OUR SERVICES
Heritage K9 offers programs for all types of dogs, owners and handlers. We offer a variety of services that include and are not limited too:
Service Dog Training
Detection Dog Training
Disaster Search Dog Training
Nosework
Behavioral Rehabilitation
Basic Obedience
Advanced Obedience
Boarding
Workshops
Private Training Sessions
Whether you have a high drive dog who needs an outlet, a new puppy you are planning on training as a service dog or other working dog or a rescue who has anxiety or could use a refresher on some manners, reactivity and obedience, Heritage K9 can help get you and your dog to the next level.
Board & Train Obedience and Manners
We offer basic obedience and manners in our home setting, with a clear mark and reward system.
This can be food, toy and enthusiast praise rewards (or a combination). As training gets more advanced, the rewards happen less often. But make no mistake, in order for your dog to put you and your wishes above all other distractions- you will need to maintain the motivation!
* No aggression or separation anxiety in this program
This 3-4 week package includes:
Clear Marker / Reward System
Impulse Control
Basic Obedience: Sit, Down, Stay, Recall, Home and Door Manners
Socialization
On Leash Training
Enrichment
Physical Conditioning
Place Training
Crate Training
Brain Games
Some Trouble Shooting (Counter surfing, Demand Barking, Pulling etc.)
Field Trips
Go Home Grooming Session
One or Two Private Training Sessions (depending on # of weeks)
Once A Week Phone Call, Shared Picture Album with pictures and videos uploaded of your pup!
Boarding
If we have worked with you and your dog, we are happy to offer boarding services to you - if we have room!
We can refresh your dog’s training, add a bit of odor work, agility, direction and control training or simply let them relax and play while enjoying house time with us!
We also offer grooming services like, Bath and Blow Dry, Ear Cleaning, and Nail Trims.
We promise to keep your family pup, sport, search, detection, or high energy dog safe, entertained and happy until you return!
What’s Included In This Package:• Training Refresh• Physical Conditioning•Brain Games•Enrichment•House Time•Love
Service Dog Bronze Package
Heritage K9 offers a variety of Service Dog Packages that are customizable for your needs! Our service dogs are trained to the highest standards with health and the well being of your pup being first. All of our service dogs produced from our program are able to work in any environment (schools, restaurants, stores, hospitals, planes, trains…anywhere!), have reliable obedience and quality tasking training to set both the handler and dog up for long term success.
Heritage K9 Offers a variety of service dogs including:
PTSD Service Dogs
Medical Alert Service Dogs
Other Psychiatric Alert Service Dogs
Allergy Alert Service Dogs (Peanuts, Shellfish, Gluten, other allergens just please mention your specific needs in your consult, thank you!)
*** Please Note: After we have had a consultation and either evaluated your dog (and they passed) or found a prospect for you we can begin training! ***
Service Dog Training Bronze Package, This Package Includes:
Basic Obedience
Exposure (All sorts of people, objects, surfaces, animals, new places etc.)
Socialization
A Clear Marker-Reward System
Impulse Control
Basic Obedience
Physical Conditioning
Brain Games
Enrichment
Impulse Control
Target Training
Grooming Training (Nails, Ears, Brushing, Bathing)
2 - 4 Imprinted Tasks
2-3 outings a week (to pet friendly places and to the non pet friendly businesses we have a relationship with!)
Handouts and reading materials that will help you with your service dog to set you up for success!
Two Private Lessons
Weekly Phone Call Update & A shared photo album with pictures & videos updated often
Trainer access by text, email, calls and/or video reviews
Service Dog Silver Package
Heritage K9 offers a variety of Service Dog Packages that are customizable for your needs! Our service dogs are trained to the highest standards with health and the well being of your pup being first. All of our service dogs produced from our program are able to work in any environment (schools, restaurants, stores, hospitals, planes, trains…anywhere!), have reliable obedience and quality tasking training to set both the handler and dog up for long term success.
Heritage K9 Offers a variety of service dogs including:
PTSD Service Dogs
Medical Alert Service Dogs
Other Psychiatric Alert Service Dogs
Allergy Alert Service Dogs (Peanuts, Shellfish, Gluten, almost allergens just please mention your allergens in your consult, thank you!)
***Please Note: After we have either tested & accepted your dog into our program or found you a prospect we can begin training! ***
Service Dog Training Silver Package:
Advanced Obedience
A Clear Marker System
Impulse Control
Exposure (All sorts of people, objects, surfaces, animals, new places etc.)
Socialization
Physical Conditioning
Brain Games
Enrichment
Grooming Training (Nails, Ears, Brushing Bathing)
Three Reliable Tasks
2 - 4 field trips a week (pet friendly/ the non pet friendly business we have a relationship with)
Handouts and reading materials that will help you with your service dog to set you guys up for success!
Two Private Lessons
Weekly Phone Call Update & A shared photo album with pictures & videos updated often
Service Dog Gold Package
Heritage K9 offers a variety of Service Dog Packages that are customizable for your needs! Our service dogs are trained to the highest standards with health and the well being of your pup being first. All of our service dogs produced from our program are able to work in any environment (schools, restaurants, stores, hospitals, planes, trains…anywhere!), have reliable obedience and quality tasking training to set both the handler and dog up for long term success.
Heritage K9 Offers a variety of service dogs including:
PTSD Service Dogs
Medical Alert Service Dogs
Other Psychiatric Alert Service Dogs
Allergy Alert Service Dogs (Peanuts, Shellfish, Gluten, almost allergens just please mention your allergens in your consult, thank you!)
