Fortunate K9 Dog and Owner Training

I’m super happy with the progress my dog Boca and I have experienced from training at fortunate K9. I started out on private lessons with Julia which was well taught and easy to follow. Now we’re doing the drop in group classes which are great! I highly recommend fortunate K9.

If anyone is looking for great dog and owner training, Fortunate K9 Dog & Owner Training is the best. Julia V. McDonough is very knowledgeable. She helped us with our older dog to prep her for the AKC Good Citizen certification. And now she is working with our puppy with obedience. I wouldn't trust our dogs with anyone else. :) not only is she a Doberman expert, she is an expert with all breeds too. The group classes are a great way to get your dogs used to being around other dogs in a safe and controlled environment.

tl;dr - Skip the rest and train with the experts at Fortunate K9. After working with four, count 'em, FOUR, dog trainers over three years and not having the results we expected with our adopted Malinois rescue dog, we met with trainer Julia for an evaluation and signed up for some one-on-one training classes. Wow! What a difference between the other trainers and FK9! We quickly learned that owner training was just as important as dog training. After several lessons (over several weeks, with constant/daily reinforcement of the ideas/strategies we learned), we were able to take our "German Shepherd on steroids" out for walks with less reactivity to perceived threats (e.g. squirrels, chipmunks, birds, and, of course, other dogs). Malinois Annie began obeying commands more consistently,

My husband and I have a bullmastiff (150lbs). He used to be impossible to walk on a leash and had a hard time controlling his excitement with people and would drag us away to say hi to others. Julia worked WONDERS with our dog and he walks absolutely amazing on a leash now and has fantastic recall too. He loved going to trainings and seeing Julia every week and he is so well behaved now that we have the right tools. Highly recommend Fortunate K9!

I got my first Doberman as an 18mo old rescue and needed a lot of help managing him. Everyone at FK9 was awesome and really helped me connect with and control my dog in just about any situation. I wish I could have brought them all to Arizona with me!!