El Dorado Hills sits along the Highway 50 corridor, about 35 to 40 minutes from Juan's Elk Grove facility. He runs every program himself, puppy training, obedience, aggression cases most local trainers pass on, board and train, and boarding without training, all handled personally.
Real situations, no exaggeration. See which one sounds like your dog.
The trails at El Dorado Hills Community Park stay busy, and every passing dog turns into a standoff.
Every command lands at home, then completely disappears the moment the front door opens.
Calm one on one, but barking and lunging the instant another dog comes into view.
Growls, stiffens, or gets defensive the moment someone unfamiliar walks in.
Chewed trim, dug-up flower beds, or an accident that only happens once you're gone.
Biting, accidents, zero routine, and no idea which problem to tackle first.
Something happened once, and now every new situation feels like a risk you can't predict.
Came from a rescue with no real history, and is still cautious, jumpy, or unpredictable in new situations.
Whatever it is, Juan's likely already worked through it with an El Dorado Hills dog.
Call (916) 571-0157Four common situations, laid out plainly.
Puppy Training
Covers potty training, crate training, biting, and basic obedience from 8 weeks, at your El Dorado Hills home.
Private Lessons
Juan works with your dog where the reaction actually happens, then addresses what's driving it.
Board and Train
Board and train handles the training too. Plain boarding is available if that's all you need.
Aggression Training
Every dog is evaluated individually. Juan takes on cases most El Dorado Hills trainers won't.
Short answer: rarely. Here's exactly what happens where.
JPK9 is based in Elk Grove, about 35 to 40 minutes from El Dorado Hills via Highway 50. That drive is only needed for group classes.
From puppy basics to aggression cases, Juan runs every program himself.
Three to five weeks at Elk Grove. Juan handles every session personally and sends video updates, so you're never wondering how it's going.
See Board and Train Programs
Starts at 8 weeks. Potty training, crate training, biting, and the basics that keep a puppy from becoming a bigger project later.
See Puppy Training
Weekly, at the Elk Grove facility. Built for dogs that behave fine at home but unravel around real distractions.
See Group Classes
One-on-one at your El Dorado Hills home, built around whatever your dog is actually dealing with.
See Private Lessons
Bite history, growling, real aggression. Juan evaluates in person before committing to any program.
See Aggression Training
Commands aren't the problem here, the reaction underneath is. This program works through what's causing it, not just what it looks like
See Behavior ModificationNo sales pitch, three steps, straightforward.
Call (916) 571-0157 and you'll get Juan on the line, not a booking system or a call center.
Juan comes out to your El Dorado Hills home for the evaluation, starting at $100, so he's watching the real behavior in its real setting.
From there, the program gets shaped around what he actually saw, with owner coaching woven in from the very first session.
Founder and Head Trainer, JPK9 Academy
Most of what Juan does happens away from El Dorado Hills entirely, at the Elk Grove facility where board and train, boarding, and group classes run. But the evaluation, the first real look at your dog, always happens at your door.
Fifteen-plus years in, he's stopped trying to fit dogs into a standard program. Puppies, obedience cases, dogs with a bite history, each one gets looked at individually before anything's decided.
His wife Sarah handles the business side, scheduling, the facility, the parts that keep things running. What happens with your dog specifically has always been Juan's alone.
What you see is what actually happens in a session, nothing staged.
Three dogs, three different reactivity stories, in the owners' own words.
Juan is a great trainer, my dog Rudy has benefited immensely from his 5 week board and train program. Rudy is a great dog with a lot of reactivity, and the program set a foundation I'm still building on. Juan and Sarah even boarded Rudy while I was on vacation, and it was a relief knowing he was in good hands with people who genuinely love dogs.
Before training with Juan, my dog Jimmy was so reactive that only my brother could walk him, and always when no one else was around. After training, everything changed. Now my mom and I take him for walks every day, to the park, even to Starbucks. Juan stayed easy to reach with questions the whole time, and even visited a week after Jimmy came home just to check in.
Our 10+ year old rescue pit bull mix loved people but had severe dog reactivity, plus obedience issues we'd lived with for 8 years. I used to walk her only in the early morning to avoid other dogs. We chose the 5 week board and train program, and Juan started with an evaluation before deciding what she actually needed. He never promised more than he could deliver, and I finally have the tools to handle her when reactivity comes up.
Call (916) 571-0157 or leave your number below. Tell Juan what's going on, a new puppy, reactivity, something more serious, and he'll walk you through what fits and what it costs before you commit to anything.
