About Command K9 Behavior

Service dog training in De Leon Springs

Command K9 Behavior is a veteran- and woman-owned service dog and obedience training business at 1830 Bonanza Dr in De Leon Springs, serving Volusia County and clients from farther away. It was founded by owner and head trainer Alexandra Nass, who served four years in the U.S. Army as a Military Working Dog Handler, training explosive detection, narcotics detection and patrol dogs and taking part in 13 Secret Service missions. She received the Top Dog Award at the USAF Military Working Dog Handler Course at Lackland Air Force Base.

Credentials

Alexandra lists a Master Dog Educator/Trainer diploma from Jo-Thor's, a Police K-9 Decoy Certification and PetTech Pet CPR and First Aid. She credits herself with nearly 12 years training dogs and nearly 9 years owning Command K9. Her own experience relying on a service dog through PTSD shapes the business.

Programs

Fully Trained Service Dogs (from $20,000) are purpose-bred Labradors raised and trained for about a year for PTSD, mobility and medical alert work, then matched to a handler. Client-Owned Service Dogs (from $10,000) is a board and train that turns a qualified dog into a working service dog with custom tasks. Obedience Training (from $1,800) is a board-and-train program from basic through off-leash and public access. Each program begins with an evaluation and ends with a Handler Transfer Program and lifetime support.

What clients say

One handler wrote, "I cannot believe how well my dog is trained."