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Innovative K9 Academy

Innovative K9 Academy Innovative K9 Academy is a professional dog training company that specializes in boot camp dog train When I was 10 years old, I got my first personal dog.

Dog Training is Our Passion

We are active dog competitors who love training and spending time with our dogs. We actively train and compete in different dog sports and activities. We have helped many people create a stronger bond through obedience training and our reward-based system. Our dog trainers have obtained their dog training skills by apprenticing under our Head Trainer, David Broderick,

and attending the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers. David works closely with our trainers to ensure quality of training and efficiency. David also makes sure that each dog gets the best training possible and achieves the highest level of obedience we demand. We are continuously keeping our education and skills up to date by attending seminars, training clubs, competitions, the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers, and our daily training with our customers! We believe there is no better way to be the best than to continue with education and training through helping our customers with their dogs’ daily problems. David Broderick – Head Dog Trainer

Dog TrainingI have had dogs my entire life growing up. She was a beautiful German Shepherd. Sadly, after about 2 years she had gotten extremely aggressive to the point that she had attacked numerous dogs, killed many chickens and was a nightmare to take anywhere. I decided I wanted to train her and get rid of her aggression. I found a great dog trainer and started training with him. After a few sessions I saw great improvements and I was hooked! I continued working with my trainer and soon started training other dogs for him. I continued working with him until I was 17. During that time I showed dogs in AKC Obedience and Confirmation. I continued training my own personal dogs along with anyone else that asked. In 2009, I found Michael Ellis and started studying his system. It was the best training I had ever seen. I loved how happy the dogs were, how well they obeyed and how fast they learned. Shortly after I graduated from his school, the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers. I am an active dog trainer and competitor in numerous dog sports. In 2015 I represented USA at the World Championships for Mondioring. I also actively compete in trials and competitions all around the country. In 2014, I took 4th place at the National Championship with a High in Obedience. I have achieved High-in-Trial, High-in-Obedience and High-in-Protection awards. I am a member of the International Association of Canine Professionals. I am a Board of Director member and decoy for the United States Mondioring Association. I am Evaluator for the AKC Good Canine Citizen. Our Dogs

Idole du Loups du Soleil MR3, BH, CGC
Idole is our main demo dog here at Innovative K9 Academy. She is trained fully in our training system and can be handled by just about anyone. She loves food and toys and will train for either. She is our resident puppy socializer and is also great for adults that need socialization skills. Idole is the best all-around dog I have ever seen. She is great with new people, dogs, other animals and kids. She is obedient almost to a fault and always wants to do right. She is trained in a protection sport called Mondioring, which encompasses obedience, scent work, jumping and bite work. Click here to check her out in our videos!! Quick du Loups du Soleil
Quick is one of David’s upcoming competition dogs. He is still a young puppy but is showing great potential. He is a very social and stable young male with lots of confidence in everything. He is painfully food motivated and can’t ever get enough food. He is great with new people, kids, dogs and other animals. He will be trained in IPO. We can’t wait to see him start competing, as he is very flashy in his obedience and fun to watch.

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Innovative K9 Academy is hiring! We are looking for two full-time Dog Trainers and one full-time Kennel Tech.Job locatio...
06/14/2022

Innovative K9 Academy is hiring!
We are looking for two full-time Dog Trainers and one full-time Kennel Tech.
Job location - Spanish Fork, Utah
Job Requirements -
Must Love Dogs!
Excellent customer service and communication.
Great Team Member
Have a Strong Work Ethic
Self Starter
Be able to lift up to 50 pounds
Be able to stand/walk long periods of time.
Must have reliable transportation

Kennel Tech Job Duties
Potty and socialization rotations
Feed and water dogs
Clean up kennel runs
Sanitize crates
Wash food and water bowls
Help keep facility clean

Dog Trainer Job Duties
Enjoy training dogs and teaching their owners
Transition lessons with pet owners
Potty and socialization rotations
Feed and water dogs
Clean up kennel runs
Sanitize crates
Wash food and water bowls
Help keep facility clean

Immediate openings available.
Contact David at [email protected] to discuss opportunities.

