Training Engagements
Developing the dog and the handler together through clarity, calm leadership, and relational working practice.
Training Engagement Pathways
Each pathway is guided by The Fidelity Method™ and develops both the dog and the handler in a shared working relationship.
Puppy Training
Foundation development for calmness, confidence, neutrality, and communication.
Focus on emotional regulation, environmental exposure, and establishing the handler relationship early.
Focus on emotional regulation, environmental exposure, and establishing the handler relationship early.
Obedience Training
Establishes clear communication signals, reliable recall, and composed working behavior.
The handler learns to lead with clarity, steadiness, and mutual understanding.
The handler learns to lead with clarity, steadiness, and mutual understanding.
Behavior Therapy
Corrective engagement for reactivity, anxiety, fear responses, or conflict behaviors.
We work through regulation, trust structure, and behavioral reset—without force or bribery.
We work through regulation, trust structure, and behavioral reset—without force or bribery.
Protection Dog Training
Development of stable, discerning, controllable protection dogs.
Focus on neutrality, confidence, judgment, and disciplined courage—not aggression without structure.
Focus on neutrality, confidence, judgment, and disciplined courage—not aggression without structure.
Senior VONFIDEL K9 trainer guiding a client in fitting a working-bloodline German Shepherd’s training collar during a personalized handler development session.
Photo Credit: VONFIDEL K9
Photo Credit: VONFIDEL K9
5 Questions to Ask Before Boarding Your Dog
Where your dog stays when you are away will shape their behavior long after they return home. Before choosing any boarding facility — including ours — ask these:
- Who is the dog expected to trust?
If the answer is “many different staff members,” the dog will develop insecurity and vigilance. A dog needs one or two stable, consistent handlers to form a clear bond. - What emotional state is the environment designed to create?
Not just cleanliness — calm. Does the space actually allow a dog’s nervous system to settle? - How is stress recognized and responded to?
Dogs signal stress through posture, breath, scanning, and micro-tension. Are the handlers trained to see this — and adjust calmly and immediately? - How are interactions between dogs structured?
Unregulated group play often amplifies anxiety. Social exposure must be deliberate — based on temperament, confidence, and maturity. - What is the re-entry plan when the dog returns home?
Your dog is not just returning to a place — they are returning to a role. Does the facility help you re-establish calm leadership and clarity?
If a boarding facility cannot answer these confidently, clearly, and without hesitation — they are not protecting your dog’s emotional wellbeing.
Boarding should not be a holding pattern.
It should be a continuation of trust.
VONFIDEL K9
Trust • Clarity • Calm Authority
The work begins when you are ready.