About Extreme K-9

<h2>Professional dog training in Carbondale</h2><p>Extreme K-9 gives its main location as 1888 South Wolf Creek Road, Carbondale, Illinois 62902, with a satellite location at 2328 Peerless Mine Road, Springfield, IL 62702. Operating hours are listed as Monday to Thursday, 9am to 8pm. The site presents the business as a training operation first &mdash; "Dog Training with Real Results" &mdash; with boarding alongside it.</p><h3>What they work on</h3><p>The site splits the work in two. For a dog with no particular problem it describes classes aimed at deepening the relationship: hiking without a leash and knowing the dog will respond, playing hide-and-seek, and teaching tricks like roll over, high five and fetching things. For dogs with problems it lists a long and specific set &mdash; dog-to-dog aggression, dog-to-human aggression, food aggression and possessiveness, fearfulness, shyness, sound and touch sensitivity, fear biting, fear of men, women or children, housebreaking problems, separation anxiety, destructiveness, escapism, self-mutilation, and excessive barking, chewing, digging, jumping and car chasing. Named offerings on the site include Relationship 101 classes and, in a client testimonial, a Get Real Obedience class. Other sections cover a Dog Behavior Psychology lecture, service dog assessments and specialty training, classes, and boarding.</p><h3>Method</h3><p>The site calls the approach "Whole Dog" training: "our dog training is different &mdash; we get real lasting results by working with the 'Whole Dog.' We teach you to think the way your dog thinks, to understand what matters to them and to work with who your dog naturally is." It argues training does the opposite of making a dog robotic &mdash; "clear dog training helps your dog make sense of the world they live in" &mdash; and frames most trouble as a language gap, since owners unintentionally "call them repeatedly, cuddle them when they are scared, and expect them to know stuff they have no reasonable way of knowing." Tonal Inflections and the OODA Cycle are listed as topics the site covers.</p><h3>The team</h3><p>The About page names Behesha Doan as Owner/Training Director at Carbondale and Susan Poludniak at the Springfield location, with Andrea Hansen as Assistant Training Director and Moriah Payne as Senior Trainer alongside trainers Sonja Krueger and Adelaide Maciak. Client testimonials on the site refer to working with these trainers by name; one quotes a local vet saying "Extreme K-9 is like the gold standard." Note that parts of the About page are still unedited theme placeholder text, so the counters and mission statements there carry no information about this business.</p>