For virtually his entire life, Dakota has been around animals. Growing up on a farm, Dakota and his family raised cattle – and as anyone who has lived on a farm knows, this was lots of hard work! Dakota also kept a number of dogs as pets.
Dakota served in the United States Navy for five years, posted to several locations around the world.
Dakota has trained and volunteered with multiple police departments and their K9 units over a three-year period, and is also a graduate of the American K9 Interdiction Explosive Detection/Patrol Handler course.
A graduate of the School for Dog Trainers, Dakota completed the Master Dog Trainer program with honors. He is certified to train pet dogs, service dogs, police & military K9s and search and rescue dogs. Dakota works with the aim of helping owners to resolve problematic behaviors and passionately believes in harnessing the natural abilities of every dog.
Dakota lives in Ohio with his wife and five dogs – Axel, Rogue, Maxine, Echo and Max.