K9Kapers Dog Training

Certified★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 31 reviews

671 W Honeysuckle Ln, Shelton, Washington 98584

Positive reinforcementAggression & Bite PreventionBasic Obedience & MannersTherapy Dog & CGC Prep

671 W Honeysuckle Ln, Shelton, Washington 98584

Overview

FormatFacility

Training methodPositive reinforcement

Experience32+ years

Led byKaren Cannard

About K9Kapers Dog Training

What they offer

K9Kapers Dog Training is a positive dog training school in Shelton that helps owners train or retrain their dogs into a comfortable working relationship. It has operated since 1994, and its trainer, Karen Cannard, has taught professional classes since 1992.

Classes

Classes cover obedience, agility, rally, conformation, nose work, and fetch and fun, and private training is also available. Discounts are offered to returning clients, multiple-dog owners, seniors and first responders.

Credentials

Karen is a certified professional dog trainer, a mentor trainer for a dog trainer school, a chief tester for the American Temperament Test Society, an AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator and a behavior consultant for aggression and other problems, and she still competes in several dog sports. The site also hosts articles on puppy biting, house training, food bowl guarding, barking and separation anxiety.

What they can help with

Obedience classes ↗

Sit, stay, recall and reliable commands, from beginner to advanced.

Agility

Agility training: handling, obstacles and confidence-building.

Rally

AKC Rally, a fun, team-oriented obedience sport.

Conformation

Conformation (show-ring) handling and presentation.

Nose work

Private training

One-on-one sessions tailored to your dog's specific goals.

Canine Good Citizen

Temperament testing

Aggression consulting ↗

Help for dogs that bite, lunge or react out of fear or aggression.

Certifications & verification

GetDogSchool checks each credential against the official public registry. We mark Certified only what we could independently confirm. How we verify →

CPDT-KA

Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CCPDT): the leading independent certification, 300+ logged hours plus a proctored exam. Confirmed in the CCPDT public registry.

Certified · CCPDT view entry ↗

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AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator

AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator; tests dogs for the AKC benchmark good-manners program. Listed by the trainer — not independently verified. check the registry ↗

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ATTS chief tester

Listed by the trainer — not independently verified.

AKC CGC Evaluator

AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator; tests dogs for the AKC benchmark good-manners program. Confirmed in the AKC public registry.

Certified · AKC view entry ↗

Reviews

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 31 reviews · Google

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K9Kapers Dog Training — 4.2★ (31 reviews), Shelton Dog Trainer