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Top Tier K9 Academy for Dog Trainers
Top Tier K9® Franchising
The Professional's Choice: Contact now to discuss a Franchise for you @(850) 321-3253
2024 Top Tier K9® is now recognized as the world's greatest dog training company (read press release). For the past decade Top Tier K9 trained and certified more than 200 dog trainers around the world. Their success as dog trainers and business professionals is the driving factor for expansion through franchising.
Established in March of 2014 Top Tier K9 quickly rose to the top of the dog training industry through the creation of an advanced pet training protocol and method, the creation of the Foundation Dog® program, and ground breaking work in training the world's first COVID-19 detection dogs followed by the creation and launch of the world's first Virtual Reality Dog Training Center.
The Top Tier K9 board and train pet program is what created the foundation for it's success. This program uses a balanced approach to dog training and a focus on training the dogs and their owners, equally. This is the part of the business that is being offered as a franchise, level 1.
Franchisees learn advanced pet training, world-class business development, and project management as part of their initial training. In addition, they learn to train Foundation Dogs® to track, find specific odor, perform advanced obedience and protect. This Foundation Dog® becomes the demo dog to showcase the franchisees dog training skills against lesser equipped competitors.
Having your own dog training business with the option and path to move into level 2 and work in the training and placement of service dogs for disabled veterans, protection dogs for abused women, police and military K9 in your own community with the support of the best dog training programs in the world is exactly why professionals choose Top Tier K9 as a franchise opportunity.
Benefits to Franchising with us
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Become a certified dog trainer through Top Tier K9®, the world's greatest dog training company
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Learn business development and project management from award-winning entrepreneurs.
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Have an amazing demo dog that tracks, finds specific odor, performs protection and is off-leash obedient.
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Learn to train pets and working dogs (Foundation Dogs®).
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Launch your business under the Top Tier K9 brand.
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Participate in ongoing dog training seminars, master's level certifications, and unmatched sales and business development programs.
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Utilize the world's first Virtual Reality Dog Training Center to help train your clients.
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Send your employees through Top Tier K9 for their training and certifications.
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Priority Access to the Top Tier K9 "Litters on the Ground" program for a supply of world-class puppies for your Franchise work.
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A percentage of all your sales goes to funding service dogs for people with disabilities but we cover the cost for you, you pay nothing. We trained and placed 15 dogs for 15 veterans from Top Tier K9 Franchising in 2023 alone.
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...and so much more
0% Interest Financing Now Available to Qualified Franchisees
About Our Founder
Top Tier K9 was founded in March of 2014 by Jeff Minder. As a certified project manager (PMP) Mr. Minder brought an immense amount of business capability to the dog industry and is not only recognized as one of the top dog trainers in the world, he is also an award winning teacher and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in North America by Dell Computers and National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB)
Mr. Minder has taught business analysis and project management for some of the largest and most successful companies in the world and has also taught at many different colleges and universities. Lockheed Martin, Motorola, the United States Air Force, Knowles Atomic Power Lab, Roche Pharmaceuticals and many other Fortune 100 companies. The University of Texas (Austin), University of Florida, University of North Carolina (Charlotte), UCLA Health are just a few of the universities and colleges where Mr. Minder has taught advanced business and project management techniques.
The founder and trademark holder of the Foundation Dog® and Top Tier K9®, the first trainer to train a dog to hunt for and indicate on COVID-19, and the inventor of the world's first Virtual Reality Dog Training Center and the man responsible for building the World's Greatest Dog Training Company. Mr. Minder has brought all of his skills and experience together to create the world's greatest dog training company and has put together the Top Tier K9® Franchising System for the benefit of franchisees, the dogs they train, and the owners who love them.
The Franchisee
You learn how to train pets in our Live-online (instructor lead) pet trainer course followed by a 2 week certification with advanced business bootcamp at our Milton Florida Campus. This is followed by 6 weeks live online of our Foundation Dog® trainer class (Intro to Foundation Dog Training) to train your own demo dog for your business and to learn how to train dogs to track, find specific odor, perform protection work and advanced obedience (tasks). A Masters in Pet Training is also included in the base Franchise License Fee.
You also have the option of purchasing a demo dog from Corporate to jump start your pet training sales.
Training Your Customers
With the franchise you have access to our customer centric training systems including video streaming, DVDs and our world's first (and world's only) Virtual Reality Dog Training Center. This is where your customer can obtain training while you are training their pet. We relieve that pressure from our franchisees
Franchisees can hire Top Tier K9 certified dog trainers to work for them or send their employees through the school at a discounted price.
Reselling Fully Trained Dogs
If you have a customer who needs a service dog, protection dog, or special security dog Top Tier K9 Corporate maintains an inventory of trained Foundation Dogs® to finish and resell to your client base. Once you complete the advanced training to become a level 2 franchise (optional) you can train and finish those Foundation Dogs® yourself.
The advanced training (Foundation Dog masters classes) is phase 2 of the franchise and is not included in the base franchise program and is an optional program for franchisees who want to train and sell working dogs.
Masters in Pet Training is included in the Level 1 franchise license
Market Development
Top Tier K9 is recognized as the World's Greatest Dog Training Company We maintain a litters on the ground program for the selection and training of working line puppies, we have the Build a Battle Buddy program that provides service dogs to disabled veterans and the K9 Warriors for Women program that provides protection dogs for women. Our ground breaking Virtual Reality Dog training Center can be used to help train your customers
Network of Support
Our certified trainers include lawyers, doctors, surgeons, IT professionals, tradesmen, military and law enforcement personnel and so many other professionals who have left their fields to become dog trainers. We all help each other out. You will be a part of a rare family in the dog industry, one that actually supports each other.
Value Proposition
Work out of your home, a small facility like a portable building, a store front or a large kennel operation. You can open a "Top Tier K9" training center or you can add "Training by Top Tier K9" or "Powered by Top Tier K9" to your existing boarding kennel, grooming shop, pet supply store, outdoor store or any range of existing businesses that want to get into the lucrative dog training industry
Most importantly: You get to
BE YOUR OWN BOSS and have the support of the World's Greatest Dog Training Company
Step 1
Contact Jeff Minder at minder.jeffrey@gmail.com and request an interview. Or call (850) 321-3253
Step 2
If you are a qualified candidate, You will receive and sign a receipt for a copy of our Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
Step 3
We will examine your territory requested, background check, credit check, proof of citizenship and financial disclosure/review
Step 4
You can then purchase the franchise license for your approved territory and begin the pet trainer program. We run several classes per year. 0% interest free financing available for qualified candidates
Step 5
Complete your pet trainer certification and business bootcamp. Start your franchise in your territory
Step 6
Begin the Foundation Dog® Trainer class (online), obtain a working line puppy (from us or any reputable breeder) and start building your demo dog.
Make money training pets
None of the communications on this website should be construed as an offer to sell a franchise. We will not offer any franchise for sale: (i) until your state has duly registered our franchise offering or duly exempted our franchise offering from registration, if your state requires registration exemption; and (ii) until we have duly delivered our Franchise Disclosure Document to you in compliance with applicable law.