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Canine behavior specialist
Katie's own working title. Thirteen-plus years on aggression, anxiety, fear, reactivity, and basic manners — in the home, not only in a classroom.
Trainer
Katie Gallagher
Kate's K-9's · Canine behavior specialist
13+ years · Penfield, New York
Katie Gallagher is a canine behavior specialist with Kate's K-9's in Penfield. For more than thirteen years she has offered in-home private lessons and day training while you're away — for any behavior, any dog breed, and any age. She runs east-side group classes, certifies CGC and RocDog therapy teams with Calm Life Canine, and supports rescue and adoption work across Rochester.
She is fully insured, works Tuesday through Saturday, and takes in-home cases so the follow-through stays real. If the dog needs a veterinary behaviorist, she will say so.
(585) 727-3751 · 16 Facebook reviews, 100% recommend
Qualifications
What she actually holds, and what she actually does.
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Any dog breed, any age
The Kate's K-9's intro is the brief: in-home private lessons and day training while you're away, for any behavior, any dog breed, and any age.
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RocDog approved trainer
She prepares therapy-dog teams for visits in hospitals, schools, and care homes. A recent cycle with Calm Life Canine certified seven new RocDog teams.
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CGC, CGCA, and CGCU
Four-week class, then test night. She has titled CGC, Community Canine, and Urban CGC — including a CGCU on the same cycle as those therapy teams.
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Ridge's Rescue recommended trainer
Listed as a trusted trainer for newly placed and rescue dogs. She shares adoptable dogs on Facebook and works shy, reactive, and just-home cases in the house.
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Calm Life Canine partner
With Heather Allen: Beyond the Bark day train on Wednesdays, pop-up classes, free leash workshops in rescue rooms, and joint title cycles.
Testimonials
From the house, and on the record.
Katie is really knowledgeable and sweet! You and your pets would be blessed to have Katie in your lives.
We had been through two group classes. Katie spent the first session watching the dog, not talking at us. By week four the door was quiet. That was the whole problem.
She trained me as much as the puppy. The plan was short enough to actually do on a weeknight, which is the only plan that matters.
Our Aussie was herding the children. Katie did not make it cute. She made it stop, and she showed us how to keep it stopped.
We came for Canine Good Citizen and left a RocDog team. The test night was the fourth week, not a surprise at the end of a year.
He was a newly adopted rescue who would not come out of the hallway. Katie worked the house, not a park. He eats in the kitchen now.
Kate's K-9's has 16 Facebook reviews at 100% recommend. More words live on the Facebook page.
Work with Katie.
In-home, day training, puppy class, or CGC. She confirms by the next working morning.