Some Scent Detection (please mention this in your consult! Thank you!)
This is our most expensive and the longest package we have here. A fully trained service dog that has full public access rights takes a long time and can be costly but you will have a reliable service dog. Our past graduates of this program have grown into wonderful service dogs capable of flying across the world, going to school or work with their handler to assist you in your day to day life, going into hospitals and nearly any situation imaginable. We give our handlers & past graduates life time support and troubleshooting behavior issues so each team can continue to thrive long after we have worked with them. Our own assistant trainer JJ is on her third service dog partner for multiple disabilities so you know we do put our all into our service dog program.
How this program works is we work with your service dog prospect for a few months at a time while you get to learn through the handouts and other reading materials we send you and then your dog goes home for a while as a “break” for a few weeks so you can work with your dog and we can troubleshoot any issues that arise. Typically this program can last anywhere between a year to two years depending on the dog. Towards the end of their training your pup essentially becomes JJ’s or Sonja’s service dog so that they get the most authentic experience we can give them to prepare them for the real world! We also make sure you get many lessons with your dog while they are with us as well as those “spring breaks” as well as a handlers course towards the end of this program.
This package includes:
Advanced Obedience
A Clear Marker System
Exposure (to anything and everything!)
Socialization
Impulse Control
Physical Conditioning
Brain Games
Enrichment
Health Clearances
Reliable Tasking
Full Public Access
The Gear you need for a service dog
Handler’s Course
Six Private Lessons
Life Time Support & Troubleshooting Behavior
Handouts and reading materials that will help you with your service dog to set you guys up for success!
Weekly Phone Call Update & A shared photo album with pictures & videos updated often
Puppy Board & Train!
Need help with your puppy? Want help creating a strong foundation so you have a wonderful dog? Well this is the program for for you! We will carefully expose your puppy to all sorts of situations and new challenges all while training in a positive way to create a wonderful adult dog that will be your best friend!
This Package Includes:
A Clear Marker System
Socialization
Exposure
Manners
Impulse Control
Loose Leash Walking
Crate Training
Brain Games
Enrichment
Basic Obedience (Sit, Down, Stay, Leave It, Place, Name Recognition)
On Leash Obedience
Once A Week Phone Call, Shared Picture Album with pictures and videos of your puppy!
Behavioral Rehabilitation
Our Rehabilitation program is designed for dogs that struggle with:
Reactivity
Aggression
Anxiety
With over 20+ years of experience with truly drivey dogs that for most normal people would consider “aggressive” (truly they just need boundaries & a job!) we have many many tools in our tool box & we have seen hundreds of dogs with many different issues. A true aggressive dog is rare and we experience handling them and are willing to do our best to help them. We have helped many people with dogs that are on their last chance, dogs who other trainers have sent back etc.
This program takes time and we take a slow approach to build trust with your dog and to get to the root of the issues. There is no hardline for Rehabilitation and it takes a lot of time and effort for everyone. The owners are expected to work side by side with us so we can create the best life possible for both you and your pup. This program is different for each dog since each case is different. When you call to have a consult we will create a custom package for you and your pup but the basics included are below.
This package includes:
Multiple Sessions with your dog while they are in training with us.
Board & Train minimum of 4 weeks
A Clear Marker System
Manners
Crate Training
Enrichment
Physical Conditioning
Brain Games
Impulse Control
Troubleshooting
Basic Obedience
Place
Multiple Go Home Lessons
Field Trips (this again depends on your dog and the issues. We always try to take all of our dogs out but safety is a BIG priority and we will not take an unsafe dog out. The public, us, your pup, and our pack all need to stay safe.)
* An Outlet for High Drive Dogs *
Once A Week Phone Call, Shared Picture Album with pictures and videos of your pup!
*Only Applies to drivey dogs
Find Your Dog!
Overwhelmed at finding the right dog for you and your family? Not sure what breeder to go with? Are you looking for a puppy/adult dog for a specific purpose? We can help you find the right puppy or adult dog for your life.
Detection Dog Screening & Training
Heritage K9 offers a range of detection dogs for your or your agency's needs. Drug, Black Powder, Allergens, Glucose, Human Remains, etc., we will train a dog for your specific needs. Each canine is carefully screened and health tested before we begin our training program, or we can screen your dog. All of our DD independently search for their odor and efficiently drive to it's source and give a Trained Final Response (TFR). This can be a bark, sit, down, freeze, etc.
Does your trained dog need a tune up or would you like to take your training to the next level?
Have questions?- just reach out!
FEMA Disaster Search Dogs
Our dogs are screened to the FEMA standard and are hip and elbow cleared as good or excellent. They are trained to perform a strong bark alert at source of either Live Human or HRD-never both. These dogs are all high prey and hunt drive with strong work ethics.
When you're looking for a strong started candidate reach out!
Agency/Task Force Coaching
Heritage K9 LLC offers in person or online one on one or FEMA/SUSAR team coaching with Sonja Heritage at your location or mine. Handler training, K9 motivation, screening, certification prep or fixing training issues, we've got you covered!
Training Workshops
We have some exciting & challenging workshops planned for 2024. From FEMA/USAR Search Dogs to Nose-work as well as some things we can't talk about yet- stay tuned!
If you are interested in hosting us for workshops contact us, we travel all over the USA and are willing to work with any agencies, task forces or individuals interested!