Does your dog pull on the leash? Do they get excited when guests stop by? Do they bolt out of the door?
At ATX K9 Dog Training in Austin, TX, we know what it’s like to have a busy family, career, and a dog that’s a full-time job! Using a holistic approach to canine obedience training, we strive to assist owners and their dogs with obedience and behavioral issues.
Our Austin trainers focus on the whole health of your dog, both physical and mental. Positive methods balanced with structure and love allow us to help your dog grow as a member of your family.
At ATX K9, we take obedience training seriously! Our dog training private lesson packages are set up to create success with your pup, no matter the location.
We offer 1-4 weeks of boarding and training at our facility and in the trainer’s home. Your dog will hang out in our home, as our own dogs do, and will be treated with care and love.
Our goal is to make dog training throughout the Austin area as simple, effective, and accessible to our clients as possible. To achieve that, we offer private lessons on location and in the client’s home, and boarding and training at our beautiful facility where our trainers live on-site and offer a real-life home environment to hang out and train in. We work with all breeds and tailor our training to YOUR needs.
At ATX K9, we’ve ranked our most frequently asked questions and posted them with sound advice, tips, and tricks.
You’ll find information about our operations and policies which we believe is the best source for answering inquiries that you may have about our services. Years of work and training have gone into our methods, and our FAQs reflect that experience. Of course, if you have questions that you can’t find the answers to on our FAQ page, we’ll be glad to respond to questions and comments left on the form at our contact page. Please feel free to call us as well. We want to make sure that you have the most relevant and accurate information possible when it comes to caring for your dog.
We ask that all boarding/board and train dogs bring their own food. This ensures that your dog’s stomach does not get upset upon arriving in our home or when returning to yours.
You are welcome to send bedding and chew toys for your dog’s crate, but we do not guarantee that they will return in the same condition as which they are sent. Please do not send any stuffed toys.
We kindly ask that you not send any sentimental items with your dog.
We work with all breeds and ages. We do not discriminate based on breed and enjoy working with all breeds.
For puppies under 16 weeks (before rabies shot), we offer an in-home puppy lesson.
Puppies/dogs over 16 weeks (after rabies shot) are eligible to participate in any of our programs.
Our methods depend on the individual dog. The short answer to this is that we strive to make training extremely fun for the dog while still training dogs to be reliable and obedient. We teach our dogs to do their commands in any environment. The dogs trained by ATX K9 are treated with the upmost care and attention, and are happy, healthy dogs at the end of training.
We are “balanced trainers”, meaning that we believe that dogs must certainly hear that they are doing things correctly (and often!), but they must also be made aware when they are acting inappropriately.
ATX K9 uses multiple tools in training including treats, clickers, martingale collars, prong collars, and/or remote collars. We are not limited to one tool, we find the tool that best fits your dog and your lifestyle.
We work with young puppies who are just starting on their life journeys and dogs that are highly aggressive and who have bit multiple people. Because of this, our results will vary based on the needs and temperament of the dog.
During private lessons much of the dog’s progress is dependent on the owner. We guarantee that we will give you the skills to train your dog as outlined in the chosen package.
With a board and train the dog’s progress is dependent on the trainers at ATX K9. We guarantee that your dog will display knowledge of his commands as outlined in the chosen package upon returning home to you. After your dog returns home, you will be responsible for following through with training (we teach you how) and contacting us with any questions.
Above all, our goal is client satisfaction and care of the dogs that we work with. We will always assist a client who is putting in the necessary work with their dog.
This is entirely up to you! There’s really no *wrong* choice.
Choosing to do a private lesson package is similar to choosing to do personal fitness training. We show you what exercises to do, but you’re responsible for doing the exercises daily. If you don’t follow through on your ‘homework’, you won’t see progress. While private lessons are an amazing way to build a deeper bond with your dog, we always encourage clients to be honest with themselves about their available time and level of commitment.
Board and trains take the teaching out of the equation. We teach the dogs their new skills, and you simply reinforce their skills at home. Board and train is a quick, immersion style of training, and clients see results much faster than with private lessons. However, board and trains are more expensive, and some clients find it difficult to be away from their dogs for 1-4 weeks.
Yes! We will never keep someone away from their pup. You are allowed to schedule a visit during their stay!
We encourage clients to think about their dog’s temperament/personality when considering visiting. Sometimes, dogs that are more timid or anxious can struggle after a visit with their owner. It can be confusing for your dog to see you come for a bit and then leave again.
If you’d like the opportunity to visit, please don’t hesitate to discuss with us so we can make the best plan for you and your pup.
Our property consists of 2.5 acres and two beautiful buildings – our personal home, and a custom built, climate controlled boarding/training building. Duing the day, your dog will be in our personal home learning through immersion with our two human kiddos, outdoors on the property (ALWAYS supervised), and in our heated/cooled indoor training space. The dogs in our care sleep in properly fitted, top of the line crates.
We take safety VERY seriously. Not only do we live on site, but our building is monitored 24/7 for fire, flood, burglary, power loss, and temperature changes (we are notified immediately if the building temperature drops below 60* or rises above 78*). Our building is also on a backup generator that switches on in the case of power loss.
We currently only offer boarding to clients who have completed a training program with us.
For those clients, we offer two options – standard boarding, or board and review.
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