THE TEAM

RYDER - CEO

Ryder is a 10-yr old Belgian Malinois, responsible for managing the day to day operations of Grand Rapids K9. He makes executive decisions and provides exceptional leadership and vision. Ryder is the companies Protection Dog, Company Mascot, The Socializer, The (healthy) Boundary Setter, and one of the best ever to exist for BiteWork. Dozens of professional decoys have taken bites in suits from Ryder, and when asked, they consistently place him at the top of the list for the most painful bite pressure of any dog they have decoyed for. He’s a beast, but you’d never know it because he’s overly socialized, ultra confident and socially cool.

JASON - TRAINER

Jason has been training dogs professionally since 2015. Jason is a former former on-call Fire Fighter with the City of Grandville. He has worked and trained over 1400+ dogs of all different breeds, but has most of his experience with higher drive breeds such as the German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois.

He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Grand Valley State University in 2012.

He was a canine consultant and actor/decoy for the Hollywood movie “The Russian Bride” involving a working German Shepherd biting multiple suspects/actors.

He believes in continuing education and has participated with other industry leaders to stay educated. Most recently in September 2019, he attended Magnum K9’s Decoy Class for Law Enforcement K9 in Baldwin MI. In June 2019, he attended High Risk Deployments K9’s “Intro to Scenario Based Training” in Flint MI to further his understanding of training Police K9’s. He also holds a Trikos K9 “Foundations” Certificate and is currently working on completely more courses.

KAYSIE - TRAINER

Kaysie has been training dogs professionally since 2021. In the five years she’s been working, she’s stacked up an impressive 1000 dogs trained. She comes to us from Indiana and has been instrumental in shaping behaviors, teaching obedience and making sure every client feels like family.