06/02/2022

Oliver came for a few days of boarding and when my son drove by on his four wheeler we saw that made him pretty nervous. So we did a few sessions with him while he was with us working on building his confidence around the four wheelers, motorcycles etc.

06/01/2022

Teddy and Sterling practicing "stay" with some distractions.

06/01/2022

Teddy goes home this week so we're doing some different pictures each day to generalize all of the obedience we have taught him.

05/24/2022

Innovative K9 Academy is hiring!
We are looking for two full-time Dog Trainers and one full-time Kennel Tech.
Job location - Payson, Utah
Job Requirements -
Must Love Dogs!
Excellent customer service and communication.
Have a Strong Work Ethic
Self Starter
Be able to lift up to 50 pounds
Be able to stand/walk long periods of time.
Must have reliable transportation

Kennel Tech Job Duties
Potty and socialization rotations
Feed and water dogs
Clean up kennel runs
Sanitize crates
Wash food and water bowls
Help keep facility clean

Dog Trainer Job Duties
Enjoy training dog and teaching their owners
Transition lessons with pet owners
Potty and socialization rotations
Feed and water dogs
Clean up kennel runs
Sanitize crates
Wash food and water bowls
Help keep facility clean

Immediate openings available.
Contact David at [email protected] to discuss opportunities.

12/25/2021

Our Christmas comedy video we made a few years back. Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you enjoy ☺️
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Our head trainer Gina and her dog Bjorn are currently in 1st place at the Mondioring World Championship in Romania. Day ...
10/08/2021

Our head trainer Gina and her dog Bjorn are currently in 1st place at the Mondioring World Championship in Romania. Day 1 is finished and 17 dogs have gone. There are 47 dogs entered in the competition. Some of the best dog trainers around the world are there to compete. Crossing our fingers!
Go and Bjorn

09/28/2021

The mountains and the sun coming through the clouds are incredible today. This is Annihilator practicing his change of position exercise for French Ring. We are prepping him for the Regional Championship in a couple weeks.
The goal of this exercise is that he doesn't move his body forward at all. Tiffany is 18 meters away for this exercise. He does 6 positions and then is called to come to Tiffany.

Puppy training time! One of these cuties will be staying with us. Which one would you pick? Ana on the left or Elsa on t...
09/23/2021

Puppy training time! One of these cuties will be staying with us. Which one would you pick? Ana on the left or Elsa on the right?

09/23/2021

Focused heeling is a very fun exercise to teach your dog. It takes a lot of patience, time and good timing. The rewards are so fun to see though.

Many of you know our head trainer Gina. Especially those that have had their dog trained in the past 3 years. This year ...
09/19/2021

Many of you know our head trainer Gina. Especially those that have had their dog trained in the past 3 years. This year she competed with her dog Bjorn at the highest level in one of the most difficult dog sports in the world. In May they competed at the National Championship in Denver and placed second. 🥳🥳 Because of their success at club trials and then at Nationals, Gina and Bjorn were selected second to represent the USA at the World Championship in Romania next month. If you'd like to help support her, here is the link! You can also read more about their story in that link as well! Go Gina and Bjorn!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

https://www.bjorndesloupsdulac.com/?fbclid=IwAR2v5lIy4Qj56lm6M2hz8Uph6nzi4n9_OCFfQWZ9yzHzlSMQ3coqixzk4L0

09/10/2021

Who doesn’t love a puppy field trip??😍 We took our Dog training students on a hike yesterday! Can you believe today is our last day of this class?🥲 Sad to see them go, but excited to see what they do!

