Puppy Foundations
Socialization, name response, crate & potty rhythms, and first manners — with field trips through downtown Plymouth so the big world stays a friendly one.
8 wks & up
Plymouth, New Hampshire · Lakes Region
Valhalla K9 Services
Balanced dog training with a Norse heart
and a small-town soul.
Texts beat calls — we’re usually out on a trail. seriously, just text!
The human behind the hounds
Meet Kristina
Trainer, groomer, foster mom, and firm believer that every dog has a little legend in them.
Valhalla K9 is a one-woman operation based in Plymouth, working with dogs and their people all across the Lakes Region. Kristina teaches balanced training — clear communication, fair boundaries, and a whole lot of heart. Wobbly puppies find their first sit, reactive rescues find their calm, and graduates earn true off-leash freedom on the same trails she hikes with her own pack.
When puppy class is in session you might also meet Justin, her right hand for wrangling the little ones — usually somewhere between the town common and the Robert Frost statue.
- Balanced methods — rewards and structure, tailored to the actual dog in front of us
- Real-world proofing — downtown sidewalks, trailheads, coffee shops, swimming holes
- All breeds, all baggage — from eight-week-old fluffballs to hard-case rescues
What we do
The Training Grounds
Six ways to turn chaos into companionship — priced for real life, taught for the real world.
Basic Obedience
Sit, down, stay, come, and loose-leash walking — the everyday vocabulary that makes life with your dog easy instead of exhausting.
All agesBehavior Modification
Reactivity, anxiety, rude greetings, big feelings. Judgment-free, balanced help for the dogs other programs give up on.
Case by caseOff-Leash Reliability
Conditioned recall and real-world proofing, step by careful step, so your dog can earn honest-to-goodness trail freedom.
Grad levelCGC Prep
Coaching toward the AKC Canine Good Citizen title — ten skills, one very proud handler at the end.
AKC test prepPack Walks & Hikes
Group adventures around the downtown loop and Smarts Brook trails. Neutrality, confidence, and tired dogs — training disguised as fun.
GroupThe pack album
Good Dogs, Documented
Twenty graduates, goofballs, and works-in-progress. hover (or tap) to see them in full color →
Tales from the pack
Five stars, every saga
Four reviewers, four five-star sagas. Here’s the gist of each.
★★★★★
A hound with selective hearing, trained up to a rock-solid recall — Kristina knows exactly how to work with a stubborn nose.
★★★★★
A reactive dog rehabilitated all the way to off-leash reliability — the kind of turnaround that changes life with your dog.
★★★★★
A poodle and a lab who’ve never looked better — patient, careful, beautiful grooming, every single time.
★★★★★
Corgi grooming worth crossing the Lakes Region for — she treats every dog that walks in like her own.
Paraphrased from our five-star Facebook reviews — read the originals here.
Out & about
Our Stomping Grounds
Training doesn’t live in a classroom. It lives all over Plymouth — usually within sniffing distance of a coffee.
Pack Walks & Trail Days
The downtown loop, Smarts Brook, and every swimming hole in between. Dogs learn calm in a crowd; humans get their steps in.
Coffee-Shop Manners
Regular outings to Pure & Brave Specialty Coffee — because a dog who can nap through a latte order is a dog you can take anywhere.
The Frost Statue Route
Puppy classes stroll past Plymouth’s Robert Frost statue. Two roads diverge downtown — our puppies learn to take the one with better sniffs.
Foster Headquarters
Between client dogs, Kristina fosters rescues until they find their people — alumni include one wild little lady named Meli. good luck out there, Meli Belly!
Rally the pack
Text us. Seriously.
Kristina is usually elbow-deep in dog — texts and DMs get the fastest answer. Voicemail gets filtered to spam, so calls often go unheard.
(603) 203-2770text first — it’s the fast lane
valhallak9603@gmail.comfor the long stories
17 Rail Road Sq, Plymouth, NH 03264heart of the Lakes Region
Proudly serving
- Plymouth
- Ashland
- Bristol
- Rumney
- Center Harbor
- Warren
- Bridgewater
- Holderness
- Campton Lower Village
- Wentworth
- Meredith
- Moultonborough