Co-Founder & Training Director of ATA K9
Founder/Head Trainer of Zane dogs

Steve has decades of Exceptional Tactical and Detection K-9 Training and Deployment ~ Proven in the Real World

American Tactical Aggregate K-9 sets the bar for real-world tactical and detection K-9 deployment applications. The ATAK-9 team has developed innovative training techniques for handlers and their K-9 partners which have been adopted by some of the most elite tactical K-9 teams around the world. Often Imitated ~ Never Duplicated.

• 30+ years professional K9 training experience
• U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Has worked with 1000’s of dogs, including professional, competition, and pets
• Sought after expert re behavior modification
• Has trained dogs for and provided security for “A” list celebrities
• Recipient of Presidential Award for exceptional K9 work
• Internationally recognized K9 subject matter expert assisting elite military units to implement working dog programs
• Selected and trained hundreds of working K9s for military and law enforcement and successfully placed them in the field
• Developed many training philosophies utilized today in the working dog world
• Implemented and provided training for numerous government K9 programs throughout the United States and Abroad
• Security Specialist at US Embassies throughout Europe and South America
• Qualified expert witness with the United States Federal Courts on the subject of protection dogs
• Past publisher of two working dog magazines