About Teach Your K9

Teach Your K9 is Shirley Catalina's practice, and the site's own page titles carry the geography: "Shirley Catalina | Nashville and Columbia, TN | Teach Your K9". The header claims "35 Years of Experience in Animal Behavior" – a claim about her experience, not a credential, and the site names no certifying body.

How the work is framed

The framing is relationship rather than drill: "At Teach Your K9 we help you understand how to teach your dog and have fun at the same time." The business describes itself as "committed to providing quality dog-human relationship training to help you develop a well-behaved canine companion that fits your individual lifestyle."

What is offered

The services page lists the curriculum in short lines – foundation building, basic obedience, an obedience intensive, "K9 Management – preventing problems", "Introduction to Agility", "K9 Scent Work", "E-Collar training", house training and leash work. Board and train and group sessions are both listed as bookable and both marked "Contact for More Information", so pricing is a phone call rather than a published rate.

Workshops, and lessons at your house

Two things set this menu apart. In-home work is explicit: "We will be happy to specialize a program for you and your dog. Private lessons at your home are available." And the workshop program reaches well past pet obedience – the home page says "Workshop topics include bite work, protection work, grooming your dog, advanced agility, dog CPR and first aid, and many more!" Those are workshops offered to owners, not a protection-dog program.