About Purest Canines Dog Training LLC

Who runs it

Purest Canines is based in Amissville and runs a second, separately staffed location serving Fredericksburg, Stafford and Spotsylvania. Zach is the founder and owner; the site describes a psychology degree from the University of Mary Washington and a route into training that began with looking for a personal protection dog, and lists him as an AKC CGC Evaluator, a PSA handler and decoy, and a board and train specialist.

The Fredericksburg location is run by Kyana, the co-founder, alongside junior trainer Devin. Her published record is specific: a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with multiple AKC titles who "trained and handled her own personal service dog", and who with her rescue Belgian Malinois "became the first shelter-dog team in history to earn PSA 3, the sport's highest title." She is a current PSA apprentice judge. Devin's stated focus is bully breeds and high-drive rescues alongside everyday family-dog work.

Worth reading carefully if you are a family-dog client: both Fredericksburg trainers say explicitly that the bulk of their day-to-day is ordinary household work — calm leash manners, polite house behavior, puppy foundations, and the reactive or anxious rescues — not the protection sport that fills their competition record.

Programs

Six are named and described. Board & Trains are an immersive 24/7 stay at the Amissville facility, described as "a home environment, not a kennel", with weekly video and photo updates, a complimentary go-home lesson and a follow-up session. Private Lessons are customized one-hour facility sessions with homework after each one, and the site says an in-home option is available. Board & Train Hybrids combine a shortened immersive stay with trainer-led private sessions, pitched as the cost-effective middle path. Behavior Modifications cover aggression, reactivity, resource guarding, bite history, fear and anxiety, with longer stays required and pricing set per case. AKC CGC Preparation covers all three levels — CGC, CGCA and CGCU — with an evaluator on staff administering the test. Virtual Private Lessons run over video call for clients outside the area or as follow-up support.

How pricing works

There are no published prices, and the site says so openly rather than hiding it: programs are scoped on a free phone consultation, then a hands-on evaluation with the trainer, and behavior-modification pricing is personalized by case complexity. The site promises a "Written training plan so you know exactly what you're paying for", which is the thing to hold them to.

Practical details

The Amissville facility is at 4566 Holly Springs Rd. The site publishes drive times from Warrenton at about 25 minutes, Culpeper about 30, Manassas about 50, and Stafford and Northern Virginia at about an hour. The business publicizes a 2026 "Best of" award from BusinessRate — a recognition published on its own site, not an independently verified credential.