Our Instructors
Pat Watson
Pat spent over a decade in military, law enforcement and private security operations domestically and abroad. He has left his former employment to bring his passion for delivering training to his full time attention. While some companies, units, operators, are capable of great tasks, the bureaucratic environment is one that actually hinders the delivery of the best possible training. Now there is no middle man between you and your instructor here at K9Philosophy and there are no certifications, no qualifications, no regulations that keep us from delivering the best custom information for your K9 training needs. Pat runs an in-person training operations for K9Philosophy just West of Houston Texas on a beautiful rural homestead. (K9Philosophy is a franchise of FortressK9.com)
Joel Ryals
Joel is a professional dog trainer, combat veteran and father. He is the owner and operator of FortressK9.com in Oviedo Florida. Joel breeds, trains, and sells family-protection dogs out of his facility located just outside of Orlando Florida and teaches his clients how to handle their dogs to deal with real threats - what Joel does best. (K9Philosophy is a franchise of FortressK9)