About Lucez K9 Services

Police K9 experience in Land O' Lakes

Lucez K9 Services is a dog training business in Land O' Lakes founded by head trainer Joe Bologna, who writes that he has served as a police K9 handler and trainer for over 15 years. Friends and neighbors asking for help with their pets led him to bring the structured training he used with working dogs to everyday pets. The business cites 100+ dogs trained, any breed including rescues, and helps with reactivity, leash pulling and recall.

Method

Lucez describes a balanced approach that adapts techniques to each dog's personality, energy and learning style. Its process starts by building trust through engagement, play and positive reinforcement, teaches basics such as sit, stay and come with positive reinforcement, adds gentle corrections once commands are understood, and then practices in varied environments with growing distractions.

Programs

Day trains have the owner drop the dog off for a day, review the lesson at pickup and practice through the week. Basic obedience covers on-leash sit, down, place, come and heel. Board and train options range from a two week starter program to a full system, with length set by the dog's learning ability.

What owners say

Client Scott Mallard wrote that in six weeks Joe built a strong relationship between him and his dog Rudy, and was straightforward that he was training the owner.

What to ask

Ask about program prices and where training takes place.