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Leash & Beyond K9 Solutions Northeast Florida’s elite dog training! We do it all, from Basic Obedience to Advance Off-Leash, from Behavioral Conditioning to Service and Therapy dogs.
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Even speciality training for protection work and detection. We train ALL breeds and ALL ages! From the leash and beyond, we’ve got your k9 solutions! Owner/Lead Trainer (Lee Talmage) is certified through the United Police Working Dog Association with over 20 years of hands-on experience working k9s all over the world. Our team offers a complete training program to fit any dog’s needs and your lifestyle. We offer private 1 on 1 in-home sessions, hybrid board & train options, and unlimited monthly group sessions. We train ALL breeds and ALL ages. We offer puppy basics, basic obedience, advanced off-leash, behavioral conditioning, service dog training, therapy dog training, personal protection and detection.

Sometimes, even with a busy training schedule Leash & Beyond K9 Solutions, it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate wher...
10/16/2026

Sometimes, even with a busy training schedule Leash & Beyond K9 Solutions, it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate where we get to work.

Three mornings this week, Lee started his day training clients along the water, with some pretty incredible views of Northeast Florida.

One of the things we enjoy about offering private, one-on-one training is that no two days look quite the same. One morning we’re working with a dog at home, the next we’re out in a park, at the beach, or somewhere in between.

We spend a lot of time traveling throughout St. Johns County and the surrounding areas, and every once in a while, the scenery reminds us just how fortunate we are to do what we do, where we do it.

A few views from Lee Talmage mornings this week.

DOG-FRIENDLY DOESN’T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN DOG-SAFE.This is where handler awareness matters.Put multiple unfamiliar dogs in...
10/04/2026

DOG-FRIENDLY DOESN’T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN DOG-SAFE.

This is where handler awareness matters.

Put multiple unfamiliar dogs into a tight public space with people moving around, food, noise and limited room, and things can change quickly.

A dog can be friendly and still not want another dog in its space.

A dog can be well trained and still become uncomfortable if another dog approaches too closely.

And a handler can miss all of that if they aren’t paying attention.

This is why we teach our clients to stay aware of their surroundings, maintain appropriate distance, advocate for their dog and never assume that because another dog is present, interaction is appropriate.

You don’t need a dog fight to learn that lesson.

Good handling means recognizing the situation before it becomes one.

LBK9 CLIENT REMINDERThis is a reminder for all new, current and past clients who are training with us or attending our m...
10/04/2026

LBK9 CLIENT REMINDER

This is a reminder for all new, current and past clients who are training with us or attending our monthly group training sessions.

Before participating in training or group sessions, we need to have the following current information on file:

• Your signed LBK9 Onboarding Packet, which includes our training agreement, policies, waivers and liability forms
• Your dog’s most recent vaccination records

New clients: Your Onboarding Packet is emailed to you for electronic signature as part of getting started with us. Please make sure it has been completed along with sending over your dog’s current shot records. ** You can also print it out, screenshot a picture of it signed too and email it.

Current and past clients: If you have not completed our current Onboarding Packet, or you’re unsure whether we have one on file for you, please reach out. We can resend it. If your dog has received updated vaccinations since you last provided records, please send us the newest copy as well.

This also applies to our lifetime monthly group training. In order to participate in group, we need the appropriate signed paperwork and current shot records on file.

Shot records can be emailed to [email protected].

If everything is already current, there is nothing you need to do.

Thank you for helping us keep everyone’s records up to date and our training and group sessions properly documented.

09/30/2026

Every family comes to us with different goals.

What you see at the beginning of this video is exactly why we were working on this. Movement from bikes and scooters creates uncertainty for this dog, and that uncertainty can come out as barking and reacting.

So we don’t avoid it. We work through it at a level the dog can handle, build confidence and control, and gradually change how the dog responds.

But there’s another important piece for this family. A walker is part of their everyday environment, and the dog also needs to learn how to comfortably move around it and adjust his walking pace to the person holding the leash.

That may not appear on a standard checklist of commands, but it matters to this family.

We build the obedience foundation and then apply it to the dog, the people and the life happening in front of us.

We don’t decide what success looks like. The family does.





09/29/2026

Your house isn’t a training facility.

It’s where life happens.

People move around. Things get dropped. Doors open. Someone is making noise while someone else is trying to get something done. And sometimes there’s a tennis ball flying across the room while the furniture suddenly becomes a drum set. 😆

For this session, we intentionally exaggerated those distractions while the dog worked through them.

Because obedience in a quiet room is one thing. Maintaining that same communication and control when the environment gets louder, busier and more unpredictable is where reliability starts to matter.

We progressively add distractions as the dog is ready for them while keeping the expectations clear.

The environment changes. The expectation doesn’t.

