About Iron Paw K9

Iron Paw K9 is a family business run by Blake and Sarah Forrester out of Hall County. The split between them is set out plainly on their own About page: Blake's background is in training and handling law enforcement K9s, and Sarah worked as a veterinary technician, which is the part of the operation that covers care and safety while dogs are staying.

Training

Two things are offered. Obedience and behavior modification are sold as training in their own right, and there is a board-and-train program where the dog lives on site and trains daily with the trainers. The site is explicit that the board-and-train ends with owner handover, working with you before graduation so you know how to keep the progress going at home. They describe their approach as building relationships and confident dogs rather than working through fear or force.

Boarding

Structured boarding is sold separately from training, with daily exercise and a routine held steady through the stay. There are separate inquiry forms on the site for training and for boarding, which makes it easy to ask about one without the other. A free in-person evaluation is advertised.