#1 DOG TRAINING PROGRAM IN PHOENIX
Top Rated Local Dog Trainer
Welcome to Active K9 Training Solutions! We are dedicated to empowering dogs and their owners with the skills and techniques that help them get the most value out of their relationship.
Whether you are looking for basic obedience training or advanced behavior solutions, we’re here to help.
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From The Owner:
Missy Dallas
Missy is a CPDT-KA (Certified Professional Dog Trainer—Knowledge Assessed) and K9 CPR–CPR-certified professional. She dedicated the last 15 years of her life to helping both dog parents and industry professionals build balanced, healthy, and emotionally connected relationships with their canine partners. Her work focuses on teaching how to provide the proper blend of mental, physical, and emotional stimulation that every dog needs to thrive.
Why Choose Us
With more than 15 years in the industry, our certified trainers have honed their skills through hands-on experience in various training methods tailored to your dog’s needs.
- Positive Reinforcement: We use humane, effective methods that focus on positive reinforcement to build a trusting relationship between you and your dog. This is one of the key things that sets us apart from other trainers.
- Experienced Trainers: Our certified trainers have years of hands-on experience in various training methods tailored to your dog’s needs.
- Customized Programs: We know every dog is unique. That’s why we offer tailored training programs to suit individual personalities and learning styles.
Our Training Services
From basic manners to advanced behavior work — we help dogs learn, grow, and succeed.
Board and Train
Give your dog a fully immersive training experience. We focus on obedience, manners, confidence, and real-life behavior skills — all trained by professionals in a structured environment.
Advanced Obedience
For dogs who already know the basics but need stronger reliability. We help achieve off-leash control, better focus around distractions, and higher-level obedience you can trust anywhere.
Behavior Modification
Designed for dogs with reactivity, fear, aggression, anxiety, or other behavior challenges. Our trainers use proven methods to rebuild confidence and create safe, lasting behavior change.
Puppy Training
Set your puppy up for a lifetime of good habits. We cover potty training, crate training, socialization, basic commands, and confidence-building — everything your puppy needs to thrive.
Private Dog Training
One-on-one sessions tailored to your dog’s unique needs. Personalized coaching for you and your dog to learn together and build reliable behavior in your home and daily environment.
Our Happy Clients!
Posted on Allison Yacovella We reached out to Missy for help with our reactive/stranger danger dog, Bam. Her dedication, expertise and professionalism has turned Bam from a dog that we couldn't take on a walk, into a happy, well behaved, enjoyable family pet. I would recommend Missy to anyone needing assistance training their dog.Posted on Emalee Hoefner I’ve had an amazing experience with Active K9. Missy has helped me build my fear reactive dog’s confidence along with teaching me how to communicate with my dog. She is very knowledgeable and a wonderful teacher.Posted on Ashley Rice I’m not sure what we would have done without Missy. We adopted a tripod puppy, not realizing that her traumatic former life made her quickly very protective of her new family. I was desperate to learn how to work with her, but all the trainers in the area were months out for help. Missy answered the call and accepted the challenge the same day! Three years later, Missy has been our go-to for new dog introductions and brush up training sessions. I highly recommend Missy’s training and the no nonsense approach to holding the owner just as accountable. Thank you Missy! ❤️ 🐶 Cookie, Zeus and the Rice FamilyPosted on travis Missy has shown a lot of patience with our more than energetic German Shepherd Autumn. She has taught us a lot about our approach to training and gave us guidance on questions both big and small, and was available to answer. We feel confident in continued training thanks to Missy‘s explanations. We had our Autumn go through the boarded training and believe our Autumn learned what the curriculum stated it would provide. Missy has gone beyond what we would have expected for our doggy and truly believe our pup would be a mess without Missy’s training.Posted on Angela Boyce We have two dogs, an English bulldog and a red nose. They are great dogs, but the red nose likes to jump on people to greet them and the bulldog was very stubborn and didn’t realize he was 80 lbs. in no time at all, Missy had them behaving wonderfully and listening to our commands. Finally, we can walk them and have them in public without having to worry that their over friendly nature would end up hurting someone on accident. Missy took the time to train the dog, and us on how to get the best behavior from them. We could not be happier with the results. Thanks Missy!!! Best money ever spent!Posted on Ryan Gamlin I truly don’t know where I would be without Missy’s training with my young golden Lyla! I gave her a super high energy, excitable and rambunctious golden retriever puppy for a months worth of obedience board and train and got back a well behaved, attentive and still high energy pup. That’s what I really appreciated about her training program!! She trains her dogs to be attentive and obedient without them losing their luster and spirit. I’ve recommended her to a few of my friends and will continue to do so. Really grateful to have come across Missy and her talents! I’m confident she actually loves her pups more than humans 😂 which is great in my opinion!!Posted on Chris Cenci My dog's name is pup pup. This is a list of what puppup knows to be gospel... - Down and hold - Sit and hold - loose leash walks - Off leash walks - due to recalls - Recalls - 'here' and 'target'. I can be a football field away from my dog, verbally present the recall command and he will be at my side in however long it takes him to sprint the distance between us. This includes a time when another dog and it's owner were engaging with him in a chaotic manner. I saw what was happening, yelled out the command ... and mid showdown he turned and came directly to me. - Crate trained - Food trained (no jumping for scraps or coming to get food without the 'yes' as a thumbs up to do so). ZERO of those things would have been part of puppups world without Missy having boarded and trained him prior to me picking him up. He was a rescue and Missy set him up to be happy and enjoy his life because the structure is what gives our animals the most rewarding experience they can have. Not to mention it helps with providing safety for them and everyone around ... If somehow off leash and near a road (cars) or any other type of possible trouble (other off leash dogs that are untrained and possibly aggressive etc) the recalls and the trust built through training can prevent accidents. Missy is tough but in a good way. She wants the parents to know what they are doing and what they need to continue doing in order to maintain the structure moving forward. I have no problem recommending her as a trainer. If you're thinking of boarding or day training etc ... She's the girl.Posted on Bernie Evans I was eager and determined to write a review about Missy, owner of Active K9, and pleased that many other stellar reviews praise her without exaggeration. She truly is a rock star in her field. She worked for 2 months with our 5 Y.O. rescue who is dog aggressive and we've seen more progress than we expected. Missy is a gifted communicator with dogs (and owners,) who taught us how to be good dog parents, and it made a remarkable difference in our dog's behavior. Missy was prompt, attentive, enthusiastic and intuitive and delivered exactly what our dog needed at each session. She made herself available for all the time we requested and always considered our input during individual sessions, If I have have one complaint, it's that our dog likes Missy way too much! I will sing her praises to all and everyone who needs help with a furry friend.Posted on 1stacyyates Fantastic experience with Missy. Very low stress for both dogs and owners. She trained us as well as our dogs so training could continue indefinitely. Highly recommend!Posted on Grace Somers We found Missy through a friend who also had a fantastic experience with the program. I thought I knew enough to get by with training a dog and have been successful with training dogs in the past, but after adopting an energetic Dalmatian with a very strong prey drive I was feeling super overwhelmed and defeated. After a 3 week board and train program, our pup was not only 10000% more well behaved but we were also given the tools to continue the process at home. Thank you Active K9 Training Solutions!!!
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