Be Ikonic. Be an Insider.
We are so excited to announce Ikonic Insiders! Our family has grown over the years and Kellie is looking for more in depth ways to serve our community which is where Ikonic Insiders was born! This is a monthly subscription where you get exclusive access to Kellie, training videos, a community page to ask questions and lean on each other for support.
Become an Insider!The Ikonic Philosophy
Our goal at Ikonic Canine is to revolutionize the training experience by integrating proven training techniques with our highly progressive and innovative training plans. We prioritize the dog’s perspective and emotional state in our training, creating and meeting the dog’s expectations through clean and clear communication. Emphasis on engagement and teaching consistent concepts will remain throughout the dog’s training and trial maintenance. Equally as important as the dog training itself, is the handler support we offer – a true community for people to interact, discuss, problem solve, brag, and offer general emotional support, especially for those who don’t have encouragement from those around them. We care about all of you!
Meet Kellie!
Kellie is the co-founder of Ikonic Canine with her husband Chris in San Diego, CA. She has a passion for all things competition obedience, as she thinks obedience is the most challenging of partnerships with our dogs due to the fact the dog’s desire to participate is almost entirely man made. She is also dedicated to engagement and discovering what is possible exploring deeper levels of clear communication with dogs, prioritizing their perspective and emotions.
Her first dog Joli, a German Shepherd, competed in AKC with a Novice A High in Trial. Joli was the dog that started her fascination with engagement! Although initially faced with many challenges, Kellie is very grateful for Joli’s contributions to where she is today. Her second dog Ikon, a Belgian Tervuren, is a retired IPO3 (Schutzhund) with multiple ‘v’ obedience scores and an AKC CDX with multiple High in Trials, in addition to winning the 2019 Regional Top Dog Championship (Open division).
Her current competition dog Prima, a Belgian Tervuren, is a two time IGP3 (Schutzhund), has multiple ‘v’ IGP scores, and was the Highest Scoring Female in 2 consecutive national championships! Prima will hopefully become her flagship female for her breeding program, Ikonic Belgians. Kellie also has two young Belgian Tervuren males from the Netherlands that she is looking forward to competing with soon!
Meet Chris!
Chris is a retired Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer with 20 years of service, has graduate degrees in both Human Behavior and Performance Psychology, and has been training/competing in the sport of IGP (Schutzhund) since 2008. He is the training director and training helper for the San Diego Schutzhund Club since 2014 and is a classified Club level helper for USCA, having worked dogs in two Regional Championships.
He has titled two dogs in Schutzhund and currently has a wonderful 14-month puppy named Sparta, with whom he hopes to compete with at the highest levels in IGP. A professional dog trainer since 2012, he has also served as the K-9 consultant for two high profile Hollywood productions - Call of Duty Ghosts and Saving Private K-9 - where he also handled his personal dogs in both of those productions. Then in 2013 while attending a Denise Fenzi seminar, he met the love of his life Kellie, quickly signing up to be one of Kellie’s students in her engagement classes - and the rest is history!
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