The disabled Army veteran behind the training. 11 years with dogs, one trainer start to finish, and a daily video on every board and train.
Aaron Marmon is the owner and lead trainer at Marmon Family Dog Training, and he works every dog himself, from the first session to the handoff. He is a disabled U.S. Army veteran who served with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, where he first worked alongside dogs, and he has spent 11 years training them since.
His start was a pair of rescued wolfdog puppies out in Oregon. One of them, Luna, became the first wolfdog certified in search and rescue in the state. Aaron went on to become head trainer at a dog-training company, ran with Northern Oregon Search and Rescue, handled working dogs for an executive security firm, and logged hundreds of rescues as a handler across three different search-and-rescue teams. Along the way he learned to train service dogs for the people who need them. His work has spanned Oregon, Washington, California, and North Carolina, and now Missouri and Illinois, and he still gets flown out for multi-day training.
In 2021 he brought his family back home to the St. Louis Metro East, where he grew up, and started Marmon Family Dog Training. Today he works with every type of dog on the spectrum, from puppies getting started on the right paw to serious aggression cases and everything in between, across Fairview Heights and the surrounding towns. He offers board and train, private in-home lessons, and service dog training, with one trainer start to finish, a daily educational video, and a lifelong guarantee on the training that comes with every board and train program.
Home base is a full house. Aaron and his wife Carly are raising five sons, so a calm, dependable dog is not a luxury around here. It is how the day works. That is the standard he trains to: a dog you can actually live with, on and off leash, in the house and out in public.
Aaron trains the relationship first. He teaches you how your dog’s mind works and how to communicate with it, so your dog wants to do what you ask instead of being forced into it. His board and train runs six to nine weeks, because real, fully conditioned behavior is not a two or three week job, proofed in the real world so it holds where your family actually goes.
On every board and train, Aaron sends a short daily video so you can see exactly what your dog learned and how he got there. Training only holds when the handler can repeat it, so the videos, a hands-on handoff, and follow-up support are how Marmon Family Dog Training keeps the results solid once your dog is back home.
Straight from Google. This is the work, in the owners’ own words.
We cannot say enough great things about how amazing Marmon Family Dog Training is! Aaron takes the time to know your dog, and asks questions to set the training to your needs. He is a great teacher and his patience is unmatchable.
Aaron is genuine! Flexible. He loves what he does, and that very spirit is reflective in all his fur students! He’s THE BEST. He’s patient, thorough, confident and a professional.
It absolutely amazes me how well Aaron trains these pups of all age groups. Whoever said old dogs can’t learn new tricks hasn’t met Marmon Family Dog Training!
Tell Aaron what your dog is doing. He’ll tell you straight what it takes to fix it, and whether board & train or private sessions is the right call.
★★★★★ 5.0 from 42 Google reviews