ABOUT US – The Spot 4 Dogs
OUR MISSION
At The Spot 4 Dogs, our mission is to enrich the lives of both pets and their families by providing exceptional training, grooming, and boarding services. We are committed to building strong relationships between dogs and their owners through expert guidance, education, and humane, balanced training methods. Our goal is to create a happy, healthy, and well-behaved canine companion while ensuring pet owners feel confident and empowered.
OUR METHOD
We believe in a balanced training approach that fosters clear communication, confidence, and reliability between dogs and their owners. Our methods incorporate reward-based motivation, effective training tools, and structured learning techniques to ensure long-lasting results. Every dog is unique, and our training programs are customized to fit their individual needs, helping them achieve their full potential while maintaining their well-being and happiness.
OUR DOG TRAINER
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JASON DECORT
OWNER & TRAINER
JASON DECORT
OWNER & TRAINER
Jason Decort is a Starmark Certified K-9 Trainer and Behavior Specialist. As a child, Jason developed a strong love for dogs and by the time he was a teenager, he was fostering dogs through the H.E.L.P. Animal Rescue Organization. Through the H.E.L.P program, Jason adopted a young Staffordshire terrier and named him Aspen. Aspen had many behavioral issues and this aspect only increased Jason’s love and motivation to seek out a professional trainer to develop a solution for Aspen. Jason enrolled Aspen in a program with a local “Balanced Trainer” and 4 weeks later Aspen was a much different well-mannered dog. In 2014, Jason began working alongside the trainer to better his own understanding and handling skills.
In 2015, Jason started working alongside another local trainer in the positive reinforcement field of training to learn new ideas and methods. Later that same year, Jason started offering board and trains through his home, pairing the idea of discipline and reward-based training together. This method of training was a huge success and he soon began having clients tell their friends and family members how much more they enjoyed their dogs after training. In 2017, Jason left his full-time job as an auto repair technician and became a student at Starmark Animal Behavior Academy in Hutto, Texas. After completing the academy, Jason started looking for experience with corporate dog training facilities. His experience led him to discover methods that were not satisfying so Jason opened his own establishment, The Spot 4 Dogs. The Spot 4 Dogs opened as an in-home dog training business and within a few months, the business quickly grew and transformed into a board and train facility. To fully support the board and train demand, Jason opened his first facility in the Fort Sanders area of Knoxville, Tennessee and after consistent rapid growth, Jason relocated in 2020 to a new larger location in the Karns community of Knoxville, Tennessee. Jason’s goal is to help dog owners enjoy their dogs more by teaching them communication skills and building a structure that will ultimately change the dog and dog owner’s relationship so that owning a dog is an enjoyable experience.