Mark your calendar! We will be holding a group class next Thursday, September 2nd for anyone that has trained with us! W...
08/27/2021

Mark your calendar! We will be holding a group class next Thursday, September 2nd for anyone that has trained with us! We will be holding the class at our facility in Payson at 5PM. PLEASE RSVP if you plan on coming! You can text us at 385-321-9002 to RSVP. Thank you!☺️

We will be holding a group class next Thursday, August 12th for anyone that has trained with us! We will be holding the ...
08/04/2021

We will be holding a group class next Thursday, August 12th for anyone that has trained with us! We will be holding the class at our facility in Payson at 5PM. PLEASE RSVP if you plan on coming! You can text us at 385-321-9002 to RSVP. Thank you!☺️

We want to give a huge congratulations to our trainer, Gina, and her dog Bjorn. She was selected to represent USA on the...
07/20/2021

We want to give a huge congratulations to our trainer, Gina, and her dog Bjorn. She was selected to represent USA on the World Championship Team this fall in Romania! This was not an easy task. They traveled to Colorado twice(once for the National Championship) and then to Texas to get the trials they needed to qualify. They competed against some amazing dogs and handlers in those competitions.
She and Bjorn will be competing at Level 3(the highest level) against some of the best dog trainers worldwide. 🥳🥳🥳

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It is an essential part of having a dog that everyone in the family helps train and care for the family member. Aspen lo...
02/17/2021

It is an essential part of having a dog that everyone in the family helps train and care for the family member. Aspen loves helping train our dogs, especially this handsome boy.

Available! ⚠️⚠️Remember Jack? He was about to be put to sleep at 11 months old. We took him in, socialized him to the ma...
02/09/2021

Available! ⚠️⚠️Remember Jack? He was about to be put to sleep at 11 months old. We took him in, socialized him to the max, gave him complete off leash obedience and now he is ready for his new family and adventures! He has a great temperament. He is social with dogs, kids, people, cats etc. Great with being handled and groomed. He is about 20 months old. Click here for more information. https://innovativek9academy.com/jack
Check out our story for his obedience video.

01/20/2021

Indica helping be a huge distraction for the training dogs today. This type of energy would make most dogs break their down stay or even bring out reactivity or aggression from some dogs. Showing them this type of energy in a controlled setting will make it much easier for them to control themselves, when they see a dog with a lot of energy out at a park etc.

01/05/2021

Mowgli food and engagement session. This guy is so much fun to train. He is eager to learn and is very into his person. A little bit more time with us and then he'll go home to .muscle
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Aladdin hanging out on his bed while we train some other pups. How cute is he?!?!
01/04/2021

Aladdin hanging out on his bed while we train some other pups. How cute is he?!?!

What goals do you have this year with your dog? We'd love to hear what you would like to accomplish with your dogs in 20...
01/01/2021

What goals do you have this year with your dog? We'd love to hear what you would like to accomplish with your dogs in 2021 in the comments.

Happy New Year from all of us at Innovative K9! Nessie loved being part of the party on her  bed.
01/01/2021

Happy New Year from all of us at Innovative K9!
Nessie loved being part of the party on her bed.

Shared from Hunter Canine TIP TUESDAY! We have teamed up with our great friends at Innovative K9 Academy to put together...
12/08/2020
The "Reset" w/ Chad Hunter

Shared from Hunter Canine

TIP TUESDAY! We have teamed up with our great friends at Innovative K9 Academy to put together this video on our signature "Reset". This is an entire breakdown from top to bottom. Take a half hour out of your day to watch this video. We guarantee this video will help any dog owner, regardless of experience level, and can even be life changing for many. Enjoy!

This video is an entire breakdown of our signature "reset" we utilize during every training session. This will give you an understanding on when to use it, h...

 doing awesome! We love these two guys!
10/14/2020

doing awesome! We love these two guys!

