K9 & Handler Dynamics

K9 & Handler Dynamics Certified balanced dog trainer; private lessons, group classes, puppy classes and more! It's more than just dog training. 😉

Our mission is to better improve your relationship with your dog based on solid leadership, trust, and teamwork.

08/30/2026

Oh little Roo Roo ❤️ Roo Bean ❤️ Roobarb ❤️ Little S**t ❤️ Spicy Nugget. She goes by all of these names 😆

If you don't remember Roo from when we first got her, go back through the years and check it out! She's a completely different dog from when she started with us and my first ever foster fail. ❤️ Now she's a little demanding with her pets but I remember how terrified she was in the beginning and I'm fully intending on getting her tiny little paws prints tattooed on my leg some day. ❤️

08/27/2026

These white dogs... Always trying to get grass stains! 😅😆 It's like sports teams pushing for white shorts/pants when we all know it's a terrible idea....
Daisy I guess is just trying to work on her camouflage paint 🤣

Looking ahead to our upcoming time off, yes we just had time off from training so it won't be for awhile, but I realize ...
08/27/2026

Looking ahead to our upcoming time off, yes we just had time off from training so it won't be for awhile, but I realize a lot of people tend to rely on us to take their dogs for training when they go away on trips. So be sure to plan your trips NOT during our time off.
The reason I'm bringing it up NOW is that the most impactful time off coming up will be over Christmas and New Year's when a lot of other people tend to go visit family. We will NOT BE TAKING DOGS over Christmas and New Year's this year and instead actually taking that special time for our own families. ❤️

The specific dates we are not working for the rest of this year include:
October 25-November 1 (we are already booking dogs for board and train programs starting November 2!)
December 23- January 3

I'm sorry if this is inconvenient for my clients but I urge you to solidify your Christmas plans with other kennels NOW before they fill up, which they will be for those dates soon....

Stay on top of travel plans that include housing for your dog sooner rather than later before it becomes a huge stressor!

08/26/2026

Oh puppies....😆
One of the hardest things people struggle with to teach their dog is the act of doing NOTHING. Their dog is always on the go, always wound up, always stressed out, maybe they'll sleep if everyone is doing nothing at the same time but heaven forbid someone gets up and moves and it's all destroyed. We spend A LOT of time with these dogs to burn off the crazy energy in healthy outlets, take the time to get them into a good state of mind, work them through tough scenarios, and then teach them how to shut it off and relax. It's HARD. And it takes a lot of time. Both Wyatt and BB have been working for HOURS to get to this point. Given it's their first week here and it's all new which is why it takes so much time, but eventually it'll all become second nature to them.
Don't have the time to dedicate hours on end to get your dog to this point? Most people don't! That's why we offer our board and train programs. So we can do the heavy lifting and you can just maintain it when they go home. ❤️

08/25/2026

BB and Wyatt are both dog reactive and have a really hard time shutting their brains down and resting. That's what working on the Let's Go with pack drive is for but also decompression. Decompression is where we settle down and REST after our long walks in circles lol. Where we coach them into learning how to work through the chaos of their brain and settle down. Learn to let it go when the other dog gets to, let it go when someone comes into the shop, let it go when we need to get up to coach someone else. These two are going to be SO TIRED from all the resting we've been teaching them 😉😆

Mr. Wyatt is here with us to help work him through his incredibly vocal (thank you husky part of him 😅😵‍💫) interactions ...
08/25/2026

Mr. Wyatt is here with us to help work him through his incredibly vocal (thank you husky part of him 😅😵‍💫) interactions with other dogs lol.
He's a very sweet and playful young man of 5 years, but he's also a bit anxious around other dogs so we're going to work on creating a more neutral mindset around them and hopefully gaining him more friends in the process. ❤️

08/25/2026

BB has had a rough start to life and has had her fair share of challenges which brought her to us. ❤️
From abuse, to abandonment, to 3 months in a shelter, to 8 months in foster with little to no interest it's time for BB to not only learn, grow and shine, but get the spotlight she deserves.

She's a 2ish German Shepherd Boerbel cross who loves people but is working through her interactions with other dogs. She's a bit reactive right now but what we're seeing seems to be mostly curiosity with a big heaping of 'I don't know how to do it well' 😆

So as always, we'll start teaching her neutrality with other dogs and then build up her curiosity, followed by coaching her through healthy interactions.

Stay tuned for her updates!

08/24/2026

Sweet little Daisy is here with Misunderstood Mutts Rescue for a few weeks while we get her figured out, teach her all the obedience commands, leash manners, and socialization a young pup like her needs to live a long happy life!
So far she's into all sorts of toys and just loves to play! She loves tug, and fetch, and people 🥰 I'm told she likes other dogs but we'll keep you updated on her socialization progress with our dogs as well as cats and kids. 😉

We've had a week off of work and she's the perfect sweetheart to get us back into the swing of things. 😍 I can't wait to see how well she progresses! ❤️

08/06/2026

When the boys want screen time but you need them for training... Work hard then play hard boys! That's the way we live. 😎
Cosmo needed more work around crazy kids so that's what we did! We played then let the boys go crazy while we just sat back and watched. ❤️

No fear, no barking, just good old curiosity for what they were doing. Which is being boys lol. Lots of wrestling, lots of running, lots of weird noises. Perfection. 🥰

We couldn't be happier for sweet Dustin!!! He's been with us for so long, he's come so far, and as sad as we were to see...
07/30/2026

We couldn't be happier for sweet Dustin!!! He's been with us for so long, he's come so far, and as sad as we were to see him go we couldn't be happier for him to find his new forever home!! ❤️ And with a fellow amputee at that! We couldn't have written him a better story. ❤️

From tough beginning, street life, shelter life, euthanasia list, coming to us for training, finding we needed to amputate his leg, to more training and finally ADOPTION! ❤️
Dustin will forever be one of our favorites to come through and we're stoked that he ended up staying locally so we can still see him!

Congratulations Dustin! You deserve it!

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