Meet the Trainers
Trent Steele
Franchise Owner & Trainer
Trent began his dog training career in 2009 when he decided to train dogs for DockDog competitions. He helped Smoky Mountain DockDogs push off from the dock as a founding member. Trent’s trained dog, Alex, placed third in the DockDog World Championship, Master Division, in 2012.
Trent has also trained dogs to hunt and chase geese. Hunting and geese chasing both require that dogs are trained with great recall and restraint.
Over the years Trent has continued to develop and expand his skills and knowledge in dog training. In 2017 he decided to take his love of dog training to another level by becoming a very successful franchisee for The Upbeat K9.
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Programs & Services
Day Train
Day Training for the Real World
The Upbeat K9 Day Train Program is designed to teach your dog the most fundamental obedience principles. You and your dog will leave this program with a good understanding of what is expected of him/her in everyday situations. Basic obedience principals such as jumping, coming when called and walking on a loose leash are a focus of this program. In the Day Train Program, you and your dog will learn the fundamentals of good canine citizenship.
Jumpstart
Comprehensive Training for Real Life
The Upbeat K9 Jumpstart Premium Program is designed to teach your dog more advanced and long-lasting obedience lessons. In this board and train program, we take your dog beyond jumping, coming when called and walking on a loose leash and focus more closely on teaching your dog self-control and restraint when faced with challenging and exciting situations and varying stimuli, such as seeing a wild animal or stray cat, meeting other dogs, or simply the excitement of meeting a small child that loves to hug. Jumpstart Premium is a great program for taking your dog from well behaved to becoming the envy of your friends and family.
We Train, You Maintain
Extended Day Training Program
Our We Train, You Maintain Program is designed to help your dog learn and live the fundamental obedience principals that are vital to a healthy and happy relationship with their owner. This facility-based day training program allows us an extended period of time to develop the neutral behaviors, and encourage restraint when it comes to the self-rewarding behaviors. We are able to work on all of your goals in a highly distracting controlled environment to allow for absolute understanding in any environment. After your dog has focused on the fundamental obedience principals, we then help you develop your skills so that those learned behaviors are long-lasting and meet the expectations you have for training.
Dog Walking & Pet Sitting
Our Newest Program!
The Upbeat K9 offers comprehensive dog walking, pet sitting, and dog waste removal services that are designed to support our customer’s need to be a responsible pet owner and their best friend’s need to take a break, eat, exercise and receive attention from a friendly face when their owner is away or unavailable.
Additional Programs & Services
Lunch and Learn
Whether you are a groomer, a veterinarian’s office, or an animal shelter, this program is right for you. We will come to your facility to offer your clients the opportunity to learn about the various training methods and philosophies that make up The Upbeat K9 Balanced Training Program. We’ll even bring the pizza!
Seminars & Demonstrations
We’ll come to you and cover topics that are of interest to you and your employees or customers, as well as demonstrate the fundamentals of dog obedience and aggression training. Your employees and customers will benefit from the closer bond they will develop with their dog.
Safe Dog Handling
This program is perfect for schools, churches, daycares, and summer camps. We demonstrate safe dog handling and interaction techniques to children and adults of all ages. We will also teach what to do – and what not to do – when faced with a dangerous situation involving a dog.
Customized Training
We’ll meet with you to understand any frustrations you are experiencing with your dog and what goals you want to accomplish. We will customize a dog training plan with clearly articulated goals and objectives to address these issues and will work with you and your dog to make your vision a reality.
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