K9 Learning Academy, LLC

You will find no trainer who spends more personal training time with you; she always takes the time to explain the how and why of her method. Dr. Nally, help us define the behaviors we want from Ziggy, our Jack Russell terrier. But if I had one thing to tell anyone looking for a great trainer, here she is. But always remember, just like she told me! We, the humans, are being trained as well, and after we go home, everyone involved must be committed and consistent with all of our commands. That is why my family gives her five stars. She changed our lives because before she worked with us, we thought that we might have to unfortunately get rid of Ziggy, but now that he is back home and we understand his signals and know how to better communicate with him he follows his commands what a good boy.

We adopted a dog from a shelter in February 2025 and quickly realized he was demonstrating anxiety and fear. We originally hired a trainer to help us acclimate our pet, but discovered he was not the “trainer” he proclaimed to be. We did try a few of his methods, but we still did not feel our dog was adjusting. After some extensive research, we found Matt at K9 Learning Academy LLC. We reached out to him and made an appointment to meet him, and for him to meet our dog. After some discussion we all felt he would benefit from the Board and Train so Matt could have one on one with him. It was a difficult decision to make as our “fur baby” would be away from us for several weeks, but we wanted to help him any way we could. When he finally came home, it took a few days for him to adjust to our routine again, but he adjusted well. Matt made us aware his anxiety was from fear. Matt is very knowledgeable of behavior as well as nutrition and has an extensive “tool box” of staff as well as connections with other professionals he has reached out to. If he is not quite sure of a behavior, diet or medication he reaches out for advice. We had questions about several issues, and he always gets back to us with answers. We have also made some changes to his diet and it seems to be helping. Matt continues to train at home with us once a week and will continue to do so until our dog has overcome his fears. We highly recommend Matt and his staff at K9 Learning Academy. We can’t thank the entire staff enough for assisting in his training as well as the compassion they provided our dog while there!

Our Diesel was almost 1 year old when he went to be trained with Matt. He is 165 lbs. We had not been able to walk him in over a month! He pulled so much when my husband was walking him, my husband was having terrible back pain. Diesel was with Matt for 3 weeks. Diesel is now able to be walked with no issues! Everyone is amazed at how much calmer and obedient he is now! Matt is wonderful! We are very satisfied with the training Diesel recieved! Worth every dollar!