Top Tier K9 |K9 and People Training
Home of the Foundation Dog®
The Professional's Choice
(850) 909-2409 (Corporate Number)
The Foundation Dog®

Foundation Dogs® are ready for exposure to your existing scenarios that involve tracking, scent detection, protection/apprehension and advanced obedience. It takes only a few weeks to turn a Top Tier K9 Foundation Dog® into your LE K9, executive/family protection dog, military K9, special security dog, sports dog, emotional support dog, therapy dog, or service dog for people with disabilities.
4 phases of training over 20 weeks followed by finishing work conducted for you and with you depending on your specific needs/use of the dog.
These are professionally bred and trained Foundation Dogs® requiring you to complete handler/trainer programs to fully comprehend how to manage these best of breed working dogs. You can also learn to train Foundation Dogs® through our school.
Call (850) 321-3253 for pricing options. We do not sell untrained puppies. All of our puppies are put through the 3 phase Foundation Dog® training program and are then ready to be finished (Phase 4) for your specific needs

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Process
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Schedule a free on-line consultation with a Top Tier K9 professional: Call (850) 909-2409 or use the contact form
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Define Scope: Determine what you need your K9 companion to accomplish.
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Select Dog: Choose a Foundation Dog® or a finished dog. We can finish a Foundation Dog® to your specific requirements or you can do the training yourself.
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A Foundation Dog® is in phase 3 of the imprinting and forecasting program shown to the left. Imprinted and trained using over 50 elements that roll up into 4 functions: Obedience, Tracking, Scent work and Protection.
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Finished dogs have entered phase 4 and are ready for scenario training.
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