Ohio State K-9 College

I recently adopted a male 3 year old Shepherd mix from Humane Society of Delaware County. for companionship and protection. After a few weeks, I realized that Kane was aggressive and afraid of strangers and I needed professional help to train him. I started looking for a trainer on Google and found a trainer called "The K-9 Guy." I read one of his reviews that said he graduated from the National Canine School for Dog Trainers in Reynoldsburg, OH which lead me to believe he an expert trainer. His website said he would evaluate me and my dog and then would begin to customize the obedience training. He verbally promised me, he would "obedience train Kane on and off leash" which was never accomplished. He never handled my dog or do any type of evaluation on me or of my dog as his website said he would do. "The K-9 Guy" method was to have the dog owner use a spike collar on the dog's neck to train them. This method of training made Kane more afraid of strangers both on and off leash. Afterwards I talked to many people, a trusted friend referred me to the Ohio State K-9 College. Joey has been very good to work with, he is very thorough and patient with me, which I appreciate and the results are amazing. Kane has been going to Ohio State K-9 College for 6 classes and Kane's behavior has drastically improved. I purchased the total control course and using it Kane continues to progress ever week. I am confident that Joey is the best trainer for me and my dog. I am so glad I found him and the humane method of training he uses. While at one of my classes, I met another one of Joey's students who has a VERY aggressive dog, Rocco. The owner told me that he had bitten him on several occasions. Over time, Joey has been able to work with Rocco and the dog is under complete control by use of Joey's total control course. Rocco's owner can take his dog to Home Depot/Lowe's etc. wearing a muzzle for safety without any behavior issues. It's impressive. Joey and Ohio State K-9 College have been wonderful to work with. During each of my classes I have not used any of the following: choke collars, spike collars, shock collars or treats. Because of my experience and the results I can't recommend any other trainer. Nancy B.

My husband, David, trained a German Shepherd when he was in 7th grade; however, I have had very limited dog training experience. We bought a couple of German Shepherds, Black Beauty and Black Beau, and I did an online search for dog trainers. We chose to work with a local trainer in obedience and dog behavior. David wanted train Black Beau in personal protection. Since our local trainer didn’t offer this service, David searched online for protection work trainers and found Ohio State K-9 College. After reading this website, David invited me to look it over. I was surprised with what I read, because I am the researcher in the family and wondered why I hadn’t found this school earlier. David was thoroughly assessed by Joey Byas, Master trainer of over 40 years, during the initial dog evaluation. Since I had also been working with Black Beau, Joey also assessed me to determined who would be a better handler for him. In the end, Joey thought that Black Beau would work best David. He stated that dogs need to have first time obedience to all commands even with distractions before starting protection training. He was confident that this could be achieve. He took time to answer all my questions and David decided to enroll Black Beau in his Total Control course. I have appreciated this training method from the initial evaluation and subsequent training classes, Joey has you handle your own dog in a methodical way. His instructions are all one-on-one, having you work with your dog the entire time as he gives step-by-step directions on how to handle your dog. What I find amazing is that my husband can also give me this step-by-step direction at home with the details of what each command specifically entails. Because consistency among handlers in a household is extremely important, Joey assess how well David is training me, gives him suggestions for improvement and continues to keep him accountable. Joey also takes time to email what was taught during each class as a written reminder of how to do each technique. Each class period is tailored to the need of both the owner and dog. He mentions that he is teaching you how to be a dog handler and your dog how to be obedient and increasing the bond between the owner and dog. We’ve had to also do some Skype instruction due to the pandemic, and I was so surprised that we can have such consistent results just like when we were physically in class. That is amazing. My confidence in handling our German Shepherds increases daily as I apply each lesson to both of our dogs. I am happy seeing our dogs having energy and joy in their eyes when it’s time to do their obedience training. They think it is fun. I notice much more respect by our dogs to me. If want to work with an excellent Master Trainer, I highly recommend Joey Byas.

Would highly recommend joey. He will include any behavior training also. He trained my service dog for me and she was very scared of lawnmowers. He brought the mower out and showed me what I needed to do. Once you go through his total control class you have the knowledge to train other dogs also. Definitely worth every penny. His knowledge on reading the dog and little tricks to help the dog is priceless. I checked out every other central Ohio school out to train my dog and all of them either use treat, choke, spike or shock collar which I did not want to train that way. He even gave me a free lesson on my other dog that is scared of new people and just one lesson he was like a different dog. He will give you emailed homework every week on things you need to practice with your dog word for word incase you forget something during the lesson. He also trains free walking, heel on both sides and off leash. He can literally train any kind of dog or any behavioral issue you are having. My dog is now trained with hand signals, whisper commands and foot commands which is very helpful in public.

My dutch shepherd is a very high energy dog that needed some serious training before things could get worse. My dutch was not a terrible dog at 12 weeks old but she was already starting to develop some bad habits and tendencies. My fiancé and I began looking into dog trainers in the Columbus area. We looked into quite a few places but Joe at Ohio State K-9 College really stood out to us. With how he trains without treats, shock collars, spikes or choker chains, we could not find another trainer that can get results without use of those things. Once talking to Joe and going through his website, we were sold. We started taking Luna at 12 weeks old and we have been seeing Joe for about 2 months now. It has made all the difference in Luna's behavior! When we first met Joe, Luna tried to charge him barking like crazy. Now, her and Joe are best friends. When taking her to training she gets so excited to get out of the car to see Joe and begin training. Joe incorporates a lot of FUN into his trainings. Luna thinks half the time we are playing and not training. It makes training much easier when the dog wants to do it. Luna is really coming along and we credit that to Joe. Another great aspect of Joe's training is that he is mostly training you as the dog owner/student. He trains you how to do what he does and explains why we are doing it this way. It takes Joe minutes to get Luna to do what he wants. He spends most of the class training us on how to train her so she listens to us as well. I could not be happier with Joe and Ohio State K-9 College! Highly recommend buying into Joe's training style, it works!