About Wild Paw K9 Solutions

About Wild Paw K9 Solutions

Wild Paw K9 Solutions is a Fairmont-based training business serving Marion, Monongalia, Harrison and surrounding counties. It offers in-home training, board and train, on-site private sessions and group classes, and describes itself as fully licensed and insured with over ten years of professional experience behind it.

How programs are structured

In-home work is the core. An initial consultation sets the goals, then the trainer builds a plan around them. The Kickstarter program is published from $395 for three sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, aimed at one or two specific concerns such as loose leash walking, basic commands or manners in public. The Adult Full Program starts at $685 for five or more sessions, is described as goal-based rather than session-capped — extra sessions at no additional cost if the trainer judges more work is needed — and is the program recommended for reactivity, separation anxiety and aggression. It includes a lifetime guarantee and a full year of drop-in classes. A Puppy Foundations program starts at $625 for six sessions spread across a puppy's first six months, covering potty and crate training, socialization, leash skills and manners.

Board and train and group classes

Board and train places the dog in the trainer's own home rather than a kennel, with daily sessions focused on obedience, manners and boundaries. Group classes run roughly six weeks with weekly sessions, indoors or outdoors depending on weather, and are aimed at puppies and adult dogs that can work around other dogs.

Who runs it

Trainer Alex Wheeler began training professionally in 2014 at a chain pet store, became head trainer there, later trained with a Pittsburgh company where the work extended into severe behavioral cases, and moved to Fairmont in 2023. The published credentials are membership of the International Association of Canine Professionals, AKC certified evaluator, a completed masterclass course in aggression, and certification as a Humane Officer through the National Animal Control Association; the site also notes former work as a handler for a goose-control operation and continuing partnership with local shelters and animal control on evaluations and training help. Personal dogs hold titles in obedience, trick dog, dock diving, shed hunt and barn hunt, and work as demo dogs for clients.