About Carolina Police K9, LLC

Carolina Police K-9 is a working-dog company operating since March 2000, with an office the site places next to the Burke County Sheriff's satellite office and training grounds described as ten acres of wooded and pastured property plus access to businesses, warehouses, schools and industrial parks. Its main business is training and supplying police and government dogs, but it also runs a civilian obedience program.

What a member of the public can book

The civilian route is published as its own section, Civilian/Public Obedience Dog Training, and the principal has set out the terms directly in reply to a public question: "We now offer civilian obedience classes and instruct the owner and dog in block sessions. Each block session is $75.00 and typically takes about 4-6 weeks to complete." That is owner-and-dog instruction rather than a drop-off program, and $75 for a four-to-six week block is at the accessible end of anything published in this metro.

The working side

The company sells police canines, publishes the dogs currently in training and the dogs already placed, and runs its own breeding program. It also carries K9 equipment and tactical gear. The team named on the site includes a principal with a law enforcement and US Marine Corps background, and handlers and trainers who have been with the company for years.

Setting expectations

This is a working-dog operation first, and the civilian classes sit alongside that rather than driving it. If your dog has a behavior problem rather than an obedience gap, ask whether that is in scope before booking – the published civilian offer is obedience instruction.