K9 Basics/Clif Wyck Staff

Brian is the founder and owner of K9 Basics Dog Training. He spent 25 years in law enforcement during which time he handled a police dog for 10 years and then supervised the K9 unit for 10 years. Brian has been working with dogs, breeds and behaviors for over 23 years. K9 Basics Dog Training was launched in 2003 after his retirement from police work with an emphasis on pet dog training and making dogs’ lives better through training. It has since grown into one of the largest dog training businesses in the South Jersey area. Brian currently works with six rescue groups in the area besides his business, with an emphasis on training the abandoned dogs to enable them to be adopted.

• Graduate of Philadelphia Police K9 School
• Certified Trainer through “That’s My Dog! E-Cademy”
• Certified in Pet First Aid and CPR
• Member of CPAC (Canine Political Action Corps)
• Professional member of Int'l Assoc. of Canine Professionals

Lisa participated in training police dogs during her 20 year career as a Police Officer/EMT. After retirement from law enforcement in 2004, she began working with her husband, Brian, at his newly formed dog training company, K9 Basics. Lisa initiated and teaches the Puppy Pre-School program now offered by K9 Basics. She is the driving force behind the company’s continued growth and expansion into varied areas of training such as Puppy Pre-School, Agility and Pet First Aid/CPR. Lisa’s greatest passion is getting all dogs into or keeping them in their “Forever Homes” through patience, understanding and training. Lisa is a lover of all animals and she and Brian currently own 5 dogs (“Apache” & “Phoenix” - Czech Shepherds, “Cheyenne” – a Lab/Pit mix, “Geronimo” a German shorthaired pointer, and “Zeus” a German shepherd), 7 cats and 1 bird.

• Certified Trainer through “That’s My Dog! E-Cademy”
• Certified in Pet First Aid and CPR
• Member of CPAC (Canine Political Action Corps)
• Professional member of Int'l Assoc. of Canine Professionals

Tara was a client before joining the K9 Basics staff in early July 2007. She began as a client two years prior to training with her family dog Reba. As Tara pursued her Liberal Arts degree, she worked as an Office Manager in a vet clinic. Even after completing her degree, she knew her love for animals was too strong to leave the field completely. Coming on staff in July as Office Manager was a dream come true! Tara, too, is an animal lover with three dogs and one cat at home!

Nicole has always been an animal lover. After having K9 Basics train her dog Chloe, she began to thoroughly understand the training method that K9 Basics was using and realized that this is what she wanted to do. When Nicole was offer a position as training assistant, it was a perfect match. Now she is a full fledged trainer and claims there is no better feeling than seeing a dog succeed and a happy owner.

• Certified in Pet First Aid and CPR
• Certified Trainer through That's My Dog! E-Cademy

After graduating from Washington College and getting married, Lisa decided to follow her passion for working with dogs. She trained as a veterinary technician at Camden County College and received top honors. She has completed two massage programs, maintenance massage and rehabilitative massage, at the Northwest School of Animal Massage and graduated at the top of her class each time. In addition, she is certified in the advanced massage technique known as the Kinaesthetics™ Body Care System in which she trained under Maryna Ozuna, the system’s founder. Lisa’s goal is to make every dog she touches feel better and live longer. With the love and support of her husband, twin daughters and five dogs, she continues to learn so she can help her four-legged friends.

Joe has had dogs pretty much his whole life. He never knew how much more a part of his life they could be until he became a client of K9 Basics. Once he moved through their program with Buster (an American Bulldog) and graduated, he was honored to come onboard as an Assistant Trainer. The knowledge he has learned and continues to learn is amazing. He loves working with all the clients and their dogs. Watching the transformations first hand as dogs move through this program is extremely rewarding. He leaves the training field every day with a smile on his face!

Audra has always been an animal lover. She sought help training Dakota (her American Bulldog) and became a K9 Basics client in August 2008. After graduating Dakota, she came on board with K9 Basics as an Assistant Trainer in August 2009. She loves coming to work and helping the clients and watching them grow that same bond she grew with Dakota and seeing the progress from beginning to end. She started volunteering with Lilo's Promise Animal rescue and helps train the dogs they are able to save from the over-crowding shelters, so they are able to find their forever homes.