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Salvatore DePetro
Owner/Head Trainer

Hi, I'm Sal, the Owner and Founder of Complete K9 Services. My Dog Training journey started for me when I was 16 and got my first dog. A Working Line German Shepherd I named Zeik. As Zeik grew older and more driven, I found it more and more difficult to live with him. That was when I reached out to his breeder who introduced me to Dog Sports and helped mentor me in training. I spent the following years going to seminars, workshops, reading books, and working at different facilities, honing my craft and learning how to communicate with dogs in a healthy, clear way. Over the years I've had the privilege of working with hundreds of dogs including police K9s, Protection Sport dogs, fearful, reactive and aggressive dogs, all the way down to the sweetest pups around. It is my passion to help owners build a stronger bond and healthy relationship with their dogs!

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Certificates and Continued Education:

  • Every day, real life experience working with pet, and working K9s since 16 years old

  • Certified through NePoPo Silver & Gold schools

  • Logan Haus Kennels, puppy imprinting & development course

  • PDC (Protection Dog Certificate) earned 

  • Certified AKC CGC Evaluator

  • Formerly certified through Sit Means Sit's 3-week remote collar training program

  • Member of the IACP (International Association of Canine Proffesionals)

  • Operant Canine Pat Stuart Online NePoPo course

  • Operant Canine Pat Stuart 2-day NePoPo seminar

  • Jerry Bradshaw PSA seminar

  • Shawn Edwards Basic & Advanced developmental decoy courses (blue belt ranked)

  • Sean Siggins developmental decoy seminar

  • Mike Nezbeth, Justin Rigney, Carlos Ramirez 3 day seminar in protection & police dog training

  • Paul Edward's Training Without Conflict, "Play as a Primary Reinforcer" seminar

  • Cooperative Care Seminar hosted by House Bairon Canine Fitness

  • Michael Ellis "Teaching the Out" Webinar

  • Pat Nolan directional seminar

  • Paul Edwards Canine Aggression and Diagnostics seminar

Head Trainer/Owner Sal with K9 Zeik
Head Trainer/Owner Sal graduating NePoPo New Silver school
Head Trainer/Owner Sal at PSA Decoy Certification Camp
Sal DePetro, Zeikthelandshark PSA1FL
NePoPo Gold Graduate

Liz Kontyko

Training Director

 Hi, I’m Liz Kontyko and I love learning with dogs and their people. I started training dogs as a client with my dog Pinto Bean, fell in love with the process and haven’t looked back. My hands on experience with hundreds of dogs, continued education and work with my own dogs has taught me so much! My purpose is to help you live the best life possible with your dog!

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Certificates and Continued Education:​

Completed In Person:

  • 3 years of Every day, real life experience working with pet, and working K9s 

  • Pat Nolan “Push Pull Training in Drive” 2 day Seminar

  • Pat Stuart 2-day NePoPo Seminar

  • Jerry Bradshaw PSA Seminar

  • 2x Mike Suttle puppy development, scentwork imprinting and bitework development course 

  • Formerly certified through Sit Means Sit’s franchise owner and remote collar training program 3 week course

  • PDC (Protection Dog Certificate) earned

  • Cooperative Care Seminar hosted by House Bairon Canine Fitness

  • Pat Nolan Directional seminar

  • Paul Edwards Canine Aggression and Diagnostics seminar

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Completed Online:

  • Training Without Conflict “Ivan’s Guide to Raising Great Puppies”, “Treat Chasing”, “Intro to Leash Walking for Puppies”, “Chase and Catch 2.0” and “The Possession Games” Online Courses

  • Operant Canine Pat Stuart NePoPo Online Course

  • Forrest Micke “Precision Heeling Techniques” and “Engagement Skills” Online Courses

  • Tyler Muto Consider the Dog Online Subscriber

  • Solid K9 Training “Rehabbing a Fearful Dog” Online Course

  • 2021 Aggression in Dogs Conference

  • Michael Ellis "Teaching the Out" Webinar

  • Michael Ellis "pro's and con's of modern Ecollar training" webinar

Training Director Liz and Pinto Bean
Training Director Liz and K9 Axel prepping for their PDC
Training Director Liz and Rudy
Training Director Liz and K9 Pinto Bean learning under Pat Nolan

OUR PACK

Zeik "The Land Shark"

PSA1 FL

Zeik is the dog who got me started in dog training. He is a 4 year old working line GSD who I compete in PSA with. He is a strong, possesive, highly driven dog who has taught me a lot.

Pinto "The Bean"

CGC/Very Good Boy

Pinto Bean is a 4 year old APBT, Chow, GSD, Lab, Dalmation mix. He's a former counter surfing fanatic who has a sweet and crazy side.

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