Scott’s passion has been dogs for as long as he can remember. After finishing high school, he joined the United States Army where he actively served for 9 years, and is still currently serving in the US Army Reserves. During his time in the army he spent a brief time working with Military Working Dogs, before going onto become a Drill Sergeant. After ceasing acitive service, Scott persued his passion of dogs in the workplace. He has spent the last few years as a professional dog trainer, training countless pet dogs, and been heavily involved in confirmation(show dogs). Since his time with military working dogs, his focus has been on expanding his knowledge base of working dogs. This has led to him doing multiple courses and seminars on detection/patrol dogs, and this year has gradutaed from American K9 Interdiction Acadamy as a Detection/Patrol Dog Trainer.

Vanessa got started in dog training at the age of 16 when she began volunteering at a local dog shelter. The main focus was to help the dogs get adopted, but she quickly fell in love with the more difficult cases, often fostering them in her own home. After deciding she needed to learn more, she spent time being mentored by an animal behaviorist, expanding her knowledge on dog body language and respecting boundaries. 

With more than 15 years experience training and handling dogs, Vanessa now specializes in behavioral management training, helping owners with their fearful, and aggressive dogs. She also trains other dog trainers in this area. Dogs really are her passion and she loves bringing happiness to the owners and dogs.

She spends her down time with family and training her own dogs. Vanessa is located in Central Tennessee.

Michael Knight served four years in the United States Marine Corps as a Combat Engineer. He is the father of two beautiful children and a devoted husband. He earned his BA from Southern New Hampshire University in 2019 and is an aspiring writer, focusing on fiction. Michael has owned dogs his entire life and has trained all of his personal dogs. He joined Blackheart K9 Services in January of 2023, and specializes in Puppy Development as well as Obedience Training.

At a very young age, Sarah’s parents instilled compassion towards animals in need. Any dog or cat found without a loving home was always brought in and given care and shelter, until a new home could be found. As Sarah got older, her capacity for care did not change, but her capabilities did!

Sarah began fostering for rescues and helped rehabilitate behaviorally troubled dogs through obedience training. Sarah helped guide these foster dogs through the behaviors that made them less adaptable, into finding their forever homes.

As a trainer, Sarah’s passion remains with the dogs whose spirits have been broken.

Sarah understands that obedience is a staple in keeping troublesome dogs with their right family and forever home. Sarah strives to guide these dogs back to a where they enjoy life, and where their family can enjoy them. Her commitment to keeping pets with their families is evident in her work with difficult cases, but her passion for preventing undesirable behavior before it ever manifests into an issue is what keeps her busy day in and day out with behavioral modification training.