Helping you go from problems to remarkable, together!
WELCOME TO MACHO K9 TRAINING LLC
Helping you go from problems to remarkable, together!
About Macho K9 Training
Our Mission
At Macho K9 Training, our mission is to help you go from problems to remarkable, together!
We are a team that focuses on your dog’s state of mind and feelings towards stimuli, working on shifting their mindsets to happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives!
Meet your Trainers!
Trainer Hailey
Trainer Hailey
Trainer Hailey
Prior to training dogs the last three years, professionally, I grew up around dogs my entire life. I helped my dad raise and train over 30 police dogs and hunting dogs. Over time, I became really interested in the aspect of behavior modification and rehabilitation. Eventually seeking out the guidance of a reputable trainer in the area, I
Prior to training dogs the last three years, professionally, I grew up around dogs my entire life. I helped my dad raise and train over 30 police dogs and hunting dogs. Over time, I became really interested in the aspect of behavior modification and rehabilitation. Eventually seeking out the guidance of a reputable trainer in the area, I joined their team and worked with all sorts of behavioral cases for the last three years!
I specialized in fearful dogs during this time. I worked with numerous cases rehabilitating them and giving owners and their dogs a second chance at life! During this time I also have attended countless seminars and workshops under highly praised trainers, as well as completing over 10 online courses that I have paid for myself, that have helped further my knowledge and background on dog training.
My trusty partner in crime is my Czech Working Line German Shepherd, Arya. We have competed in MULTIPLE dog sports and continue to practice in a few others! She is my personal protection dog (PPD), and we continue to work on bite work every week. She also knows all odors for AKC Scent Work. We have obtained our Rally Novice (RN), FastCAT BCAT, Canine Good Citizen (CGC), Fetch Test Novice (FTN), Trick Dog Novice (TKN) and our Trick Dog Intermediate (TKI) titles. There are a lot more dog sports we will continue to practice and trial in this upcoming year.
I am excited that I finally have the opportunity to do what I do best and continue training YOUR dogs here at our very own, brand new facility!
Arya’s Titles:
AKC Rally Novice - August 2022
AKC Trick Dog Novice - August 2022
AKC Trick Dog Intermediate - February 2023
AKC Canine Good Citizen - August 2025
AKC FastCAT BCAT - September 2025
AKC Fetch Novice - September 2025
Hailey’s Education:
2017 - 2021 - Helped raise and train police dogs with Pete Nielsen
2021 - 2025 - Studied, worked with, and trained multiple behavioral cases and basic obedience skills, hands on, at a professional dog training facility.
2022 - Tyler Muto, ConsiderTheDog Reactivity Rehab Course, 4 hours
2022 - Ivan Balabanov, Make Your Dog Somebody Course, 5 hours
2022 - K9 Defense, Police and Working Dog Seminar, Fargo, 12 hours
2022 - STSK9 Nino Drowaert “Heeling Styles” course, 6 hours
2022 - “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horowitz Book
2023 - Corey Pandorf Protection Sports Seminar, 16 hours
2023 - Shadowing under George Daniolos from K9 Defense, Arizona, 20 hours
2023 - K9 Defense Police Handler Seminar, Fargo, 16 hours
2023 - Leerburg “From Rescue to Home” by JJ Belcher Course, 6 hours
2023 - Leerburg “How We Manage Dogs in our Home” by Ed Frawley Course, 6 hours
2023 - “The Forever Dog” By Dr. Karen Becker & Rodney Habib Book
2024 - Michael Ellis “Dealing with Reactivity: The Causes and Cures” course, 6 hours
2024 - Michael Ellis “The Importance of Variable Reinforcement and How to Incorporate it into Your Training” course, 6 hours
2024 - Dr. Stewart Hilliard & Forest Micke - Kynology Seminar, Arkansas, 14 hours
2025 - Zack & Tara Burke Protection Sport Workshop, 5 hours
2025 - 2nd Zack & Tara Burke Protection and Obedience Workshop, 6 hours
2025 - Opened “Macho K9 Training” our own Dog Training Facility!
Trainer Hannah
Trainer Hailey
Trainer Hailey
Hi! Welcome to the story of how I unknowingly flipped my world upside-down when I got Bean!
The story starts in 2018 when I got into working at a dog daycare while going to school. In 2019 I decided it was time to bring home a pup of my own! Bean came home in January of 2020, and little did I know how much that would change my life. As so
Hi! Welcome to the story of how I unknowingly flipped my world upside-down when I got Bean!
