History

In December of 2003, Matt Hammond saw a need for quality working dogs in the southeast, taking advantage of his military training with dogs; Hammond started Quality K-9 Concepts to provide quality dogs at an affordable price.

Organization

QK9C operates in Harlem, Georgia . QK9C has 2 full time trainers to include Hammond and 3 part time trainers. This formula has proven itself to be the most cost effective approach, cutting overhead and lowering the cost for the buyer. QK9C operates as a trained to order kennel, meaning we do not keep a lot of dogs on hand instead we train them as they are ordered lowering the overall cost.

Overview

The making of QK9C was not an overnight success. Hammond has spent countless hours promoting his craft on the training and sport fields winning numerous awards for their dog's performances. Considered to be a "smaller" company, a title Hammond is proud to have. Being bigger is not always better; you tend to lose touch of your customer the bigger you get. Seeing this and having witnessed it themselves, Hammond chose to stay small and keep the one on one relationship with each handler. But don't let the small stature fool you, QK9C has trained dogs for some of the biggest private security companies in the market today, and doing it with better the 98% pass rate. A giant feat that none of the bigger kennels can claim to have achieved.

Matt Hammond started training dogs in 1993 with a local police department in Junction City, OR. as their decoy. Hammond continued to train and help with working dogs in the Army and in November of 1996 attending the Department of Defense Military Working Dog School at Lackland Air force Base. Hammond graduated top of his class and went on to excel as a handler for the Army. Hammond trained in his off time with some of the world best European trainers and took this new found knowledge back with him and implemented it into the Military Working Dog Program. During his career as a military handler, Hammond preformed security details for various heads of state, foreign heads of state, and the President of the United States. Hammond was selected as 1 of 43 handlers to respect the Military and work at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.  In the summer of 2002 Hammond was selected and deployed with the Special Forces to Afghanistan. Hammonds work with SF help pilot and implement a new Special Forces K-9 Program. A program that he is still very active in. In 2003 Hammond returned to the Middle East as one of the first dog teams to move into Iraq. Hammond stayed in the heavily occupied combat zone for 10 months before his working dog was killed. Hammond stayed in Iraq and helped create and organize the Iraqi Army Military Working Dog program acting as the Chief instructor for the inaugural class. In October of 2003 Hammond redeployed and chose to separate from the Army and pursue personal ventures in the K-9 Community. To date Hammond is still called on by the Army to overlook training and programs.

In 2005 Hammond launched their services division assisting local business and parents to combat drug abuse. QK9C has conducted thousands of searches in our local community and around the state. He has access to a number of handlers that help him in this effort. QK9C also has the ability to conduct searches abroad if needed.

Today Hammond has been joined by Mike Santana and Mel Helmick of K-9 Kampus in Malvern, AR. Mike is QK9C's main decoy and helps with obedience classes and protection class.

In closing you can see that QK9C is a costumer based, family ran company with the costumer in mind. We strive to stay below market prices and offer the best buying experience we can to our customers. When you purchase a dog from QK9C you become part of the family.

Thank you for considering Quality K-9 Concepts for you working dogs needs.