Ohio State K-9 College

Joey has a passion for working with dogs, and it really shines through in his work! He did an excellent job training our German Shepherd puppy, Maddy. She was the first large dog I ever owned and Joey taught me so much about how to handle her and make her follow commands. As it turns out, I needed as much training as Maddy did! With Joey's training techniques, we have developed an impressive bond with our new dog. He is also the only person I would allow to board Maddy when we travel, because he reinforces all of the training we have done with him. This way she doesn't get 'spoiled' by the wrong handler while we are away. I would recommend him to anyone seeking an experienced, qualified dog trainer, especially for large breeds. Thank you OSK9!

I recommend all people who own dogs (if you want the best training) for you and your dog, then go tothe Ohio State K-9 College. Joey Byas is an expert at teaching people how to work with their dogs, and offers very reasonable rates. b He loves what he doeS, and is a solution the best at doig so. He loves dogs of all types, (and excellent patient with them) and teaches the most humane training. If you want a dog trainer that will take care of you and your dog, he's your man. The Ohio State K-9 College is where you and your dog will be treated with respect, and much kindness, and will learn Supreme skills. You will graduate feeling like a professionals yourself. I'm so thankful for Joey Byas and his College he is absolutely #1 in his industry. Read his reviews and you will agree...

Joey Byas at The Ohio State K-9 College is the most personable trainer I have ever had the pleasure to know. Unlike other "trainers" he never hung up on me even during our couple hour long phone calls. He was up front and honest about his master trainer experience and the entire industry. Like I said, Joey has spent more time on the phone with me providing me with the education I needed about what it takes to train a dog and their owner the proper way. I cannot wait to work with him and I am so honored to call him my Master Trainer! He has given me the knowledge about these other training schools (on the phone and on his website as well), including helping me to understand the research I needed to guide me on what to ask these other schools. When I called these other schools, I was hung up on by one by simply asking if they offered 100% voice control training (which Joey does!!!). In fact, they told me I was wrong and that their shock and spike collar training were the only way to train any dog at their schools especially, my aggressive, alpha Shiba Inu. Master Trainer Joey Byas was right about EVERYTHING HE TOLD ME and what was on his website about all these schools. Basically, I found out they were only concerned about the $$$$, but NOT about the dogs owner or their dog. Joey truly knows that our dog is part of the family and wants to do EVERYTHING he can to change the training industry by giving his students the whole truth! Joey really cares about the dog and their owner by getting to know the owner well before they can become his student. I couldn't' imagine even trying to train my dog without his 42+ years of experience, AND I'm so elated that Joey took the time to share his knowledge I needed, to enable me to become the best owner I can be for my doggie!!

I called Joey about 10 or so years ago when I purchased our 1st doberman puppy. I realized I would need training for her and myself when I could not walk her without her dragging me the whole time. Joey taught me and I taught my puppy. She was perfectly mannered almost immediately after our 1st session and by the end anyone who came in contact with her could not believe how well she was trained. Whisper and hand signals from YARDS away. We lost our puppy 2 years ago to cancer and we never thought we would ever get another one bc we loved her so much. Fast forward to Jan 2021 and we gave in and got another female Dob. We started training with Joey when Storm was 7 weeks old and here she is almost 4 months old and she is the smartest puppy on the block. Joey retrained me and he has also this time trained my husband and our children to work Storm as well. She does many commands and most importantly will sit and stay with a whisper or hand signal. We are currently trying to perfect come and heel and its a learning process for us all. BUT I can say I could not have done it not once but twice without Ohio State K9 and Joey. With a breed like a doberman I have to be in control and he is the only one who teaches TOTAL CONTROL and all without shock collars or chokers or anything but a 6 ft leash and my own voice. I would never take my puppies to anyone else.

Joey is an excellent trainer and I wouldn’t take my dog anywhere else. I was looking for humane training for our new puppy. We used other trainers and training methods for previous dogs, but a few things about it always bothered me: (1) When you drop off a puppy for two weeks with a trainer, the pup learns to obey the trainer, not the owner, and the puppy is trained, not the owner – and they typically use choke, spike or shock collars. (2) Group obedience training – with a required choke – proved to be chaos. Training a puppy first without distractions and then introducing distractions once they learn what they are/are not supposed to do makes more sense. (4) Electric fence / shock collar – our previous dog decided running through the fence and taking the shock was worth it in order to go visit the pretty little red-headed girl doggie next door, so we were always chasing him and he ended up having permanent hair loss at the point on his neck where the electric leads zapped him. (5) Training on leash works great… on leash. If a dog fears you, they certainly won't trust you and obey off leash. So…I did better research for our new pup and found ONE trainer (Joey Byas at Ohio State K9) who claimed to use NO choke, NO spike and NO shock. I read the online reviews and testimonials and quite frankly, it seemed too good to be true at first. Joey’s website is not fancy by any means – but I needed a trainer, not a website designer. The testimonials and information on Joey’s website described exactly the method of training I was looking for: A Master Trainer with over 42 years of experience who teaches the HUMAN how to train their dog using voice, whisper and hand commands – on and off leash. I recommend you read ALL of Joey's website before contacting him to discuss taking YOU on as a client (not your dog). One huge takeaways is that Joey trains YOU one-on-one how to train your dog, without choke, spike, or shock. When you train your own dog with the help of a Master Trainer, your dog learns to listen to YOU, not just the trainer. When you train your own dog, it also strengthens the trust/respect bond between owner and dog. If your dog does not trust you, they certainly won’t listen to or obey you. They might obey out of fear, but try getting a fearful dog to listen to you off collar – they will run from or possibly bite what they fear. Trust is key to having a happy, well-behaved, healthy dog. Joey is very busy all day with clients so I appreciate him taking time to discuss his methods. The initial conversation was just as much Joey interviewing me as a potential client as it was me interviewing Joey as a potential trainer. If you qualify as a potential client, Joey will do an in-person evaluation of you and your dog and only then will you know whether or not Joey will take you on as a client and how much training will cost. So, read everything and be willing to learn how to train your own dog by listening and then putting into practice what Joey teaches you, including homework. I cannot recommend highly enough the “Total Control Course”, which gives you as the title infers, total control of your dog... without choke, spike or shock. Joey is teaching me to use voice commands, hand commands and whisper commands for correcting too many undesirable behaviors and performing commands to list - over 100 - through this Total Control Course! If you are a really good student, Joey will also teach you (for free) additional things above and beyond what the course lists. For example, Joey is explaining to me how I can turn around and train my husband how to handle and train our dog as well. Joey also spends a good deal of time writing up a synopsis of each training class with “homework” for the week, and sends the document by email so you can begin right away. I can’t stress how much that is appreciated… because I might otherwise forget one of the tweaks between sessions. We just finished our 10th class, and our dog is always very happy to see Joey. That's a great feeling.