The story starts in 2018 when I got into working at a dog daycare while going to school. In 2019 I decided it was time to bring home a pup of my own! Bean came home in January of 2020, and little did I know how much that would change my life. As soon as Bean came home I noticed things that seemed off but as a new puppy owner and someone who just had basic information about dogs I brushed it off as her being a puppy and didn’t put too much thought into it. Those behaviors I noticed consisted of nervousness that sometimes led to urinating when meeting new people, barking and growling at people in the hallway, not making friends with humans well, nervousness in new situations. Overall, Bean was the ‘problem dog’ in my apartment and at the dog daycare I worked at.
Over time this didn’t get any better, I tried to do things on my own without much luck. That summer Bean’s issues were amplified by a traumatic incident that switched her reactive behavior to aggression based in fear.
From there I hired a trainer that was local to me and we made some progress but I wanted more. I scheduled an evaluation at my previous employer and Bean hid, growling, barking and overall terrified in the corner the whole time. I was genuinely convinced they were going to tell me this wasn’t fixable. Shortly after we had our evaluation it was posted that they were hiring and even though I lived over an hour away at the time I jumped on the opportunity that led me to where we are today, Bean and I are thriving and have flipped the table to help others train either dogs with problematic behaviors!
Today Bean is 6 years old and I finally got the nerve to put all our skills to the test with dog sports and I’m so proud of us. She's not perfect and we still sometimes have days where she is naughty but it's pretty remarkable where we are now compared to where we started! She is how I got into training dogs professionally, it’s been such a rewarding career, watching owners realize their dogs can move past their problem behaviors will always be a favorite part of my work! As for Bean and I, we are tackling the world of AKC Rally, dabble in bitesports and AKC Fast CAT!
Beans titles:
AKC Trick Dog Novice - February 2025
AKC Trick Dog Intermediate- March 2025
AKC Rally Novice - April 2025
AKC Rally Advanced - June 2025
AKC Canine Good Citizen - August 2025
AKC Fetch Novice - September 2025
AKC Fetch Intermediate - September 2025
Continuing education is always important to us!
Hannah’s Education:
2017 - 2021 - Worked in Doggy Daycare before venturing into the training world.
2021 - Emilee Mahar, Engagement & Obedience Online Course, 2 hours
2021 - 2022 - Studied one-on-one under an experienced trainer with another company learning the art of dog training, basic obedience skills to behavior modification, hands on in a professional dog training facility.
2022-2025 Continued to be a mentee under experienced trainer at professional dog trianing facility.
2022 - Tyler Muto, ConsiderTheDog Reactivity Rehab Course, 3 hours
2022 - Ivan Balbanov Make Your Dog Somebody
2023 - 2025 Managed a dog training facility locally ensuring happy staff and happy clients.
2023 - Corey Pandorf Protection Sports Workshop, Fargo, 16 hours
2023 - Beta Dog Training - Trainer Development Program held in Edmonton, Alberta. 28 hours
2023 - Beta Dog Training - Engagement Online Course, 1 hour
2024 - Dr. Melanie Unde - Neurobiology of Stress Webinar, 2 hours
2024 - Michael Ellis - Pros & Cons of Modern Ecollar Webinar, 2 hours
2024 - Dr. Stewart Hilliard & Forest Micke - Kynology Seminar held in Arkansas, 14 hours
2025 - Raven K9 Online Monthly Mentorship holder
January 2025 - Zack & Tara Burke Protection Sport Workshop, 5 hours
June 2025 - Zack & Tara Burke Protection Sport Seminar, 12 hours
November 2025 - Campbell Forsyth Stockdog/Herding Clinic, 5 hours
December 2025 - Opened Macho K9 Training
Our Training Services!
Day Train
DayTrains are the perfect way for us work on your dogs problem behaviors and get them home to you at the end of the day! Your dog is dropped off each weekday morning and picked up in the evening! This includes a lesson at the end of each week to show you what we have been working on and how to continue training at home!
While with us your dog will learn self regulation skills, confidence, a communication system, focus skills, and basic obedience skills such as loose leash walking, climb/place, sit, and name recognition. We also focus on any additional goals or behavioral concerns discussed in your evaluation!
Board & Train
Our team will train, care, and play with your dog while they stay at the facility for the week, going home with you for the weekends! At the end of each week you have a lesson to discuss what we have been working on and how to continue the training at home!
During your pups stay we will be focusing on self regulation skills, confidence building, a communication system, focus skills, and basic obedience skills such as loose leash wasking, climb/place, sit, and name recognition, while also focusing on any additional goals or behavioral concerns discussed in your evaluation!
Private Lessons
Want to be more hands on? Private lessons are a great way for us to work together to coach you on your dogs behaviors! We show you how to train for your goals in weekly one hour lessons where we teach you how to teach your dog!