"DAVE BALMAT IS AN ACCOMPLISHED BEHAVIORIST AND OFTEN WORKS WITH AGGRESSIVE AND PROBLEM DOGS WHERE OTHER TRAINERS HAVE GIVEN UP."

Dave has extensive experience in all fields of dog training. He has personally worked with and attended numerous seminars of some of the leading behaviorists and working dog trainers throughout the US and the Netherlandes. He is a registered professional trainer himself and has made the study of canine behavior a lifetime endeavor.

Dave has competed in Schutzhund, K-9 Pro Sports, National Association of Protection Dogs, as well as assited in French Ring Trials and Police K-9 Certifications. He has also successfully trained Therapy Dogs, Assistance Dogs, Agility Dogs, Utility Dogs, Air Scenting, Human Remains Detection, Explosives Detection, Tracking and Trailing dogs, as well as his latest interest in training animals for Hollywood films. He has worked for HBO, Warner Bro., Anheuser-Busch, Dunkin Donuts, Rooster Teeth Productions, Ascension Seton, and many others.  Dave also prides himself in using his experience to train service assistance dogs from selection to finished working companion.  He finds this work most rewarding to help those with disabilities improve the quality of their life. Consummate K-9 also had licensed by the ATF and cleared through the Department of Justice for the training of explosive detection dogs for 15 years.

Dave has retired from assisting in the training and maintenance of Police K-9s. He was the founder and K-9 Training Director for Blue Mountain Search and Rescue from 2002 untill 2010. As of 2013 his personal dog Lucas has been retired as a Certified Area Search Dog and Human Remains Detection Dog (deceased 2015).

One of Dave’s personal dogs, Kanto which he acquired in 1993 at 7 weeks of age, went on to win 1st place in the Personal Protection Division at K-9 International’s World Championship Trial in El Paso Texas in 1998, with the decoy help of Doug Wendling of Progressive K-9 Academy. Kanto had also participated in numerous grade school presentations focusing on the responsibilities of dog ownership as well as work in low profile K-9 security Task Forces and only seen when needed, as in the NASCAR Winston Cup Pocono 500 series races.

Dave has performed temperament evaluations on thousnds of dogs at local shelters and humane societies through out the area south central texas, as well as trained thousands of owners and dogs in the Tri- State area during his career. He has written several articles related to dog training and behavior as well as presented countless demonstrations and seminars on Canine behavior, aggression, and training, to Veterinary Clinics, Pet Groomers, Schools, the American Society of Industrial Security, Dog Wardens and attorneys for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement as well as assisted Pennsylvania State Troopers and local Police departments with the use of his dogs. He has been recognized as an expert witness testifying in aggressive dog cases and many current successful dog trainers got their start apprenticing with Dave.