Gold Coast K9 trains and develops best-in-class home protection and service dogs. Home companion and protector, specialized corporate program, or top-tier military or police service animals, we specialize on providing the dog that meets your exact needs.
We test and measure critical biometric and ability areas and ensure our dogs are extremely well balanced, sociable, and vigilant. We are committed to providing every client with the best possible solution, every time!
All Gold Coast canines are hand selected and checked for health defects during our extensive screening process. In addition, our conditioning and training program includes constant assessments and reviews to ensure our canines are healthy, strong, and ready for their new life. Our team works with the top breeders throughout the world and we have the utmost confidence in the bloodlines and stable temperament of every one of our canines. Gold Coast K9 will always warranty overall fitness for one year. If the service dog is deemed not healthy by a veterinarian due to a genetic fault, Gold Coast K9 will provide the buyer with another suitable service dog.
Moreover, if at any time during the first year there are any issues with the dog and its performance or fit within your environment, the buyer can do a one-time exchange of the service dog for another of equal or lesser value, Gold Coast K9 always works with and supports our loyal and repeat customers and will consider each situation on a case-by-case basis. Our goal is to always ensure you are satisfied and comfortable with your chosen canine protector and companion.
Gold Coast began from one man’s love of dogs and developed into a world class training and performance center. Rodney Spicer transitioned to actual working-dog training in 1985. He purchased his first dog, a beautiful German Shepherd named Arras, and began working obedience skills. Rodney had a natural ability to read and work with Arras and together they were a great team. After some initial success with Arras, Rodney branched out and joined a working dog club, ultimately taking Arras and several other dogs to titles. In 1991, Rodney founded Gold Coast K9. Gold Coast K9 and Rodney went on to successfully compete regionally and nationally as handler, helper/agitator, training director, and judge.
As Gold Coast K9’s capabilities grew through competition, Rodney focused on training police, military, and high-risk private client service dogs in both patrol and detection. Gold Coast K9’s unique, common-sense approach to overcoming real world distractions, pressures, and changing environments, while maintaining drive, enthusiasm, and goal oriented direction set a standard in the K9 training world. Gold Coast K9 teams went on to receive numerous awards including top dog, top agency, agitator’s choice, and medal of valor.
Today, Gold Coast K9 has a twenty-acre training facility located in Moorpark, Southern California. The facility is specifically designed to condition, test, and train dogs for their unique environments, from private family protection companion to military working-dog. In addition, the Gold Coast K9 team tests and measures numerous attributes on all our dogs, conducting analysis to support enhanced selection and training techniques for increased performance and reliability.
Over the last few years I have been looking for a training course on the proper use of an E-collar. The course was phenomenal and it really helped me understand and use the E-collar correctly. I appreciate your patients with me during the course. You explained so much to me, demonstrated the technique, what to watch for and then had me perform it with my canine. The results were shocking! To think that my canine partner could actually respond to the collar in such a positive way, just blew my mind.
Over the last 9 years, the Culver City Police Department has purchased several dogs from Gold Coast and utilized your services to train them. It is obvious from their performance that you have done a great job training both the dogs and their handlers. I have personally attended several training sessions and observed how meticulously and professionally you train and work both the dogs and handlers so they can perform at an optimal level. Again, it is clear that our dogs excel in their tracking and detection skills along with displaying excellent obedience and discipline. I have personally learned many thing about police dogs and their training from you and wan to thank you for doing such a great job!
