K9 AdvantEDGE is a family-owned dog training business based in Brownstown, Michigan, serving the Downriver and Metro Detroit areas for over 10 years. Founded by Tyler Edge, an AKC Certified CGC Evaluator, and his wife, Esther, we work with dogs of all ages and breeds - from young puppies building their first foundations to adult dogs working through behavioral challenges. Our balanced, real-world training is tailored to each dog and household, focusing on reliable obedience, leash skills, and calm behavior that holds up in everyday life. Whether through In-Home Sessions, Stay & Train, or Online Courses, we coach owners alongside their dogs so the results are lasting. Honest guidance, genuine care, and training that make a real difference.
Training & services
Training goals
Behavior consultationProgram details
Behavior Modification Dog Training helps address reactivity, anxiety, aggression, and other challenging behaviors with personalized training plans. We use positive methods to improve communication, build confidence, and create lasting change for dogs and owners alike.
Crate trainingProgram details
Crate training helps your dog feel safe, calm, and comfortable in a routine they can understand. We use positive methods to build good habits, reduce anxiety, and support house training. Get practical guidance that fits your dog’s age, temperament, and goals.
House trainingProgram details
Get your dog or puppy reliably housebroken with structured routines, clear expectations, and consistent reinforcement at home. We help you avoid the common mistakes that drag potty training out for months and set you and your dog up for real long-term success at home.
Clear potty training routines and structure that actually work for busy households. We help you set up a schedule, reward the right behavior, and prevent the accidents that frustrate so many new dog owners. Most effective with puppies, but adult dogs benefit too.
Leash trainingProgram details
End the pulling, lunging, and chaos on walks for good. We teach loose leash walking and structured heeling using a balanced approach that works for big dogs, small dogs, and everything in between. Walks become something you and your dog actually look forward to again.
Obedience trainingProgram details
Advanced obedience training helps dogs learn reliable manners, better focus, and calm behavior in real-world situations. We use clear guidance, positive reinforcement, and consistent routines to strengthen commands and improve listening. Ideal for growing confidence.
Basic Obedience Dog Training helps your dog learn sit, stay, come, leash manners, and calm behavior at home and in public. Our positive, personalized sessions build trust, improve communication, and make everyday routines easier for you and your pet.
Reliable, real-world obedience taught with a balanced approach. Sit, down, stay, place, heel, and recall, proofed around the distractions you actually face. Available as in-home lessons or board and train, with owner coaching so the results carry into everyday life.
Reliable off-leash control, your dog actually maintains around real-world distractions. Built on balanced, e-collar conditioned foundations with proofed sit, down, place, and recall. Ideal for owners who want freedom at parks, trails, and beyond their backyard.
Puppy trainingProgram details
Start your puppy off right with potty training, basic obedience, leash skills, socialization, and healthy boundaries. We help you avoid the issues that show up later, such as separation anxiety, overexcitement, and reactivity. Reduced puppy pricing on all packages.
Specialized training programs for puppies under 8 months at reduced pricing. Covers potty training, basic obedience, leash skills, socialization, and healthy boundaries to prevent future issues. Available in 3, 5, 7, or 10 session packages tailored to your pup and home.
Recall trainingProgram details
Build a reliable come command that your dog actually responds to, even off-leash and around distractions. We use a balanced, e-collar conditioned approach so you can confidently call your dog back at parks, on trails, and in the yard. Long-distance recalls are included in advanced packages.
SocializationProgram details
Healthy socialization that builds real confidence, not chaos. We teach puppies and adult dogs how to stay calm and focused around people, other dogs, and new environments with clear boundaries and structure. Prevents future fear, reactivity, and overexcitement issues.
Behavior support
Aggression training
BarkingProgram details
Professional dog barking training helps reduce nuisance barking with calm, reward-based methods tailored to your dog’s behavior. We teach reliable quiet cues, improve impulse control, and build better habits at home and on walks. Get clearer, calmer communication today.
Fear and confidence
Jumping up
Reactivity trainingProgram details
Barking, lunging, pulling, or fixation around dogs, people, and everyday triggers can make walks stressful. K9 AdvantEDGE provides in-home reactive dog training across Brownstown and Downriver, using structured practice and owner coaching to help build calmer, more manageable responses.
Separation anxiety
How training happens
Board and trainProgram details
Your dog stays with our family for 4 or 6 weeks of intensive daily training. Reliable obedience, leash skills, place command, recall, and e-collar training built through consistent repetition. Includes a go-home lesson and follow-up to make the transition smooth.
Our 4-week stay and train program is priced at $2,800 total. Your dog learns reliable sit and down stays, loose leash walking, and a solid place command around mild distractions. Comes home e-collar trained with a go-home lesson and follow-up check-in lesson included.
In-home trainingProgram details
One-on-one training in your home, yard, and neighborhood, where the real challenges actually happen. Available in 3, 5, 7, or 10 session packages covering obedience, leash skills, place command, and behavior issues. Owner coaching is included in every single session.
Personalized one-on-one training delivered in your home, yard, and neighborhood. We address obedience and behavior in the exact environment your dog actually lives in, so the training sticks. Owner coaching is included so every member of the family stays consistent.
Online or virtual trainingProgram details
Train on your schedule with K9 AdvantEDGE’s self-paced online dog training courses. Owners get step-by-step video lessons, written guides, and community support for foundational obedience and everyday manners, with anytime access from anywhere.
Owner coaching
Private trainingProgram details
Private, one-on-one lessons focused entirely on your dog and your specific goals. No group classes, no distractions from other dogs unless we plan it. Available in your home in 3, 5, 7, or 10 session packages across Brownstown and the entire Downriver Michigan area.
