Top Tier K9 Dog Trainer School

Top Tier K9® Academy for Dog Trainers

The Top Tier K9® Academy for Dog Trainers is designed using Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (for dogs and trainers) advanced Internet technologies, the industry's first Virtual Reality Dog Trainer system, and Augmented Artificial Intelligence (AAI), to take you step by step from knowledge, comprehension, application, and analysis levels of learning allowing the future dog trainer to go as far as they desire with the ability to "jump off" at strategic points to maximize potential and minimize investment in time, energy and money. It is all about Adaptive Reliability™

We have the only programs that provide our students with business, project management, sales and marketing support to help them start and manage their own dog training businesses. Our franchise system puts our students on the map and our dog trainer program includes actual project management and business training as part of the curriculum.

Our Internet based programs are "Live On-Line" and our campus programs are "On-Campus". We don't send you to video libraries and expect you to figure out the right way to learn. We meet you in our classrooms and we teach you, the old fashioned way through verified and validated levels of learning. All of our programs have our certified instructors face to face with our students in every learning platform, live on-line and on-campus. We have personally trained more than 1,000 dogs and in 2026 will hit the 400 certified dog trainer mark. Our system is proven.

It all starts with the online Pet Trainer Class where you learn to train dogs for other people. Dog trainer techniques must be transferable to the owner and the dog is not trained until the owners are trained as well. We teach you to do this successfully using our proven techniques and methods of dog and human training. Certified master dog trainers and certified (and award winning) teachers.

You can then move into the Foundation Dog® trainer program. The Foundation Dog Trainer program is where you learn to take a working line puppy and train it in tracking, scent detection, protection/apprehension, and off leash/advanced obedience. Once certified as a Foundation Dog® trainer you will have one of the best demonstration dogs anywhere to promote your skills and your dog training business and you have the option to enter any or all of our masters programs to learn how to finish a Foundation Dog® as a Special Security Dog, Service Dog for people with disabilities, executive/family protection dog, or a sports dog.