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11/07/2023

Everyone meet Noelle! One of our awesome trainers here at K9aholics!
Hi! My name is Noelle Hermann and I am a recent graduate of the State University of New York at Cobleskill in Cobleskill, NY. I graduated with a Bachelors of Technology degree in Canine Training & Management and spent this past summer doing my internship at MK9 Solutions in Piedmont, AL. While in Alabama I was working with working line labs in detection, which I absolutely loved! I have always loved dogs, but never imagined I would be in the career field I am in now. I love watching how dogs learn and figuring out different ways to teach them. Dogs will never cease to amaze me with the things they are capable of! I am so grateful that I found my program and had amazing mentors that allowed me to be able to do what I love every day!

10/27/2023

I messaged a well respected trainer one day and referred to him as the best. He responded and said “ No no, we do our best.” I’ve taken that mentality and ran with it.

10/20/2023

We don’t go around calling ourselves the best, but we certainly try our best! Your dogs care is top priority. Anyone who puts on a k9aholics uniform will be held to this standard! 🐶

10/19/2023

Everyone meet
Brandon is a young and talented trainer that K9aholics is super lucky to have!

Hi! My name is Brandon. I received my Master Obedience dog training certificate from Tarheel Canine and I now work as a professional dog trainer at K9aholics. I have loved dogs since I was young, enjoying the journey of learning to speak their language and working to understand each other. It was only a matter of time before I discovered my passion for dog training. People often speak about their hobbies in addition to their job, but I am fortunate to say that what started out as just a hobby for me became my career, and I can’t imagine my days not looking down and seeing a dog ready to learn and share an understanding with me.

10/02/2023

Teddy and Margot crushing their go home lesson! Super pups! 🐶

09/09/2023

made a post recently that I think everyone should go check out. I won’t even try to paraphrase it. But it resonated with me enough to share a similar experience. I’ve always allowed the dogs to teach me my lessons. The dogs would tell me if my training sucked or not. And I’ve learned a lot of lessons through trial and error. Eventually I’d get to Tarheel, and also be blessed enough to learn a lot from Shawn. I got to a point where I realized my training worked. And I wanted to share this with people. I wanted to help people that were new and hungry for knowledge. Mostly because I saw myself in them.
I started a free internship and taught a lot of inexperienced people. I spent hours and hours of my time teaching people for free. Time that I’ll never get back. I’ve spent countless hours decoying for people for free. I’ve worked my dogs to death teaching people how to decoy. And I was always happy to do it.
But here was what I received in return. People stealing money from me. People taking my programs and prices and using them as their own. People who just came to see how I market, and who I use. People that I taught training methods leaving and calling themselves trainers using the things I taught with zero appreciation or acknowledgement to the person they learned it from. I could honestly go on for days about this. This is why gate keeping is a thing in this industry. The last 3 years have made me jaded to ever helping anyone again. But never let the actions of others change who you are as a human. Keep helping. Keep making the dog training community better. Just protect yourself while doing it.

07/17/2023

Just a few of the awesome team members that take great care of the dogs here! Show them some love! 🐶

07/03/2023

It’s been long overdue but and will be starting bite night here in VA! All sport dogs are welcome! Any level. Spots are limited for now. Quality over quantity. We want every dog to get plenty of work. Come out and have a good time. Let’s go 🐶

06/28/2023

“Don’t train dogs for the money, do it because you love it”

That’s what they say. The hell with that, I do it for the love and the money. This will be another amazing year for K9aholics. To every client…. every trainer…. every kennel tech…. and every supporter….. Thank you!

06/13/2023

2023 PSA East Coast Regionals

I’m amazed at what I got to experience this past weekend. Jeff Allen and Sandhills PSA club put on an awesome event. Thank you thank you and thank you again for allowing me to be apart of this. The decoys in this group were killer! Ben Lepinski was our senior decoy and his leadership skills were unmatched. Putting decoys where they were strongest, and making sure everyone was on point. Teamwork is what trial decoying is all about. Ben, Matt, Andrew, and Joli… it was a pleasure sharing the field with y’all. When a decoy group works as a team, it creates chaos in the best way possible. And chaos creates stress for the dog and handler. I’m genuinely impressed by this sport. Until next time. 🐶

06/06/2023

Country Boi’s 🐶
Go grab your suns out tongues out shirt from ! They have a lot of cool things going on. Show them some support 🐶

04/17/2023

Presence
Power
Pressure

It’s important to still test the dogs courage during a leg drive. You have to own the drive, even with a leg dog. Be explosive and take the dog on a little ride.