Dog age
Adult dogsProgram details
Adult dog training helps improve manners, recall, leash walking, and focus for dogs of all breeds. We use positive, practical methods tailored to your dog’s age, temperament, and goals. Build better habits and a calmer home with personalized support today.
Puppies
Training level
Advanced obedience
Advanced training
Support between sessions
Go-home lessons
Personalized training plans
Dog size
Small dogs
Training approach
E-collar trainingProgram details
Modern, humane e-collar conditioning for off-leash reliability and clear communication at a distance. Your dog comes home from our board and train fully trained on the e-collar, with a go-home lesson and follow-up so you understand how to use it confidently and fairly.
Positive reinforcement
Additional services
Boarding
Other listed services
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Dog trainingProgram details
Family-run dog training serving Brownstown and all of Downriver Michigan. We offer in-home lessons, board and train, and puppy programs using a balanced, humane approach. Clear communication, fair structure, and real-world results that last well beyond the lesson.
Anxiety dog trainingProgram details
Professional anxiety dog training helps reduce fear, stress, and reactive behavior through calm, positive methods. We build confidence with gradual exposure, clear routines, and customized support for each dog. Improve daily life with gentler, more relaxed behavior.
Distraction TrainingProgram details
Distraction Training helps pets stay focused and responsive around noise, people, other animals, and everyday movement. We use clear, positive methods to build reliable manners and confidence in real-world settings. Ideal for calmer walks, visits, and better control.
Dog jumping trainingProgram details
End jumping on guests, family, and strangers on walks. We teach your dog impulse control and a calm, polite greeting using clear communication and fair structure. Owner coaching is included so the whole household stays consistent and the unwanted behavior actually goes away.
Family dog trainingProgram details
Training that works for the whole family, not just one handler. We coach every member of the household so your dog gets consistent expectations from everyone. Builds a calmer home, better walks, and a dog that fits naturally into your daily family life and routines.
Personalized Dog TrainingProgram details
No one-size-fits-all programs here. We tailor every session to your dog's temperament, your household dynamic, and your real-world goals. Whether you need basic manners or serious behavior work, the plan always fits your dog and your life, not the other way around.
Dog boot campProgram details
Intensive board and train program designed to transform your dog's obedience and behavior in 4 to 6 weeks. Hours of hands-on training daily in a real-world home environment, not a sterile facility. Perfect for busy owners who want fast, lasting, real-world results.
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5/5Tyler and Esther are absolutely amazing. My 5 year old rescue’s anxiety was becoming too much for us to handle. We enrolled her in the 2 week board and train program. They gave her the confidence she needed and gave us the training to continue everything she’d learn. When they dr…Read full reviewClose full review
Tyler and Esther are absolutely amazing. My 5 year old rescue’s anxiety was becoming too much for us to handle. We enrolled her in the 2 week board and train program. They gave her the confidence she needed and gave us the training to continue everything she’d learn. When they dropped her off, we could see just how much they cared for her and how much they taught her. I highly recommend K9 Advantedge to anyone looking for any sort of training.
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Rachel G
5/5
Absolutely amazing training! From day one, both Esther and Tyler were completely engaged and committed to helping me work with and train my newly adopted pup. I highly reccommend them to anyone who either adopted a puppy who needs to be trained from scratch or an older dog who may have some traits that need to be corrected.
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Brittany Illbeck
5/5
Absolutely loved the experience. Probably learned more from training than my pup😂 definitely recommend!
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Rinku Bhavsar
5/5Tyler and Esther are wonderful trainers, very loving and caring towards our dog Koda! They did a great job showing us how to make our dog more confident in different difficult situations. Training him with a great attitude and the right tools made his life more pleasant and our l…Read full reviewClose full review
Tyler and Esther are wonderful trainers, very loving and caring towards our dog Koda! They did a great job showing us how to make our dog more confident in different difficult situations. Training him with a great attitude and the right tools made his life more pleasant and our life easier! They cared for Koda when we went on vacation and we enjoyed our vacation knowing he was in loving and caring hands. We absolutely would recommend their services to our friends and family!
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Lori Klavon
5/5I finally found the dog of my dreams, it was Love at first sight. (Really)! She is six years old and loves to be petted. When I adopted her, I was told she didn't like other dogs. She is so gentle and loving it's hard to imagine a mean bone in her body. By the way she is a 70lb.…Read full reviewClose full review
I finally found the dog of my dreams, it was Love at first sight. (Really)! She is six years old and loves to be petted. When I adopted her, I was told she didn't like other dogs. She is so gentle and loving it's hard to imagine a mean bone in her body. By the way she is a 70lb. yellow lab. Unfortunately I found out what they meant about her not liking other dogs. I was walking her by myself when a stray dog ran toward us. My dog grabbed onto this other dog at the neck and would not let go, I tried so hard to get her away from the other dog, I pulled her, I was screaming at the top of my lungs for help, at one point I was on top of my dog pulling at her neck. (She was wearing a harness). Finally, she let go. I don't know what happened to the other dog? I was exhausted, crying, confused. So many others have told me it wasn't my fault, but how can I keep a dog I can't control.
This is when I found Tyler and Esther! They are the best! After their very first evaluation with her they were confident they could help. They drove to us every week with their own dogs and they trained us. A lot of it was building my self confidence back up and showing me what to do in any situation. If you are looking for a great dog trainer, you need to get a hold of K9 AdvantEDGE. Call them first, you will not be disappointed.
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