About Us
Chira K9, affectionately named after the dog that gave me a lifetime worth of opportunities was founded in 2025 after relocating from Alberta back to Ontario. In Alberta we owned and operated D&D Training where we provided boarding, board and trains, day training and private sessions to our clients for 4 incredible years.
At Chira K9 we are a full service facility providing boarding, board and trains, day training and private sessions. When we say full service, we mean it, we adapt our life around the care of the dogs and no task is too big when it comes to your animal whether it means pick up and drop off from your home, taking them to previously scheduled vet appointments, administering medications, grooming, we have you covered.
Currently all dogs will be in our home for training and boarding while our shop undergoes renovations to make it into every pets dream home away from home. Our goal is to provide top of the line care, cleanliness, comfort and customer service to all of our amazing clients and their beloved pets. We are expecting our shop renovation to be complete in the fall of 2026 where we will have fully climate controlled, spacious kennels with outdoor runs, a large area for training or for your pup to stretch their legs during their stay with us in the cold winter months as well as grooming and feeding stations to keep your pups looking and feeling their best. Our facility is located in the beautiful leeds and thousand islands township of southern Ontario where we have 5.5 acres of land dedicated to the dogs where we can have trails walks through the bush, downtime in our spacious dog yards (that's right, your dog won't be confined to a kennel all day like most facilities), obedience and exercise in our 2 acre training field and when it's complete, training and play in our temperature controlled facility.
Danni-Ann - Head Trainer/Founder
Danni-Ann has loved owning and working with animals ever since she can remember. From fish, guinea pigs, and dogs, all the way to horses, Danni-Ann has always spent all of her free time with her animals. When she got her first German Shepherd at the age of 18 she fell in love with the breed and dog sports. Specifically IGP which is made up of 3 phases, tracking, obedience, and protection. Which she now competes in with all of her dogs. Learning such an intense sport and style of training sparked her passion for dog training and she was excited to share all of her new skills and knowledge with pet owners who were struggling. When Danni-Ann moved to Alberta she began her journey as a professional dog trainer, contracted by other companies to start and eventually evolved into starting her own training business. Now living in Ontario again after starting a family.
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Over the years Danni-Ann spent every moment she could expanding her skill set through countless seminars, workshops, hands on experience with clients, and building relationships with other trainers she respected. Danni-Ann herself is a national competitor in the sport of IGP as well as a breeder of German Shepherds under the kennel name "vom Norden Sturm".
Danni-Ann has also dabbled in other sports with her dogs like PSA, agility and scent detection.
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Danni-Ann is passionate about teaching owners how to train and handle their pets so they can enjoy them to the fullest. Finding great joy in showing owners how to provide fulfilling lives for their dogs. Through fair, consistent and motivational training we can set your dog up for success to be happy, well behaved dogs, that can join their owners in their everyday life.



