Working Dog Training & Canine Behavior in Alaska
Build a better relationship with your dog.
From family companions to high-drive working dogs, we help dogs and their people develop confidence, communication, structure, and purpose—both on and off the field.
Private Training • Group Classes • Boarding & Training • Workshops
Our
Kennel Philosophy
Dogs aren't meant to just exist.
They're meant to have a purpose.
At LnL Working K9's, we believe a balanced dog is a dog whose physical, mental, and emotional needs are understood and supported.
Whether your dog needs help navigating everyday life, you're looking for a better training foundation, or you want to explore the world of working dogs and dog sports, our goal is the same:
Build a confident dog.
Develop a capable handler.
Create a relationship that lasts.
We don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. Every dog is an individual, and every handler-dog team has a different journey.
Destiny Lytle & Ethan Lawhorne
We're lifelong Alaskans, working-dog enthusiasts, competitors, trainers, mushers, and—most importantly—people who genuinely love living life alongside our dogs.
Destiny grew up immersed in the working-dog world and has spent decades training, competing, mentoring, and continuing her education in canine behavior and training.
Ethan found the working-dog lifestyle later in life, quickly discovering the incredible relationship that can develop when a dog is given structure, purpose, and a job.
Together, we've built LnL Working K9's around something we believe deeply:
Every dog deserves fulfillment
Meet the people behind the pack
Experience matters.
500+
titles earned on personal & client dogs
20 years
of working-dog experience
Multiple
dog sports & working disciplines
Alaska
born, raised & working
Our experience isn't just something we put on a résumé.
We've spent years training, competing, traveling, learning, teaching, and living alongside working dogs.
From IGP and obedience to agility, rally, dock diving, conformation, mushing, and other dog sports, we've experienced the highs, the setbacks, and everything in between.
That experience shapes how we approach every dog and every handler who walks through our doors.
Life with a working dog is an adventure.
Training doesn't stop when you leave the field/training room.
It's hiking.
It's traveling.
It's racing.
It's working.
It's competing.
It's getting muddy.
It's making mistakes.
It's celebrating breakthroughs.
It's figuring each other out.
It's building a partnership that extends far beyond a sit, down, or stay.
That's the life we believe in.
