Also Servicing the Eastern Shore of MD & DE
Robert Smith (302) 448-8090 info@ultimate-k9.com
Robert Smith has been around working dogs his entire life. His passion for training dogs ignited while watching his father, a Rehoboth Beach Police Officer, doing daily obedience training with their family dog Magnum, a male Doberman Pincher. Rob’s training became more serious in 2007 after adopting a female German Shepherd from the DC Humane Society.
In 2003 realizing his young family needed some guidance, he volunteered and trained at a local K9 Academy. This training focused on leash/collar methods, understanding dog behaviors and learning how to help dog owners become handlers. All of this culminated into Rob leading and assisting in group and private lessons in Basic Obedience, Advanced/Off-Leash Obedience, Agility, Personal Protection and Tracking classes. Retiring after 21 years of military service in the US Navy and US Air Force, Rob and his German Shepherd, Micah have worked with Ultimate K9® fulltime for 4 years. Rob, Micah and 2 1/2yr old Mini Goldendoodle, Mihlo are starting their next chapter with Ultimate K9®in Lewes DE. Rob is also a AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. He is able to test all levels of the Canine Good Citizen Test and is a certified K9 Service, Therapy Dog and ESA Trainer and evaluator.
Using modern K9 training methods Rob, Micah, and Mihlo are eager to help solve any issues you may have and achieve your dog training goals on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware
DELAWARE
~ Georgetown
~ Lewes
~ Dewey Beach
~ Bethany Beach
~ Rehoboth Beach
~ Millsboro
~ Selbyville
~ Milton
~ Bridgeville
~ Laurel
~ Delmar
~ Harrington
~ Dover
~ Camden
~ Felton
MARYLAND
~ Ocean City
~ Denton
~ Easton
~ Cambridge
~ Salisbury
~ Snow Hill
~ Berlin
~ St. Michaels
Welcome River to his Immersion Day Train #1 with Trainer Rob. River is working on “Come & Sit” as well as any negative behaviors his mom told us about. He enjoys pulling and not listening…lol. Can’t wait to see his progress and transformation!
Welcome Ryder to her Immersion Day Train #1 with Trainer Rob. She is a 13wk old Great Dane. She is growing into her body and her coordination is…well a work in progress. Ryder is working on “Come & Sit” as well as any negative behaviors her mom told us about. Short repeatable sessions with consistent, clear communication is the secret sauce to learning and building confidence.
Bones update…Immersion Day Train #4 with Trainer Rob. Look at his smile, so proud of himself. His confidence is growing everyday!This lesson Bones worked on holding positions longer and cleaned up all obedience in different environments and distractions.
Bones update…Immersion Day Train #3 with Trainer Rob. This lesson Bones worked on holding positions of sit & down around distractions as well as cleaning up his heel. The team worked very well together in Lowe’s. Before training this was such a struggle for his owner. We trained in many environments around Seaford, Georgetown, Milton and Lewes DE.
Bones update…he had his Immersion Training day 2 lesson with trainer Rob. He’s learning the Place command and how to hold positions (place, sit & down). We also worked on the heel command around distractions and in new involvements. Maybe you saw us out in Seaford, Lewes & Rehoboth. Bones had a great day on the boardwalk and the beach! The afternoon lesson with his Mom was amazing. So proud of this team and their accomplishments so far! Stay tuned for future updates.
Welcome Bones to day 1 of his Immersion Day Train Program with Trainer Rob. He started his day in Seaford DE and is training around Georgetown & Lewes. He’s learning rules, boundaries & structure in different environments. Stay tuned for future updates on his progress
Congratulations
to Team Gus for graduating and becoming a certified Therapy Dog! Way to go team!!! We look forward to watching your journey ahead.
Training update for Gus with Trainer Rob - After lesson 4 Gus is out training in new environments and now learning how to do his job as a Therapy Dog “In Training”. So exciting to watch his transformation!
Tucker
Tucker and his parents learning the Place command and Heeling principles in Private Lessons with Trainer Rob in Georgetown DE. #uk9 #dogtraining #southernmarylanddog #somddog #obedience #training #puppy #puppytraining #creatingcompanionsforlife
Micah & Rob taking a break in Georgetown DE
Trainer Rob and his Demo Dog Micah taking a break in Georgetown DE between appointments.
Gus
Our Delaware Trainer Rob working on private lessons with a dog reactive puppo and his people. Lesson 1 and already learning how to utilize training to redirect Gus to focus on his people and ignore other dogs.