K9 Nutt Dog Training
Ranked #4 in Ventura and #310 in California
Service area: Serving clients in Ventura County, CA as well as offering online training throughout the entire United States!
Service Overview
Types of Dog Training
- Family Dog
- Therapy Dog
- Competition / Agility
- Behavior Modification
Specialty Focus Areas
- Basic Obedience
- Puppy Training
- Leash Pulling
- Reactivity / Aggression
- Recall
Training Formats Offered
- Private Lessons
- Group Classes
- Video Calls
Program Formats
- Sessions Package
Age of Dogs Trained
- Puppy (<1 year)
- Adolescent (1-2 years)
- Adult (2-8 years)
- Senior (8+ years)
Dog Training Methodology
Methods:
- ✓ Balanced Training
K9 Nutt Dog Training works with dog owners and their dogs to identify their needs and create a customized training plan. They offer private lessons in the Ventura County area and online training via FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom.
Training plans can include teaching pack structure, communicating with your dog, building confidence, handling distractions, reading dog body language, correcting behavior problems, socializing your dog, and selecting appropriate training equipment. Clients learn to teach commands such as sit, down, stay, heel, wait, let’s go, and recall, with hand signals and off-leash training also covered.
With training, dogs and owners can achieve qualifications for Pet Therapy Dog (TDI), American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizenship, AKC Companion Dog (CD) Title, AKC Obedience Titles, and AKC Rally Titles.
Testimonials
“I have worked with Dottie K9nutt since 2001. She was recommended by two professional women I knew who had very well behaved dogs who had trained with her. Dottie help me get Pepper (a Smooth Fox Terrier) certified with Love on a Leash. We worked with children and visit nursing facilities, Pepper was also a delight at an Alzheimer’s lock down facility. Have also worked with Dottie with our 2nd SFT, Hallie. Have used her training techniques on our Chi-weenie grand-dog. This last year she helped me with a yellow Labrador puppy, I was raising to be a guide dog for the blind. I’m looking forward to working with Dottie again in the fall when I get a new puppy.If you want a solidly trained dog you can take anywhere put in your time with your pet and K9nutt. I have never met a more skilled, compassionate, competent teacher/handler in all my decades of having dogs than Dottie.”
– Regina Troxell
“Our dog had aggression, protective and territorial issues. He displayed many behaviors that were dangerous. After working with Dottie for just a short time, we have seen major changes in the behavior of our dogs.”
– The Henles
“By teaching me to use consistency, firmness, and love, Dottie helped me and my family to help Lily become the dog we’d always hoped she’d be.”
– S. Edgar
About the Trainer
Dottie Dunnigan is a licensed dog obedience trainer with more than 30 years of experience working with owners and their dogs. She has operated K9 Nutt Dog Training since 1991, offering dog training and pet sitting for clients only. She helps clients build their dogs’ foundation in achieving goals for Companion Dog, protection, Pet Therapy, Agility, AKC Obedience and Rally titles. She is often consulted for pet selection and evaluation of training needs and is a Pet Therapy evaluator. She has also served as a Canine Good Citizenship trainer.
K9 Nutt Dog Training works with dog owners to identify their needs and create a customized training plan. They offer private lessons in the Ventura County area and online training throughout the entire United States via FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom. The training covers commands like sit, down, stay, heel, wait, let’s go, and recall, including hand signals and off-leash training.
They can help with teaching pack structure, communicating with your dog, building confidence, handling distractions, reading dog body language, correcting behavior problems, socializing dogs, and selecting appropriate training equipment. The business has received an award eleven years in a row from the VC Reporter for being listed in the Best of Ventura County.
Accomplishments
Dottie Dunnigan is a licensed dog obedience trainer with more than 30 years of experience. She received her certification in kennel management and obedience dog training from the Pro-Train Dog Training Institute in San Diego, California. She earned her AA degree from Ventura College and is licensed with the City of Ventura.
She has held dog obedience courses for Ventura College Community Services and the City of Carpinteria, and taught classes at The Pet Barn and The Wharf in Ventura, CA. She previously worked as a dog trainer for Shepherds of Leybourne and as a veterinarian assistant for All Cats Clinic.
Dottie has been recommended by numerous pet stores, veterinarian facilities, groomers, and past and present clientele throughout Ventura County. She has received an award eleven years in a row from the VC Reporter, being listed in the Best of Ventura County. She attended Westminster in 2008 in support of the #5 Pomeranian in the nation, to whom she bred her Champion female.
How to Get Started!
To get started, clients are encouraged to call or text Dottie for an appointment or to find out more information.
Contact Information
Certifications
- Credentialed
Associations
- AKC
- Accredited
Languages
- English
Misc Features
- wheelchair accessible entrance
- wheelchair accessible parking
Other Services Offered
- Pet sitter