Our Expert Trainers are Ready To Transform Your Dogs Behavior!
Our expert trainers are extremely versatile when it comes to our training practices. We approach every training scenario with the end goal in mind and will utilize the tools, methods, and equipment that will best help you to achieve your goals.
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Experts in off leash and family integration training!
We help guide you, the parents, through the whole training process.  Just think of it: having your dog come immediately when called, walking your dog without being pulled down the sidewalk, taking them on vacation with you or even to a local outdoor restaurant. We use a state of the art training collar that is just like the “tens units” used in human physical therapy or chiropractic offices.  It’s similar to your cell phone going off in your pocket; it gets your attention.  In the same way, we want to get your pups attention focused on you and not the distractions happening all around them.
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Meet Our Amazing Ik9 Trainers!
Our expert trainers are extremely versatile when it comes to our training practices. We approach every training scenario with the end goal in mind and will utilize the tools, methods, and equipment that will best help you to achieve your goals.
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Welcome To Our New Website!
Welcome to IK9 Trainers. Our team can't wait to help your furry family member learn some new skills! Submit an info form to get in contact with a trainer today.
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Meet Our Amazing Owners & Trainers!
Shelly Bayless
shelly@ik9trainers.com
Shelly is a wife and mother of 3 kids and 3 amazing furry family members. They have established their home just outside of the Amarillo/Canyon area. She graduated from West Texas A&M University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology. She has had many wonderful jobs in the past including: secretary, event coordinator, magazine publisher, HS biology teacher, but now has been afforded the opportunity to return to her first love…..DOGS! Her primary goal in training both the dogs and their families is to help find an understanding and balance between the two through obedience and structure. This will, in fact, open up a world of freedom and fun for the whole family pack. She keeps the trainings fun, informative, and goal oriented. There is nothing more satisfying to her than being able to walk in her calling and she would absolutely love the opportunity to work with you and yours!
Aaron Scarborough
aaron@ik9trainers.com
Aaron specializes in family dynamics that include puppy integration into the family. He has always had a fascination with dogs, enjoys learning about different breeds, and has a special bond with Rhodesian Ridgebacks. His wife has always half joked that one day Aaron will be heading up a search and rescue operation with his dogs- and while that could still happen- he is content with raising his three boys and training dogs to be their very best. Cutting his teeth by working with dogs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, he is now happy to be home in the panhandle of Texas. He and his wife met at Texas Tech, and shortly after graduation moved off to the Sacramento Mountains followed by the Rockies. It was in these two locations that he found a love for teaching, and as a result, now finds fulfillment in leading others in how to work with their own dogs. In every encounter he strives to take the stress out of owning a dog and wants to see each one compliment the family to whom they belong. He knows firsthand how a dog can add value to the family dynamic and would love to work with you to have the same experience.
Crystal Leatherman
crystal@ik9trainers.com
Howdy! I'm Crystal Leatherman, born and raised in Tulia, TX. I'm a lover of Christ, people, and animals. I'm the eldest of 2 and a homeschool graduate. After finishing high school I went into the AIM (missions) program in Lubbock, and was sent to Northern Ireland. While I was there I began to work with special needs children at the Coleraine RDA (Riding for Disabilities). I spent some time caring for the elderly in their homes before becoming a dog trainer. Now I love being able to teach dogs and their humans.
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Howdy! I'm Crystal Leatherman, born and raised in Tulia, TX. I'm a lover of Christ, people, and animals. I'm the eldest of 2 and a homeschool graduate. After finishing high school I went into the AIM (missions) program in Lubbock, and was sent to Northern Ireland. While I was there I began to work with special needs children at the Coleraine RDA (Riding for Disabilities). I spent some time caring for the elderly in their homes before becoming a dog trainer. Now I love being able to teach dogs and their humans.
Shelly is a wife and mother of 3 kids and 3 amazing furry family members. They have established their home just outside of the Amarillo/Canyon area. She graduated from West Texas A&M University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology. She has had many wonderful jobs in the past including: secretary, event coordinator, magazine publisher, HS biology teacher, but now has been afforded the opportunity to return to her first love…..DOGS! Her primary goal in training both the dogs and their families is to help find an understanding and balance between the two through obedience and structure. This will, in fact, open up a world of freedom and fun for the whole family pack. She keeps the trainings fun, informative, and goal oriented. There is nothing more satisfying to her than being able to walk in her calling and she would absolutely love the opportunity to work with you and yours!
Aaron specializes in family dynamics that include puppy integration into the family. He has always had a fascination with dogs, enjoys learning about different breeds, and has a special bond with Rhodesian Ridgebacks. His wife has always half joked that one day Aaron will be heading up a search and rescue operation with his dogs- and while that could still happen- he is content with raising his three boys and training dogs to be their very best. Cutting his teeth by working with dogs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, he is now happy to be home in the panhandle of Texas. He and his wife met at Texas Tech, and shortly after graduation moved off to the Sacramento Mountains followed by the Rockies. It was in these two locations that he found a love for teaching, and as a result, now finds fulfillment in leading others in how to work with their own dogs. In every encounter he strives to take the stress out of owning a dog and wants to see each one compliment the family to whom they belong. He knows firsthand how a dog can add value to the family dynamic and would love to work with you to have the same experience.
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