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Found over two decades ago, A1K9 is regarded by many of the leading personal protection dog training company in the world. We pioneered the concept of


Found over two decades ago, A1K9 is regarded by many of the leading personal protection dog training company in the world. We pioneered the concept of family protection dogs in the UK and since then have sold more than 1,000 highly trained personal and family protection dogs to customers and their families globally.A1K9’s roots can be tracked back in excess of 20 years when I, Charles Wall moved to Cwmdualais, just outside of Swansea in South Wales. My co-director and I, Gaynor Probert, conceived the idea of training and supplying personal protection dogs and this appeared to be the perfect location for it. Starting off in 1993, we started small with just a few dogs. We combined training techniques from a number of disciplines whilst also putting our own spin on an intensive training and evaluation programme for the dogs. We refined the process and started to sell trained dogs, initially by family and friends.The company grew and by 1995, we had half a dozen dogs in our kennels, which was situated at the house. We personally tended to all the needs of the dogs and the business. We cleaned the kennels, walked and trained the dogs ourselves, whilst also handling every aspect of the business from marketing to its accounts.As A1K9 and its reputation grew, it became apparent that more dogs, more space and an increase in staff was needed to allow growth. We started renting space at kennels nearby to satisfy this demand and by the end of the 1990s, we were renting around 20 kennels and had employed three new members of staff. This was in addition to still having a growing number of dogs at our kennels at home.The continued increase in business triggered a major investment which resulted in building bespoke kennels and indoor training facility big enough to handle the rapid growth in interest in A1K9 and our dogs. This was completed in 2003 and remains the focal point of the business today as well as housing the majority of the company's dogs and providing a suitable space for training. Our dog training centre is also used for more general dog training and obedience classes where dogs and owners can attend and learn from our team of experts at A1K9.Today, the company remains at the cutting edge of the personal and family protection dog business both in its international scope and the intensity of its training techniques. Our reputation has predominantly grown by word of mouth. The business has thrived and expanded not just due to the quality of our dogs and training but also thanks to our meticulous focus on customer service and quality.On the back of this, we still have a very much hands-on approach but we now employ seven full-time staff, and a number of volunteers also help. The kennels are home to 40 dogs, that are either trained or in training; the majority are handpicked from select working bloodlines that we source from Europe and import into the UK.Wealthy businessmen and celebrities are among the company's personal protection dog clients with requests regularly made from customers in different locations around the world. We have to date supplied family protection dogs to customers in over 30 countries worldwide and this number is growing year on year.With more than 50 years' experience between us, we pioneered many of the techniques now used in this industry and remain at the cutting edge of its development while passing on our hard-earned knowledge and expertise to our staff. In fact, the combined team boasts over 100 years' experience in dog training.Charles takes ultimate responsibility for the training programme at A1K9 and sets the highest possible standards in the development of both dogs and staff.Charles and Gaynor are both members of the British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers. In addition Charles is an assessor for the National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users and Gaynor is a qualified canine behaviourist (member of the Canine and Feline Behaviour Association) and was voted behaviourist of the year in 2014.Each team member at A1K9 is put through a structured and rigorous training regime to ensure they master the process of training and conditioning the protection dogs that we supply.Under the careful guidance of the company's two master trainers - Charles and Gaynor - each member of staff is developed to achieve the high standards that have put the business on the map globally.The result of A1K9's commitment to staff development and the intensive training and conditioning programmes developed by this experienced team is simple: A1K9 consistently produces what could be regarded as the best trained and most reliable personal and family protection dogs in the world, whilst also helping many individuals to get the best out of their pet canine companions.A1K9 boasts a tightly knit and highly experienced team of individuals, all committed to achieving the highest possible standards of dog training and welfare. Each individual brings a unique set of skills and experience to the set up at A1K9, contributing to producing the most highly trained personal protection dogs in the world.


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