About Us

Garrett

WHO IS RIDLEY K-9 ACADEMY?

Ridley K-9 Academy is a mobile & inboard professional dog training services located in Placerville, California. We serve the greater El Dorado, Sacramento and Placer county regions. Ridley K-9 Academy has now expanded into Contra Costa County offering our In-board training service only.

WHO IS GARRETT RIDLEY?

Garrett Ridley is the owner and training director of Ridley K-9 Academy. After many different career paths, Garrett has followed his heart into the dog world. He has always been a dog person and loves being in the presence of and working with dogs. Garrett is currently training his personal dogs in the dog sport of PSA. Also Garrett is in training to be a professional certified PSA decoy under training directors, Luciano & Natalie Oliva, of Norcal Valley K-9 Club. After many years of training his own dogs, and countless requests from dog owners to train their dog(s), Garrett decided to form Ridley K-9 Academy. Now he is doing the greatest job in the world. "Doing what you love comes natural, there is never any force needed. That's why dog training comes natural to me. Because, I love it!" Garrett Ridley

WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?

We stand for teaching owner/handlers how to successfully communicate with their canines. We stand for integrity, character and providing a professional dog training experience. We belives in being straight forward with our clients about all their dogs training needs. We stand, by your side and support you and your dog through a positive and extremely rewarding training experience.

WHAT KIND OF TRAINING?

Garrett Working Cyrus's FocusWe train all dogs, any size or breed. But, most of all, our focus is on teaching you how to become a better owner, handler and pack leader. We will show you how to work your dog using proper motivation, timing as well as teach you new handler techniques in order for you dog to be successful. We give you the experience and knowledge you need to control your dog in and out of public in a reasonable amount of time.-------------------------------------------
Our training philosophies revolve around rewarding your dog’s positive behaviors and discipline their negative behaviors every time!

We believe using a mixture of both positive and negative reinforcement methods are necessary in order for your dog to be successful. However, we also believe every dog MUST be trained according to their own genetic disposition. We feel our methods of training makes it possible for any dog to succeed in their training program as well as life!

We specialize in:

  • Companion & Sport Obedience
  • All hard to handle large breeds
  • Behavior modification
  • Aggression problems
  • Pack problems
  • Pack fighting issues
  • Off leash control

Our training services include:

WHY DO WE TRAIN?

We work & train because we have deep passion and love for dogs and love to help people come to a total understanding of their dog.

  • Help dog owners train their dogs
  • Help create well behaved canine companions in the community
  • Keep dogs out of shelters and from being euthanized
  • Advocate for bully breeds
  • Because we love helping people and dogs


TESTIMONIALS

Click here to view a wonderful letter we received from the Schmid family! Thanks you guys! Garret Ridley


Client Testimonials

"Zeus and I are very pleased with the outcome of training with Garrett Ridley. Before training, Zeus was un-ruly. Now he is obedient, well-mannered, sociable in public and fun to be with. Thank you Garrett!"

Brian


Charlie

“After raising and training Sporting Dogs for over 20 years, I was having a tough time with my new German Shepherd pup. Garrett’s experience with this breed was invaluable. As a dog trainer, he has a real gift for reading a dog, to understand what's going on (e.g., is this stress? is this confusion? or what?). His methods are positive, inspiring, gentle, and effective.

Helen