About Topline K9 Solutions

Topline K9 Solutions works from Creedmoor Road in Raleigh and has been running since 2001. Its founder, Sylvie Pleasant, began volunteering at shelters in the Carolinas in 1990, and the site describes the moment the business was conceived: she "witnessed first-hand the owners giving up their dogs where education could have salvaged the relationships." The business states it has "helped over 8,000 dog owners and rescues."

A team, not a single trainer

The site names its instructors and what each of them runs. A training manager leads all group classes and oversees class quality, having come up through the business while earning a certification through Animal Behavior College and the business's own academy. Another instructor, active since close to the business's founding, teaches Home Manners, Public Manners and a How to Have a Well-Mannered Dog seminar, tests for the AKC Canine Good Citizen certification, and runs a Foster Education Program in which the business trains foster homes to be better handlers. A third came to the business as a client after adopting from the Wake County Animal Center.

Where it stands on equipment

Unusually, the business publishes a standalone page titled "Why We Don't Recommend Shock/Static Collar," which is worth reading before booking if equipment matters to you. Its published entry point is a free guide plus a recommendation toward the right trainer or class.