REAL DOGS. REAL PROGRESS.
Training Results Built for Real Life
Every dog and household begins with a different set of challenges. These stories highlight meaningful improvements in communication, obedience, confidence, behavior, and owner handling through individualized training and consistent follow-through.
Every dog is an individual. Results depend on the dog, training history, environment, owner participation, and continued practice or management after the program.
CLIENT TRANSFORMATIONS
Progress That Changes Everyday Life
These stories highlight the practical changes that can happen when individualized training, owner education, and consistent follow-through work together.
KUMA • CANE CORSO
From Severe Aggression to Public Stability
Challenge: Kuma arrived muzzled and required a catch pole for safe handling because of severe aggression toward both people and dogs. He came to us for our Behavior Rehabilitation Program had also torn down multiple doors and caused extensive damage inside his owner’s home.
Result: By the end of his program, Kuma could be safely handled, follow structured obedience, and walk calmly through stores and public parks around everyday distractions.
Safe Handling • Stability • Public Obedience
FREEDOM • BULLY MIX
From Pushy Behavior to Calm Obedience
Challenge: Freedom came to us for our Advanced Obedience Program with little obedience, pushy behavior, jumping, and pulling on leash. His size and lack of structure had started making his owner nervous, especially after a previous rescue dog in the home had to be returned for aggressive behavior.
Result: By the end of his program, Freedom had a clear obedience foundation, better leash manners, improved impulse control, and more respectful behavior in the home—giving his family more confidence and peace of mind.
Obedience • Manners • Confidence
BRADY • GOLDEN RETRIEVER
Building Confidence From the Start
Challenge: Brady joined our Head Start Program to build confidence, improve potty and leash habits, develop positive social skills with people and dogs, and establish a strong foundation for future training.
Result: Brady completed the program with greater confidence, improved leash manners, positive exposure to new people and dogs, progress with potty training, and foundational skills his family can continue building on as he matures.
Confidence • Socialization • Foundations
Client Experiences
What Our Clients Are Saying
Real feedback from dog owners who trusted Blackhawk K-9 with their dogs, their goals, and their training journey.
A special thanks to Eliza and Blackhawk K-9. Nico is the sweetest dog but he loved to bark and to find chocolate granola bars in trash cans, backpacks and purses. The emergency vet knows him by name. I can’t thank Eliza enough for her training to stop his continuous barking and to control his urges to eat food we don’t give him. She has also taken the time to answer questions and to train us. She taught us how to keep up his good behavior with positive reinforcement. I cannot recommend them enough.
We recently sent our Great Dane, Ellie, to Sam with Blackhawk K-9 and had the best experience! Ellie really struggled with basic obedience, reactive behaviors on walks, and obeying. She also HATED crates prior to doing the board and train! The first time we met Sam was at drop off and it was an immediate sense of security. We knew in that moment that Sam was the perfect fit for Ellie! Ellie definitely pushes boundaries but Sam worked tirelessly day in and day out with her and we have definitely seen a huge improvement in Ellie! Ellie struggled adjusting back at home and we reached out to Sam and she was able to come back to our house and help us almost immediately! We cannot recommend Blackhawk K-9 enough! Sam made training very personal to Ellie and it hasn’t gone unnoticed! Added photos that Sam took of Ellie!
I just wanna start by saying that Sam and her team are absolutely amazing. You can tell by the communication and interaction that they truly care about any dog that they take in. Not only did she transform my super anxious and distracted puppy into a much more calm and obedient one she was able to explain to me more about his personality and how to meet him in the middle. my biggest concern with my dog was his crate training as I was getting complaints for my apartment because of his consistent barking all day. Tucker came back and not only does he go into his crate on command, but he also settles very nicely. I cannot recommend this place more. And I will say that, regardless of how much training may cost it is definitely worth it and honestly, I think that they probably deserve more considering all that they do for you and your dog.Thank you again Sam, Tucker and me are able to have so much more fun and I cannot wait to see how far he goes with the training 🩵
We send our dog Dill, to Sam and her trainers for both boarding and board and train. I cannot emphasize the peace of mind I have when we travel knowing Dill is in incredibly good hands. Sam’s work with Dill has made his quality of living and our experience as dog owners so much better, and Sam tailored Dill’s training to his specific needs and even brought him to the neighborhoods we go to in order to be sure the training was effective. Blackhawk is always our first call for boarding and training.
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Individualized Training • Owner Education • Continued Support