Group classes aren't for everyone. Some issues need focused, one-on-one attention that just can’t be addressed in a group setting. At First Line K9, we offer personalized private lessons tailored to your dog’s unique needs—either in the comfort of your home or at our facility.

Take control. Train smart. Get results.

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Training a dog takes time. Busy schedules make it tough, so board and train is ideal. Daily routines mean more practice, faster results. We manage your dog’s environment to prevent bad habits, ensuring effective training. Perfect for dogs needing extra supervision. Follow-up at home is crucial for lasting success.

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Our Beginner Guard Dog Training class lays the essential foundation for transforming your dog into a reliable, confident protector. Designed for owners new to guard dog training, this course balances control, obedience, and protection skills, ensuring a safe and effective working partnership.

What the Beginner Class Includes:

• Basic Obedience Mastery: Commands like sit, stay, heel, come, and down. Your dog must respond instantly and reliably.

• Impulse Control: Teaching your dog patience and control in distracting environments.

• Introduction to Watchfulness: Training your dog to identify and alert you to unusual activity without aggression.

• Controlled Bark & Alert: Teaching the proper bark on command and how to stop barking when told.

• Boundary Awareness: Helping your dog learn property boundaries to prevent unnecessary roaming or false alarms.

• Socialization with Distraction Training: Ensuring your dog remains focused in multi-dog, public, and high-stimulus environments while remaining safe.

• Basic Bite Work Foundations: Introducing bite commands safely and under professional supervision (no aggressive or uncontrolled biting).

• Handler Protection Fundamentals: Teaching your dog to position between you and a threat without escalating to aggression prematurely.

Our expert trainers guide you through every step, offering hands-on practice and personalized advice. By the end of this class, you’ll have a guard dog capable of alerting to danger with obedience and control, ready for further advanced training.

Train smarter. Train tougher. Train with First Line K9.

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Elevate your dog’s protective instincts with our Advanced Guard Dog Training Class—designed for serious handlers ready to take their dog’s skills to the next level. This course begins with a comprehensive refresher from the beginner class to reinforce essential obedience and control, ensuring a solid foundation before moving into advanced techniques.

In this class, your dog will learn:

• Enhanced perimeter security tactics, including controlled patrol patterns and threat detection

• Advanced bite work with real-life scenario applications under strict professional supervision

• Controlled aggression management to differentiate between friend, family, and intruder

• Tactical recall and emergency response commands for split-second decision making

• Handler protection drills to build unbreakable trust and impeccable responsiveness

This isn't just training—it’s forging an elite partnership and a fearless guardian for your home or business. Bring your dog’s guard instincts from good to unstoppable with us. Are you ready to command peak performance?

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Police and military dog training is a specialized discipline designed to develop highly skilled canine partners that assist law enforcement and military personnel in critical missions. The core objective is to produce dogs capable of performing under pressure with precision, loyalty, and effectiveness.

Apprehension:
These dogs are rigorously trained to pursue and restrain suspects or threatening individuals on command. The training focuses on controlled aggression—ensuring the dog can subdue a target quickly while following handler instructions to avoid unnecessary harm. This capability is crucial for officers facing dangerous situations where immediate physical control is necessary.

Tracking:
Using their extraordinary sense of smell, these dogs excel at locating and following people or objects over variable distances and terrains. Training hones their ability to identify scent trails even hours or days old, making them indispensable in search and rescue, fugitive location, and evidence recovery operations.

High-Speed Agility:
Police and military dogs undergo extensive agility training to navigate obstacles, jump barriers, and move swiftly through rugged or urban environments. This high-speed agility ensures they can keep pace with suspects or navigate complex environments without hesitation, enhancing their effectiveness in active pursuit or tactical scenarios.

Combining these key aspects, trained police and military dogs become indispensable assets—trusted partners that enhance safety, efficiency, and success rates during enforcement and combat operations.

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