Napa is farther out than most places JPK9 serves, about an hour and a half from Juan's Elk Grove facility. He still makes the trip personally for evaluations and private sessions, because puppies, obedience, aggression cases, board and train, and boarding all get handled the same honest way, no matter the distance.
Real situations, straightforward descriptions.
The off-leash area gets busy, and every approach turns into a struggle.
Every command works indoors, then disappears the moment you're on the sidewalk.
Calm alone, but barking and lunging as soon as one appears.
Stiffens or growls whenever someone new walks through the door.
Chewed baseboards, dug carpet, or accidents that only happen once you're gone.
Biting, accidents, and no clear starting point.
Something happened once, and now every new situation feels uncertain.
It helped briefly, then the old behavior came right back.
Four common situations, and where they usually land.
| Your Situation | Best Program | What Happens |
|---|---|---|
| New puppy, no structure yet | Puppy Training | Covers potty training, crate training, biting, and basic obedience from 8 weeks, at your Napa home. |
| Pulls or reacts around other dogs | Private Lessons | Juan works with your dog where the reaction actually happens, then addresses what's driving it. |
| Busy schedule, need it handled | Board and Train | Board and train handles the training too. Plain boarding is available if that's all you need. |
| Aggression or a bite history | Aggression Training | Every dog is evaluated individually. Juan takes on cases most Napa trainers won't. |
It's a real drive, about an hour and a half via I-80. See it for yourself, then decide.
From puppy basics to aggression cases, Juan runs every program himself.
Your dog moves into the Elk Grove facility for a stretch, usually 3 to 5 weeks. Progress gets documented along the way, and Juan is the only one training your dog, start to finish.
See Board and Train Programs
Biting, potty accidents, no leash manners, the usual list. Juan works with puppies from 8 weeks old, before those habits have time to set in.
See Puppy Training
Some dogs are angels at home and a different animal the second a squirrel or a stranger shows up. Weekly classes at Elk Grove put that to the test, on purpose.
See Group Classes
No fixed curriculum. Juan comes out to Napa and builds each session around whatever's actually happening with your dog that week.
See Private Lessons
Cases with a bite on record, or a dog that's been asked to leave somewhere else. Juan looks at the dog in person before saying what's possible.
See Aggression Training
Some dogs sit, stay, and heel perfectly, then panic or shut down under stress anyway. This program deals with what's underneath that, not just the visible part.
See Behavior ModificationFounder and Head Trainer, JPK9 Academy
Napa is the farthest Juan drives regularly, and he still makes the trip himself rather than sending someone else. That's been the model since he started: whoever shows up at your door is whoever actually trains your dog.
15+ years of this has taught him which dogs need which approach, puppies, obedience cases, dogs nobody else wanted to take on. None of that gets sorted out over the phone, it gets sorted out in person, at your house.
Sarah handles the operations side of JPK9, scheduling and the Elk Grove facility itself. The actual training work, though, from the first evaluation to the last session, has never been anyone's but Juan's.
These clips are unedited, exactly what a session looks like.
Three reviews, three different dogs, in the owners' own words.
Our dog was labeled a dangerous pet after an incident, and animal control required training. Most trainers wouldn't take a case like that. Juan did. I worried a 10 year old dog was too set in his ways, but within 8 weeks the shift was amazing, even with reschedules through extreme heat and wildfire smoke that summer.
We came to Juan for help training our Golden Retriever puppy and our 7 year old Shepherd Mix. In just one session we saw a difference in both dogs. He gave us the knowledge and tools to keep the progress going on our own, and the group classes have been great for socialization.
Juan transformed my dog's reactivity toward other dogs and animals. We worked on obedience, reactivity, and protection work over the past couple of years, and the progress feels unbelievable. We used to avoid outings with other dogs around, and now we enjoy family hikes stress free.
Call (916) 571-0157 or leave your number below. Tell Juan what's going on, a new puppy, reactivity, board and train, or plain boarding, and he'll walk you through what fits before you commit to anything.
