Gillian's K9 Academy LLC

12/31/2025

2025 may be coming to an end, but the knowledge and friendships I've built this year will last forever. 2025 was such a fantastic year. I had more clients than ever before, and I took on several fun cases this year. I met many amazing people and dogs, and formed friendships that I'm certain will last a lifetime. To all my clients, thank you so much for trusting me to guide you with training your dogs. You guys truly made this year incredible. Because of you, I get to do what I love. Every single dog and owner I interact with shapes me into a better trainer. It's a privilege to see everyone's hard work pay off and relationships flourish between dogs and their owners. For those clients who are joining me in the new year, I look forward to seeing how much more progress we can make together. For those who graduated in 2025, thank you from the bottom of my heart for trusting me and supporting me. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. I look forward to seeing where 2026 takes me.

*Pictures are of some client dogs from this year. Enjoy!

11/28/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has/had a wonderful day filled with great food.

07/20/2025

05/23/2025

Meet Goose. Goose is currently enrolled in our 10 lesson private lesson program. Goose's owner reached out because Goose pulls on a leash, door dashes, and is crazy in the home. Our first lesson together went amazing, and I can't wait to see how much progress Goose makes by the end of training.

05/21/2025

Meet Sky! Sky is enrolled in our 14 lesson private lesson program. Sky's owners reached out to us because Sky is extremely fearful of humans. She has low confidence in new situations, and doesn't know how to behave in a neutral way. Over the course of her program, we will be working on teaching her leash skills, obedience, building confidence, and teaching her how to remain neutral around humans.

05/19/2025

Meet Ruby and Hazel. Ruby and Hazel are enrolled in our 10 lesson private lesson program. They have one more lesson left before the graduate. Their owner reached out to us because Ruby and Hazel were not making her life easy. They refused to come to her, kennel, come inside, go outside, or let her approach them. After working with them for the past 9 weeks, I can say these girls are different dogs then when they entered our program. They recall, kennel, and let you approach them.

05/16/2025

Meet Cayde! Cayde is currently enrolled in our 12 lesson private lesson program. Cayde is here to learn leash manners, basic and advanced commands, as well as learning to be neutral around dogs, especially male dogs. He struggles handling his emotions around other males. Cayde has been working with us for a few weeks, and is doing incredible. I can't wait to see how much progress he makes by the end of training.

05/14/2025

Meet Hamilton. Hamilton is enrolled in our service dog private lesson program. He will be a long term client as we navigate training him along side his owner. He is doing amazing with foundational skills, but has a lot of training ahead of him in order to graduate successfully as a service dog.

05/12/2025

Meet Apollo. Apollo is currently enrolled in our 8 lesson private lesson program. He is almost finished. He is learning how to walk nicely on a leash, perform basic commands, and learn not to jump on people. He has been doing amazing with training, and I can't wait to see how much better he will be by the end of the lesson program.

05/11/2025

Happy Mother's Day. To all the human mommas, pet mommas, and everyone else. We all have someone we help take care of.

05/09/2025

Meet Poppy! Poppy is currently enrolled in our behavior modification private lesson program. Poppy struggles with fear in new places as well as dog reactivity. Her mom and I are working together to build up positive experiences in new places and around new neutral dogs. Poppy is about half way through her program and is doing wonderful. I can't wait to see how much more she progresses by the end of training.

04/30/2025

I am going to be posting Rusty's training videos from his time in our board and train program.

This is Rusty's brushing progress.

For all your dog training needs, contact Gillian’s K9 Academy. We have over 10 years experience training dogs. We specialize in obedience training, service dog training, and behavior modification including but not limited to dog reactivity, human reactivity, dog aggression, human aggression, resource guarding, seperation anixety, and extreme fearfulness. Any age, any breed, any issue. We are AKC certified CGC Evaluators, certified AKC FETCH judge, and we are a Certified Dog Training Coalition Member with Freedom K9 Project. We offer in home private lessons, destination private lessons, and board and trains.

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