brain down long enough to listen to and process commands is hard work for a puppy. ...
08/11/2025

Gunner worked very hard. Slowing his brain down long enough to listen to and process commands is hard work for a puppy. Give your puppies grace and understanding. Firm but fair 💙.

07/17/2025

If you don't know what you're asking, then do your research. If you dont know what you want, ask a reputable trainer or 3 or 4 what they think. Most dogs end up in shelters and being rehomed multiple times because people have unreasonable expectations of their dogs or, the flip side of that is not having any expectations of their dog.

GET 👏🏻 IT 👏🏻 TOGETHER 👏🏻 PEOPLE 👏🏻

07/10/2025

I've taken a break from social media/posting client videos and wanted to show what I've been up to. Burn out is a real thing, and taking steps to prevent it is very important. Especially in the animal services industry.

Give your trainers some grace. It's terribly hot out, and we have constant clients, phone calls, text messages, messenger messages, pleas from rescues, pleas from those with found dogs, and more.

If you are a trainer, give yourself permission to say no to clients. Take breaks. Look up from the leash as often as possible.

If you don't have a support system, HI 🙋‍♀️, ITS ME NOW. 💙

06/07/2025

JK: I'm pretty friendly.
But as of lately, I've seen people put more thought into their Starbucks order than they do the dog they're getting. Please, just stop and think. If you see a puppy you want, wait a week. If after that week, you still want it and you've listed the pros and cons and you've analyzed how this is going to effect every aspect of your life and you're OK with all of it including the potential for things like $5000 emergency vet bills for the "what if" scenario, then you go get that puppy/dog.

05/12/2025

While you're doing all of your cool guy training and editing videos to look super high speed, dont forget that relationship building is just as important. That isn't always a priority while training but it should always be the main one.

05/09/2025

While I feel for any reactive dog owner out there, the reality is, more and more people feel entitled to allow their dogs off leash while also being untrained. Protect YOUR dog through training and training tools like muzzles. Start that paper trail with animal control. Protect YOUR dog.

Thanks to the great Mark Leamer, I came home from an incredible day of training my personal dogs and learning some thing...
04/13/2025

Thanks to the great Mark Leamer, I came home from an incredible day of training my personal dogs and learning some things AND some hand made equipment that will open options for me and my clients 😃. Very excited 😃.

04/10/2025

E-collar training with Rowe the Doberman!
The keys to e-collar work are foundation training and timing.

What is foundation training? Foundation training is taking the time to teach your dog the fundamentals of what you want and what you require BEFORE ever putting an ecollar on your dog. So in the video you see Rowe bounding happily, then I recall him and comes, but on the first try, he sort of swims around me until I correct him and he sits in front of me. MY standard, when I recall a dog with the word "come" is that they come and sit front and center. Without already having been taught that standard ON LEASH, Rowe wouldn't have known the expectation. He wouldn't even have known that "come" means to return to me. So I'd have had to correct him until he just came to me out of fear or out of a lack of options. But here you see, he immediately understood what he did wrong and that the standard applies off leash, as well as on leash.

What do I mean by timing: Timing of your verbal correction alon with the physical correction. So saying "No" while giving the vibration/stimulation, and then repeating the command. The timing has to match because if Rowe had run off again before correcting him to sit, then I'd have had to start all over again and recall him to "come" and then get that sit. Your timing of the corrections needs to match with the timing of what is happening.

03/20/2025

Help me find Neil a home or a foster! PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE THIS POST 🙏.

Neil was found in October of 2024. I picked him up, his owner had been sent away for a long time and just let Neil out with no home. Family didn't take ownership. He was about 4 months old at the time. When I picked him up it was about 5 months after. So he's presumed to be right about a year, maybe a year and some change.

Neil is so sweet. He loves love. He's very smart. Easy to train. He's a very hard playing dog. He's a prey driven dog (as is true to his breed), so I wouldn't recommend cats or small dogs. I don't have kids so I don't know how he would be with small children, so to be on the safe side, no kids under about 14. He is very active but also loves to lay and relax.

He is heartworm positive which is being treated. Treatment is just monthly HW preventatives.

I WILL DO TRAINING FOR FREE.
Located in Statesboro, GA. You can contact me to set up a meet and greet. You would have to fill out an application through to adopt.

03/05/2025

I want to say this loud and clear: I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR KINGS OWNER.

She came to me desperate for help and acknowledging that she had created the problem and that it is her responsibility to fix it. So she rolled up her sleeves and got to work 😤💜.

Upon first meeting King, he almost drug her across my lawn. Upon me picking him up to start his board and train, he flew out of her vehicle, launching himself in any direction. The word that comes to mind is CHAOS 😳. When I got King home, for the first 2 to 3 weeks, I could hear him breathe at night because he was so obese.

We are on the 5th week of training. These videos are from the 3rd and 4th week of his board and train when I was beginning ecollar work (hence the reinforcement of the commands). Just last week, I had a friend's horses 🐎 in my yard with King out and off leash with an ecollar, and he followed every command. He walks like a pro on leash in a heel, and he knows how to restrain himself inside.

We began sessions with his family last week, and they are as eager to learn how to work with King as I am to teach them. At one point, I think his owner maybe thought he was unteachable (she will see this, so I'm sure she'll confirm or deny that 😆).

I write this post, this long post that you've probably stopped reading (if you haven't, hit the like so I know you're here), not to brag, but to show you what a dog who was almost loved to death looks like. Putting your emotions aside and teaching and guiding your dog can literally save its life. ✨️THIS✨️ should be the goal of every pet trainer. This dog was headed down a path that only ended negatively.

Love your dog so much that you are willing to not give them everything YOU want to give them. Love your dog so much that YOU are willing to set boundaries and teach them how to learn. Love your dog so much that YOU put aside your selfish, self-fulfilling emotions.

Thank you for coming to my KerriTalk ✨️💜✨️

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202 GA 192
Twin City, GA
30417

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+13159216384

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