Every single client we've worked with for years we have highly recommended avoiding dog parks. This is another extremely...
10/08/2020

Every single client we've worked with for years we have highly recommended avoiding dog parks. This is another extremely sad story proving our point 😞😞

Building a relationship of mutual respect between your kids and your dogs.Most kids don’t have good manners when it come...
08/17/2020

Building a relationship of mutual respect between your kids and your dogs.

Most kids don’t have good manners when it comes to dogs, and dogs have a hard time respecting kids. Here are some things you can do to improve their relationship.

•Have your dog properly trained. It’s important that your dog has basic obedience, and that you already have a good relationship with your dog.

•Teach your kids boundaries and good etiquette when it comes to dogs. Teach them not to climb, tug on, or get in your dogs face.

•Help your kids to work with your dog. If they’re old enough let them help with training. Do basic food work and commands. This will help them build their relationship and trust for each other.

•Lastly, don’t let your dog get away with their bad habits with kids. If your dog tries to steal food from your kids, put them on the bed during meal/snack times. If your dog gets too energetic and knocks your kids over, make them lay down or stay in their crate until they’re calm.

Let us know if you have any other questions about dogs and kids. If we get enough interest we’ll make a video about it.

Vinny showing some proper etiquette for meeting kids at the park. Dogs like Vinny can be very intimidating. He is all mu...
08/14/2020

Vinny showing some proper etiquette for meeting kids at the park. Dogs like Vinny can be very intimidating. He is all muscle, has a huge head and he's a big boy. Having a high level of obedience is a must for proper socialization.

Pepper, Deisel and Zion on our outing the other day😍
08/12/2020

Pepper, Deisel and Zion on our outing the other day😍

Repost from •Socialization is one of the most important things we can teach our dogs. Yes I said "teach". Let me explain...
08/09/2020

Repost from

Socialization is one of the most important things we can teach our dogs. Yes I said "teach". Let me explain. Over the past 20 years "socialization" has changed in dog owners eyes. Back when I first started training dogs I took my dog to parades, farmer's markets, outdoor food restaurants etc. It was rare that I had people come and ask to pet my dog. Most of the time nobody really acknowledged her. Now, pretty much everywhere we take dogs someone tries to come and pet our dogs without asking. There are also many who do ask to pet our dogs.
To a lot of young dogs, this is a very scary experience. Naturally, we think - "My puppy is nervous of new people, I need to do more socialization". That is absolutely true. However, how you do that socialization is what will really determine how your puppy or dog develops. To us, socialization is exposing our dogs to as many different places, people, dogs, sounds etc and TEACHING our dogs to ignore those distractions and engage with us.
I have a small family. When I go out to dinner, I don't get there and go sit with every other guest at the restaurant, introduce myself, let them hold my kids or anything like that. I know there are people in the restaurant but I walk past them and head to my table. Once I am at my table I interact with my family or group I am with and then head home.
Why do we do lives with our dogs differently? I personally love spending time with my dogs. I take my dogs everywhere I can. But if everywhere I went they only want to go see every other person and every other dog they clearly don't want to be with me. When I go to the park I want my dog to look to me for their fun and entertainment. Which means I need to be exciting and engaging. Now go have fun with your dog!

