- Serving San Antonio, TX & Surrounding Areas
Serving San Antonio, TX & Surrounding Areas
When a dog problem is bigger than basic obedience — aggression, reactivity, severe anxiety, fear — you don’t need another trainer. You need a behaviorist who has fixed what other trainers gave up on. All Around K9 is veteran-owned and based in San Antonio, TX. We work with serious behavior cases every week, and we use balanced training methods that produce lasting results.
Free behavior consultation — call us, tell us what’s going on, and we’ll tell you honestly whether your dog needs us.
Most San Antonio dog trainers teach sit, down, stay, and loose-leash walking. That’s obedience work, and it’s important. But it doesn’t fix the dog that lunges at strangers, redirects on the leash, panics when you leave the house, or guards food and toys.
Behavior modification is different work. It addresses the underlying emotional state — fear, frustration, anxiety, over-arousal — not just the surface behavior. A dog behaviorist diagnoses the root cause, builds an individualized plan, and rewires the dog’s response to triggers over weeks of structured work. If you’ve tried group classes, YouTube videos, or a previous trainer and the problem keeps coming back, you’re dealing with behavior, not obedience.
Gary Elbrecht Jr., the owner-trainer of All Around K9, brings a military background to every behavior case. That discipline shows up in how we work: assessment first, plan second, execution third, follow-up always.
Dogs that bark, lunge, or fight on leash or in the yard. We assess whether it’s frustration-based, fear-based, or genuine aggression, then build the protocol that fits.
Dogs that won’t let guests in the house or that warn off people on walks. We teach safe management while we change the underlying response.
Dogs that pace, vocalize, destroy, or panic when left alone. Behavior modification protocol with structured desensitization — not just “more exercise.”
Dogs that growl, snap, or bite over food, toys, beds, or people. Direct work to change the dog’s emotional response, plus household management you can sustain.
The classic San Antonio walk: a dog that loses its mind at every passing dog or person. We rebuild the leash relationship and shrink the threshold over time.
Shutdown, hiding, panicking, or aggressing from fear of cars, men, vet visits, thunderstorms, or specific objects. Counter-conditioning protocols built case-by-case.
Behavior modification isn’t quick. The dog didn’t develop the problem in a week, and it won’t resolve in a week. We work in phases: assessment, foundation, exposure, generalization, maintenance. A typical case runs 6–12 weeks of active work, then ongoing support.
You’ll see real movement inside the first two weeks if the plan fits the dog. If we don’t see progress, we adjust the plan — we don’t double down on what isn’t working.
We serve dog owners across the greater San Antonio metro: Alamo Ranch, Boerne, Converse, Helotes, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Meadow Village, New Braunfels, Redbird Ranch, Schertz, Selma, Universal City, and Westover Hills.
A trainer teaches commands and behaviors — sit, down, stay, walk on leash. A behaviorist works on emotional and behavioral issues — fear, aggression, anxiety, reactivity. The two skill sets overlap, but most San Antonio dog trainers stop where behavior work begins. We do both, with primary expertise in behavior modification.
Most cases yes. “Fixed” doesn’t mean the dog becomes a different dog — it means the behavior is reliably managed, the dog learns alternative responses to triggers, and the owner gains the skills to maintain it. Some severe cases require lifelong management rather than full resolution. We tell you honestly which category your dog falls into after the assessment.
Plan on 6–12 weeks of active work for most cases. Severe aggression, multi-issue cases, or dogs with months of rehearsed behavior can take 4–6 months. We measure progress weekly and adjust the timeline based on what the dog shows us.
Pricing depends on the case — number of sessions, severity, whether board-and-train is needed. We give you an exact quote after the free assessment, not before. We won’t pitch you a package until we’ve seen the dog.
Yes. Including dogs that have bitten, dogs other trainers have declined, and cases referred by veterinarians. We assess the case honestly and tell you whether the dog is a candidate for rehabilitation or whether the right answer is management, rehoming, or in rare cases something harder. We don’t take cases we can’t make progress on.
Balanced training uses both reward and correction. Done correctly it’s the most effective and least stressful approach for serious behavior cases — far less stressful than a dog that lives in chronic anxiety or aggression. Every tool we use is taught to the owner with conditioning so the dog understands what it means. Pure positive-only methods have a strong place in foundation training and many obedience cases; for serious behavior cases the science and our field experience both point to balanced.
Stop waiting. Behavior problems don’t resolve on their own — they rehearse and entrench. Call us today for your free assessment, and we’ll tell you exactly what your dog needs.