A Little Bit About Us

Gaby Gallas

Complete K-9 Academy, Inc. is owned and operated by Gabriela Gallas (maiden name Urevitch).

Gabriela began working with dogs first in her native country of Bulgaria. In 1999 she came to the U.S. and continued her involvement in the dog training world first as the apprentice of a New Orleans, LA dog trainer and later, in 2002, in the opening of her first dog training school in IL. By 2006 Gabriela had created three dog training schools, one in IL ("Top Dog Training") and two in FL ("Trinity Dog Training" & "Complete K-9 Academy"). Each school quickly grew in popularity thanks to Gaby's love for working with problem dogs and her talent for communicating that knowledge to their owners.

She refers to her training method as a balanced one, offering both positive and negative reinforcement to the dog...

"With majority of my clients' dogs I find no need to use food/bribery during training. In rare occasions I meet dogs with extreme food drive, young puppies or dogs training for competition, where precision is important, those are the few isolated cases where I see food training as a great tool in polishing advanced obedience commands. However, with a vast majority of dogs, I find that physical and verbal praise for a job well done, as well as a correction for a mistake, are a very clear and easy to comprehend forms of communication.
The balance is achieved and the dog is a complete one when he/she willingly offers compliance and enjoys doing so for his/her handler."

Gaby operates Complete K-9 Academy out of her 15 acre training facility and home in Myakka City, Florida. Along with training individual clients On Site, she also offers the popular Boot Camp board and train program.

Gaby's years of experience in canine psychology, a real world approach to problem solving and a talent in teaching her human students have made Complete K-9 Academy one of the best Private Dog Training Schools in America.