JPK9 Academy is a family-run dog training business based in Elk Grove, run personally by Juan Portillo and his wife Sarah. Fifteen-plus years in, Juan's been recognized as an expert dog trainer by ABC10 Sacramento, and every program still runs through him directly, no rotating staff, no handoffs.
JPK9 Academy is a family-owned dog training business, run by Juan and Sarah Portillo out of Elk Grove, California. Over 15-plus years, it's grown to cover eleven cities across the greater Sacramento region, Sacramento, Elk Grove, Roseville, Rocklin, Vacaville, Davis, Fairfield, Folsom, Fair Oaks, El Dorado Hills, and Napa, without ever adding a second trainer.
That's not an accident. Every evaluation, every session, every program still runs through Juan personally. The business grew by covering more ground, not by handing dogs off to staff.
Keep reading to see how that shows up in the numbers, and in what past clients have said.
Juan Portillo has been featured as an expert dog trainer in ABC10 Sacramento news coverage, discussing dog behavior and training. It's the kind of recognition that comes from doing this work consistently, not from marketing.
"The dogs that fail at boarding are not broken dogs. They are normal dogs in the wrong environment."
— Juan Portillo, Head Trainer, JPK9 AcademyFounder and Head Trainer, JPK9 Academy
Juan Portillo runs JPK9 Academy out of Elk Grove, and has for more than 15 years. In that time, the business has grown to cover eleven cities across the greater Sacramento region without adding a second trainer, every evaluation, every session, every program still goes through Juan personally.
His approach starts the same way every time: an in-home evaluation before anything gets recommended. Puppies, obedience cases, dogs with a bite history, dogs another trainer already turned away, each one gets looked at individually rather than slotted into a standard package.
That evaluation-first method is part of why Juan's been recognized as an expert dog trainer by ABC10 Sacramento. It's also why JPK9 handles cases some local trainers won't take on, aggression, severe reactivity, dogs that failed at boarding elsewhere.
No rotating staff. Juan personally runs every evaluation, every session, every program.
No fixed packages sold sight-unseen. Every dog gets looked at in person first.
Aggression, bite history, dogs turned away elsewhere. JPK9 doesn't screen those out.
Featured as an expert dog trainer by ABC10 Sacramento.
No editing, no highlight reel, just what a real session with Juan looks like.
From the Elk Grove facility, Juan drives out to homes across these cities.
Call (916) 571-0157 or leave your number below. Tell Juan about your dog, and he'll tell you honestly what fits, whether that's a quick fix or something bigger.
