Next Step K9 Center

Next Step K9 Center 🐶💙 Helping dogs and families build calm, confident relationships. An avid learner, Lydia believes every animal has something to teach us.

Behavior support, training, and Mantrailing.

🎓 Licensed Family Dog Mediator | CBCC
🐾 Accredited Mantrailing Instructor

Lydia Bagley
📍 Central Oklahoma & online Lydia earned her Animal Science degree from Texas A&M University in 2005, launching a career training horses and teaching middle school science. Her passion for animal behavior led her to earn her Certification in Professional Dog Trainin

g in 2019, followed by her Behavior Consultant Certification in 2021. In 2024, she became a licensed Family Dog Mediator, and an Accredited Mantrailing Instructor in 2025. She finds that dogs and horses have a unique way of revealing life’s most valuable lessons: presence, authenticity, patience, and kindness. Lydia enjoys training and competing with her own dogs in Agility, Barn Hunt, DockDiving, and Mantrailing.

12/25/2025

We want to wish everyone a safe and wonderful Christmas.

❤️ Lydia, Ember, Rey, and Bug

🐾🐾 Morning Conversations at Next Step K9 Center ☕🐾Me: Guys… I’ll be right back.Rey: Absolutely not.Bug: We’ve reviewed t...
12/22/2025

🐾🐾 Morning Conversations at Next Step K9 Center ☕🐾

Me: Guys… I’ll be right back.
Rey: Absolutely not.
Bug: We’ve reviewed the plan and we do not approve.
Me: We need groceries!
Rey: Ember gets the car rides, the adventures, the wind-in-the-face lifestyle.
Me: Rey, you don't like people remember?
Bug: Meanwhile, we’re on House Duty like unpaid interns, and I do like people.

Me: You’ll get your turn.
Rey: We’d like that in writing.
Bug: And we’d also like to formally request Braum's.
Me: Braum's??
Bug: Yes. Pup cups. Immediately.
Rey: Consider this a peaceful protest until snacks are delivered.


4 great teams out at Washington schools working on their Scent Genius patches. The Oklahoma winds didn’t slow them down....
12/20/2025

4 great teams out at Washington schools working on their Scent Genius patches.

The Oklahoma winds didn’t slow them down. We practiced turns, indications, and new start types. Excellent work by all!

A windy day at Ruby Grant park but these teams rocked it. Lots of choices to pick a trail and change directions and thes...
12/18/2025

A windy day at Ruby Grant park but these teams rocked it. Lots of choices to pick a trail and change directions and these pups nailed the paths.

Congratulations to Team Ronin and Rebekah for earning the Hide N Seek patch!

🐾 Welcome to Next Step K9 Center! 🐾Dog pulling you down the street?Jumping on guests?Feeling overwhelmed or unsure what ...
12/17/2025

🐾 Welcome to Next Step K9 Center! 🐾

Dog pulling you down the street?
Jumping on guests?
Feeling overwhelmed or unsure what your dog needs next?

👉 We can help.

At Next Step K9 Center, we support dogs and their humans with practical, welfare-centered training that fits real life — not perfection.

✨ Our Services:
🐶 Private Lessons (In-Person & Virtual)
🧠 Behavior Consultations
👣 Mantrailing (confidence, teamwork, and FUN!)

Whether you’re working on manners, big feelings, or looking for something enriching to do with your dog — you don’t have to do it alone.

🌐 Website: www.nextstepk9center.com

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextStepK9

📧 Email: [email protected]

📞 Call/Text: 512-658-1118

💬 Ready for your next step?

Send a message, visit the website, or book a session today — let’s build calm, confident dogs together.

The decorations come down… but the stress sometimes lingers.The last blog in our Holiday series focuses on helping dogs ...
12/16/2025

The decorations come down… but the stress sometimes lingers.

The last blog in our Holiday series focuses on helping dogs decompress after the holidays with routine resets, enrichment, and gentle reconditioning.

🐾 Post-Holiday Detox for You and Your Dog is live now.

👉 Read the blog https://nextstepk9center.com/post-holiday-detox-for-dogs/

Help your dog recover after the holidays with routine resets, stress reduction tips, and gentle training. Restore the calm.

Motivational Monday ❄️🐾Cold days don’t stop progress — they build it. Showing up, layering up, and getting out to work y...
12/15/2025

Motivational Monday ❄️🐾

Cold days don’t stop progress — they build it. Showing up, layering up, and getting out to work your dog strengthens skills, teamwork, and trust.

We’re incredibly grateful for our Mantrailing community and teams who continue to show dedication, grit, and heart no matter the weather. Your commitment is what makes this community special.

We had a great weekend trailing in Durant, Ok and Bonham, Tx on Sunday. So much learning, my brain needs a day or two to process it all. 🤣

Bundle up, trust the process, and keep moving forward. 💙

We couldn't do it without the incredible people behind: Lotus K9 Mantrailing, Ragin’ Cajuns Mantrailing , Mantrailing Texas, Mantrailing North Texas, Cowboy & Co Canine Training, and Pandora's Box Mantrailing.

Want to see what the fuss is all about? Give us a shout and come trail lay, flank, or get signed up for an Intro so you can trail your dog. We love meeting new friends!

We had an incredible day with Trailing Texas and a fantastic group of teams at Historic Fort Wash*ta, Durant Ok. 2 Instr...
12/14/2025

We had an incredible day with Trailing Texas and a fantastic group of teams at Historic Fort Wash*ta, Durant Ok.

2 Instructors, 13 trails, historic re-enactment in progress, cannon fire (yes, cannon fire), 300 miles, 8 hrs, one tired Doberman. I don’t have pictures of all the teams that worked today, but trust it was AMAZING 🤩.

The dogs handled the people in period costumes, cannon fire, and all did phenomenal.

We are tired but had so much fun today.

Where’s Waldo?
12/13/2025

Where’s Waldo?

🐾🐾Morning Conversations at Next Step K9 Center 🐾🐾Mia & Ember EditionMia: “Ember… mom said no roughhousing in the house.”...
12/11/2025

🐾🐾Morning Conversations at Next Step K9 Center 🐾🐾

Mia & Ember Edition

Mia: “Ember… mom said no roughhousing in the house.”
Ember: “She also said ‘don’t eat the couch’ and yet… here we are. Rules seem flexible.”

Mia: “They’re NOT flexible. She’s literally watching us.”
Ember: glances at you, paws already in play-bow “She looks busy. If she didn’t want chaos, she shouldn’t have invited you over little speed-gremlin.”

Mia: “We’re going to get in trouble.”
Ember: “Worth it. Catch me if you can—” zooming begins

You: “EMBERRR. MIA. NO ROUGHHOUSING IN THE HOUSE.”
Ember: mid-zoom “She says that every morning. It’s part of the routine.”
Mia: “Abort! Retreat!”
Ember: “Retreat nothing—WRESTLE MODE ACTIVATED!”

You: “I don’t get paid enough for this.”

Ember: “You don’t even get paid.”
Mia: “She gets paid in love.”
Ember: “Then she’s underpaid.”

From snow and fog to a gorgeous 60. Ember and I took off for the lake and a lovely 1.7 mile hike (because she can’t do a...
12/09/2025

From snow and fog to a gorgeous 60. Ember and I took off for the lake and a lovely 1.7 mile hike (because she can’t do anything small 🤣). We found the dirt bike trail and enjoyed some new scenery.

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73080

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Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
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