Now THIS is what we love getting from our clients.You can practice obedience all day long, but the real test is what hap...
09/27/2026

Now THIS is what we love getting from our clients.

You can practice obedience all day long, but the real test is what happens when life gives you something you definitely didn’t plan for.

Apparently today’s test was… a possum in the house.

The fact that she could be told leave it, disengage from something that exciting, and then immediately go to place while her owner handled the situation—that’s the kind of real-life control we’re working toward.

And we might be equally proud of Mom for that calm follow-through.

Training showing up when it actually matters. Even when the distraction has four legs and definitely wasn’t invited inside.

09/26/2026

SHE WAS ALREADY INDEPENDENT.

That’s an important part of this story.

When we started working with this Service Dog team, the goal was never to teach someone how to live independently. She was already doing that.

Our job was to build a dog that could fit into the life she was already living.

That started with the same foundation you see with every Service Dog team—communication, obedience, handling and learning how to work together. From there, we built tasks around what would actually be useful in her everyday life.

Zoey learned to carry things for her, including personal items like her wallet and keys. But just as importantly, they had to learn how to communicate and function together as a team.

That’s why Service Dog training can’t simply be about training a list of tasks and handing someone a finished dog.

The handler and dog have to learn each other.

The training has to make sense for their life, their mechanics and their needs.

Because the goal was always the same:

Support the life she was already living.

09/26/2026

WHAT DOES “LEAVE IT” MEAN TO YOUR DOG?

There’s a difference between teaching a dog to wait for something and teaching them to disengage from it.

When we teach “leave it,” our goal is avoidance. We don’t want the dog staring at something, waiting for the opportunity to eventually have it. We want them to learn how to break fixation, turn their attention away and move on.

In this session, we’re using the puppy’s kibble to begin teaching that concept. When he goes toward it, we interrupt with “no” and “leave it”—and then we wait.

At this stage, we’re looking for the smallest decision in the right direction. It might start with nothing more than his eyes shifting away. Eventually the head follows. That’s the moment we want to recognize and reward.

And importantly, the reward never comes from the pile he was told to leave.

As he progresses, we’ll ask for more until “leave it” means completely disengage and move on.

Because eventually this isn’t about kibble on the floor.

It’s something dropped in the kitchen. Something on a walk. Another animal. A person. A bicycle. Anything your dog begins to fixate on that you need them to leave alone.

The end goal is simple:

“Leave it.”
Break focus.
Keep moving.

One thing you’re going to get from me as a trainer is the truth.I’m not going to tell you what you want to hear just to ...
09/26/2026

One thing you’re going to get from me as a trainer is the truth.

I’m not going to tell you what you want to hear just to make you feel good about your training.

If your dog is the problem, I’ll tell you.

If your handling is the problem, I’ll tell you.

If I need to change something in the training, I’ll tell you that too.

And if you’re not putting in the work, I’m going to tell you.

That’s part of my job.

After 20+ years of professionally training dogs, I know the difference between a dog that is struggling with something and an owner who simply hasn’t followed through.

There’s no judgment in that. There’s also no excuse-making.

You hired me to help you get results, not to agree with you.

I can teach you how to communicate with your dog. I can show you proper timing and handling. I can work the dog in front of you. I can identify where things are breaking down and show you how to fix it.

But once I leave, you’re the trainer.

Your dog is learning from you every single day whether you realize it or not.

Every command you give and don’t follow through on.

Every behavior you allow “just this once.”

Every boundary you enforce today and ignore tomorrow.

Every time your dog figures out that you don’t really mean what you said.

That is training too.

So when I ask, “How did training go this week?” and the answer starts with “Well…”, I already know we probably have a conversation to have.

Not because I expect perfection.

I expect accountability.

If you didn’t get as much work in as you should have, tell me. We deal with where we are and move forward.

If you struggled or you’re unsure about something, reach out. Call me. Send me a video. Ask the question. That’s why our clients have access to me between sessions.

I don’t expect you to know everything. If you already knew how to fix it, you wouldn’t have hired me.

You hired me for years of knowledge and experience. My job is to give you that knowledge, teach you how to use it, and help you when something isn’t clicking.

What I do expect is that we work through it together instead of letting a problem sit for a week.

I will hold your dog accountable.

I will hold you accountable.

And you can hold me accountable too.

That’s how this works.

I’ll show up. I’ll put the work in. I’ll give you everything I know to help you and your dog succeed.

Because at the end of the day, the goal was never to make your dog dependent on a trainer.

The goal is to give you a dog you know how to handle, communicate with, and enjoy living your life with.

That’s what training is supposed to do.

09/25/2026

Hundreds of yards. One destination. Straight back to her handler.

This is what all those repetitions, consistency, and follow-through are building toward.

“That’s a recall.”

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130 Corridor Road 3001
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
32004

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

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+15312102086

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