Kate started KC-K9 Academy because she wanted to offer people and their dogs a new method of training. Attention, relationship and reward based training.

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Kate, has been working with dogs since the age of 10 as a junior handler with AKC. She started grooming professionally at 18 years old and still uses these skills to help in her training programs. She also attended college to study as a Veterinary Technician. 

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During her career as a trainer, she was one of the top obedience trainers within a large nationwide company with the top performing Border Collie in the company. She currently is involved in dog sports with her her two Border Collies as well as her three Belgian Malinois/Border Collie mixes, her Lab that includes dock diving, scent detection and protection sport. She has titled with many of her dogs in a variety of sports...including her Border Collie in protection. Three of her dogs have gone onto Nationals in Dock Diving for the past 4 consecutive years. In 2026, she will be attending Regionals once again. 

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We welcomed our smallest addition, Tootsie, in 2026. Born Nov. 8th 2025, she is sport bred Chihuahua who we plan to do dock diving with. She will be the first of her breed to compete full time. ​

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Kate specializes in drive building for sport and working dogs, aggression, diet and nutrition with emphasis on PLAY AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. She also coaches owners on raw feeding, puppy raising and is also Pet Food and Raw Food Nutrition Certified. 

Owning a dog is an amazing and rewarding experience, but also a responsibility, not a luxury. Training your dog properly will lead you to a greater relationship with your dog. One being that of understanding and respect. She will immerse you fully in the training process, and with this attention based approach, she finds that owners end up learning as much, if not more, than their dogs.