04/17/2023

You’re never too good to stop learning. You’ll never know enough. And that’s the beauty of dog training. There’s always room for growth. I’ll keep this short….but I’m extremely appreciative of Shawn Edwards. He’s one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met. Super grateful for the promotion and knowledge my friend. Now if you can just hook me up with a large shirt so I can ditch this smedium 😂

04/09/2023

Happy 1st birthday my dear friend, I’m so lucky to have you! You’re a special one. I’m looking forward to giving you everything you deserve… and crushing goals together! 🥳 🎂 🎉
Malfoy 🐶

04/07/2023

“Now that I'm on, I don't really wanna worry about gettin' back on
I'm just tryna stay on, get my f!$king buffet on”

04/05/2023

I couldn’t imagine living in a world without these awesome animals 🐶

03/21/2023

This is an awesome opportunity to gain some experience with dogs. We’ve had a lot of people apply since yesterday… but we are looking to bring on at least two people. We would prefer someone with handling experience. But we’re also wiling to bring on someone new and eager to learn.
Contact [email protected] if you’re interested 🐶

02/27/2023

Big Loki was definitely a k9aholics favorite! He is such a cool boy! Loki completed his training program and was reunited with his family today. Solid job Loki 🐶

02/24/2023

The new kennel runs look amazing! We’ve been waiting for these for quite some time…but it was definitely worth the wait. Excellence is the standard with everything we do here 🐶

02/21/2023

“I'm not gon' lie and portray this ultimate poise
Like I been had it figured out
Nah, I just didn't quit
That's the only distinguishing quality
From me and probably whoever else is goin' through this
Went through this, or is gonna go through this
Is that I ain't quit
I went through every emotion
I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I'm doing
And I think what's gon' separate whoever's gonna try to go for something is that, you ain't gon' quit”
-Nip

02/04/2023

I’m a dog trainer….
Not a sport dog trainer
Not a working dog trainer
Not a pet dog trainer
Just simply a dog trainer

Put a dog in front of me and I’ll train it.
I love and enjoy them all 🐶

📸 Mcqueen

01/21/2023

Happy 5th birthday to my best friend! I don’t think you’ll ever understand how special you are to me. Look at where we started, and look at where we are now. Our success is all because of you. I’m looking forward to crushing more goals with you this year! I hope you enjoy this birthday cookie my friend! Love you my boy 🐶

01/14/2023

Everyone wish a happy B-Day!

01/10/2023

President and Vice President of class 105. There are people from that academy class that I’ll never forget. Collin is certainly one of those people. Thank you for your support bro! You’ve definitely earned the title of friend. It’s awesome seeing your growth as an Officer. I can’t wait to see what you accomplish 👮🏻‍♂️

01/01/2023

This has truly been an amazing year for us. Filled with lessons and blessings. I took a leap of faith and left the police department last year. And look what we’ve accomplished in just a short two years. None of which would be possible without our loyal clients. Y’all have been great to us. Thank you for your continued support. We have big plans and a lot of cool things happening for our clients in 2023.
And of course a special thank you to the trainers here. We have such an amazing group developing. It’s amazing to see y’all’s growth.
There has also been some tough lessons with our growth. I’ve had people that I taught everything to betray me. I’ve given out free knowledge just for people to leave us when it became convenient. Backstabbing seems to be a thing with dog people. But to those people I say…… thank you. I wish all of you the best. Each of you have taught me more than you know.
But more than anything..I just want to take time to thank God. Something I should’ve done first. You’ve blessed me over and over again. Even when I’m undeserving.
2023 is going to be another huge year and I want all of you to be apart of it! We have some cool things happening here at K9aholics so stay tuned. Also, we’re planning to set our grand opening date for March 4. Be on the look out for that official announcement. I hope to see you all there!
Happy New Year 🥳

12/21/2022

We have some awesome news! We’ve decided to bring back our internship program. If you have no experience training dogs and want to learn- this is an excellent opportunity for you! We are looking for candidates that are self motivated and hard working.
This is a good opportunity for trainers with experience as well! There won’t be many spots available so don’t wait if you’re interested! Contact us at [email protected]
Or give us a call! 757 434-7098

12/15/2022

Those who work closely with me know that I’d sit and watch videos of Pegge’s Rio almost everyday. People may call me crazy… but I haven’t seen a better dog past or present. If I could create my ideal dog… it would be Rio. Unfortunately Rio passed away. Which hit me harder then it should have because I never even met the damn dog lol. I was just such a fan of him.
I really didn’t want another puppy but an opportunity presented itself… and there was no way in hell I was passing on it.
Everyone welcome K9 Aiko 🐶..my newest project and family member. Rio offspring. So far I’m pretty impressed by this young one.

Rio x Amy

12/14/2022

and her new puppy K9 Djuke! Cam and Djuke will be spending a lot of time learning and getting ready to compete in PSA! Give them a follow go keep up with their journey 🐶

11/28/2022

Out of all the cool things that happened this year….this is definitely one of my favorite. At this years Dead Pool Decoy Seminar I was promoted to Purple belt under Shawn’s system. If you know me, you know I’m not easily impressed. But Shawn and Janet have my utmost respect. I truly believe they’re the best in the country at what they do. Two masters of their craft. I’m extremely blessed to be a part of such a solid group.

11/25/2022

Late post…

But I hope all of you had an awesome Thanksgiving! I can’t put into words how thankful I am for each and every client, trainer, supporter, and even those who have tried to tear me down. K9aholics wouldn’t be where it is today without y’all! 🐶

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Back at it again with puppy Malfoy 🐶

I’m amazed at what Doc has been able to accomplish! This young boy is extremely smart. It’s been an absolute pleasure having him here! 🐶 Trainer: Kehli