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Another super informative video we produced with our friends over at Innovative K9 Academy! Crate training is an IMPERATIVE portion of raising and training a dog. Crates do not need to be a permanent tool for a dog, but we can not stress the importance of having a dog properly conditioned to a crate. Take a half hour of your time and watch our new video to learn the advantage to crate training.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EHuWlzKN0A&feature=youtu.be
This year Thee Tonya Johnsonand I invested heavily in to coaching and personal development
We also invested in a little blue heeler mix named Journey
If you are like me you love dogs more than most people
Journey is one of them dogs
She is a trip and so fun to have around
Since Tonya and I are so into personal development and being the best version of ourselves we figured why not do it for Journey too
Everyone can appreciate a good dog that walks through crowds, can be off leash, obeys command, and shares their love with all the world
So on Monday afternoon we will be dropping Journey off Innovative K9 Academy for 18 days to learn just that
It’s a real bummer that she will be gone for my first birthday with her
We will miss our first Christmas together
And we will ring in the new year without her
But to have an enjoyable well mannered dog is totally worth it and we will get her back on January 1st
The perfect way to start fresh in a new year with all the new tools in all of our belts to really get to work in 2021
2020 was the year of investing 2021 will be the year of massive growth for our business Sunrise Nutrition and Fitness and our other coaching programs
I have set hefty goals to 4x our company in the first 90 days of 2021 and as we finish this year out we have a few projects that we are buttoning up to roll out in 2021 and I’m excited
So if you or someone you know would like to make your health a priority let’s jump on a call and let’s make something happen
The nice thing about the new year is 2020 will finally be put to rest, unfortunately though if you do nothing to change in 2021 it’ll be the exact same story wrote over again
Grab a pen, hell grab a permanent marker, and let’s rewrite your healthy lifestyle plan together so you know 2021 will be a success
Message me if you would like to jump on a call and see how we can help you
I just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who helped Maelie with her training. This morning when I took her out on a walk, an off-leashed dog came out of nowhere and approached us (the owners were far away and they didn’t bother trying calling their dog back). Luckily, with the help of your training, Maelie showed no aggression and stayed calm next to me. I mentioned how dangerous it can be when an unknown dog approaches unexpectedly, but they shrugged me off and told me that “their tails were wagging so it’s ok.” I should’ve referred them to take their dog (and themselves) to your Academy so they could learn about dog behavior and get training.

Thank you once again for training her and making my life so easy!
Thank you Gina and all that worked with our Sophie. She is doing awesome and behaving as we always hoped. You guys are amazing.
We are excited to announce that Lisa and her dog Hero earned their Mondioring 2 title. We are extremely lucky to be able to work with some of the best dog training talent in the world. Big thanks to Fernando Dosta, David Broderick K9 Academy, Tommy Verschueren, Curtis Lee, Mile High Mondioring, and all those who have helped and supported us along the way.
I am singularly impressed with Innovative K9 Academy. I picked up my dog Ollie from their Dream Dog program Monday and Dream Dog is what I got back. Ollie was brought in. She looked and felt great! Good energy! Calm:)! We had a one on one session with Gina, one of their trainers, for a briefing and to answer all of my questions. We followed all of their directives and now we have a dream dog: under control, ALWAYS, calm, obedient AND with the type of good energy that is a joy to watch and work with. I couldn't be happier.
Lucius loves practicing his skills! Thanks Innovative K9 Academy
Thanks Innovative K9 Academy. For training Blue and finding him a loving home❤️
Hi All! We are in need of some locations to host pet CPR classes in UT. We will donate a complimentary registration to the host and can have a class pretty much anywhere, doggie daycares, training facilities, shelters, vet clinics, etc. We have a great fundraiser class program for rescues adn shelters too! Go to this link to sign up!! https://petemergencyeducation.com/host-a-class/
David, Sean and all of Innovative K9 Academy are to be commended for their love, care and training of our dogs, our very best friends. Thank you so much for accepting Blue. He is such a wonderful GSD and I feel you have probably saved his life. The kindness and the time you spent with Norma and I will never be forgotten. She called this morning and said she was finely able to sleep as she knew he was safe. Be sides being the best dog trainers you are also the very best people. Thank you
Zion is growing by a couple pounds a day right now! My friends at Innovative K9 Academy have done a phenomenal job in not only training him but also training us on how to handle a monstrous animal like this. I’m loving the Boerboel breed, he’s the perfect fit for our family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👶🏼🐶
Hi, I tried to get in touch through the website but with no response. I adopted a puppy that will need some training - about 3 weeks of training - in October.
Is there any email I can get in touch directly or someone I could speak to know more info?
Thank you- Susanna
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