Meet the Team

Hi, my name is Alicia! I’m originally from Carver, Massachusetts where I was a dog daycare attendant for two and a half years. It was around two years into that job that I realized, dog training can really be someone’s career?

I looked into dog training schools in the country and found Highland Canine Training, LLC in North Carolina and enrolled in their extensive Master Dog Trainer Program for six months. I learned and experienced many aspects of dog training, including dog body language, how to teach new behaviors, obedience, behavior modification, trick training, dual purpose police K9s and service dogs. After six months, I interned with Highland Canine Training for another five months. I was able to get even more extensive training and hands on experience than I could have ever imagined!

Over a year ago, I fostered and adopted a Red Heeler named Johnny. He had some major aggression issues with humans that we are still working on to this day. I truly understand what it’s like to have a tough dog and to feel all the pain that comes along with it. My goal is to help people enjoy their time with their dogs, to have a better relationship with them and to make a difference in human and canine lives.

Alexander was born and raised in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. While growing up he was always outdoors. Whether he was outside playing with his dog or looking for different types of snakes and bugs to analyze. Alexander also would love to volunteer at the local places in his community such as Thomas J O’Connor Animal Control & Adoption Center, Life Care Center of Wilbraham, coaching youth sports teams, and many more.

After high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a Military Police Officer where he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. While stationed there, Alexander was selected to attend the Basic Handlers course at Lackland Air-force Base in Texas to become a Military Working Dog handler. Shortly after completing that course and returning to California, he was selected to attend the Combat Tracking Dog Course which is a specialty school where he fell in love with tracking. Upon getting out of the military he decided to further his education for what he is passionate about by attending Starmark Academy’s Master Canine Trainer and Animal Behavior Course in Hutto, TX. While there Alexander became a certified Master Trainer and Animal Behavior Specialist, Advanced Pet CPR & First Aid Certified, and even got the title of Canine Good Citizen through AKC for his rescue dog, Rusty.

Alexander is proud to be a part of the Joint Forces K9 family. No matter how difficult the problem, you can put your trust in Alexander to help you and the man’s best friend achieve your goal. Above is a picture of Alexander with his late father’s police K9 Dalka.

Bryan is an Oklahoma native who has spent most of his life in Arkansas. His passion for dogs has led him to a 5 year career immersing himself in animal health. This intense drive has only grown his love for them and has inspired him to pursue a lifelong commitment in mastering and training dogs. Bryan has joined the Joint Forces K9 team and is excited to become proficient in all aspects of training dogs for your every need.

 My name is Madison, Growing up I had this black lab named Jack, we did absolutely everything together and he is the reason I fell in love with dogs. I imagined myself becoming a veterinarian as a child, but as I grew up over the years I became more and more aware that truly I loved dogs and wanted to just work with them. I then realized the veterinary route wasn’t for me. I planned on going to college as general studies to figure out what I was going to do with my life but instead decided to join the United States Army.

I enlisted as a Military Working Dog Handler in 2015 where I went through an intensive Handler Course at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX for 17 weeks. I was then stationed at Fort Hood where I was assigned my Patrol Explosive Detector Dog, Lizzie who I certified with and worked garrison missions and law enforcement. I truly found my passion working dogs during this time that I served. In 2018 I medically retired from the military and knew I wanted to continue working with dogs but wasn’t sure where to start. I then decided to take a break from dogs and focused on my newly born child before getting back into the swing of things.

I decided to jump back into the dog world, 2021I attended StarMark Academy for Professional Dog Trainers and earned my certificate as a Master Canine Trainer and Behavior Specialist.  I planned on opening my own business until I heard about JFK9.  I knew I didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity.

I am so proud to have been given the opportunity to work with this amazing company and cannot wait to help the bond between owner and pet and work through any and all issues that may be present.

Hi, I’m C.J. Vaughan I grew up in a small town called Kansas Oklahoma. This is my Corgi Boots, I raised and trained him myself. We have three dogs who we love dearly. I’ve been around animals my whole life I’ve always had lots of love and interest in animals and knew from a very young age that a future working with animals was what I wanted. My fiancé and I own and breed corgis we always enjoyed training them and seeing them progress. We also own horses as well and enjoy riding and learning new ways to train them as well.  My love for animals is what brought me to JFK9.

Felicia was born in a small town in Oklahoma and raised on a farm.  Growing up she was always surrounded by horses and many other different animals.  She learned to appreciate all of the animals that God brought into this world.  This is where her love of animals came from and what brought her to JFK9.  She hopes to one day instill the same love she has for animals in her children.  She is very excited about the new adventure and opportunities she has at JFK9.