Autumn Mae
Meet Autumn! Aka Panda!
Owner and Co-Founder of The K-9 District.
Autumn has just over 5 years of professional dog care experience. She is a certified AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator as of June 2023. She has her "Intro to Being a Dog Trainer Certification”. As well as her Basic Obedience Dog Trainer Certification through Animal Behavior College.
Her experience is in directing proper play manners, group enrichment, bathing, nails & more! She's always had a passion for animals and she will never stop expanding her knowledge.
She is super passionate about teaching others how to communicate with dogs & will continue to do everything she can to keep learning more & more!
"I will choose dogs over people ANYDAY!"
Amanda Ayers
Meet Amanda!
General Manager and Co-Founder of The K-9 District.
Amanda currently has over 5 years of professional dog care experience.
She is our main photographer here at The K9.
She has her "Intro to Being a Dog Trainer Certification”.
She was a foster with Stray Haven and volunteer puppy raiser with Freedom Guide Dog.
Amanda is passionate about dogs and becoming more knowledgeable. Currently her experience is in regulating group play, bathing, nails and much more!
"Be a voice for the voiceless"
Mack White
Meet Mack!
Mack officially started as a K9 Teacher at The K9 District at the end of June 2025! She has dogs, horses cats and more!
Mack has been learning the ins & outs of how we run our school and has been absolutely amazing! She is currently learning how to handle large group of dogs, how to manage proper play manners amongst our pup students, and is learning all the new techniques for giving an awesome bath & blow out!
She's a total rockstar! We are so excited to have Mack as part of the K9 team!
Sophia VanDunk
Meet Sophia!
Sophia started at The K9 District in July 2025! She is our newest K9 Teacher to date! She has experience with grooming through Boces during a 2 year program she attended before joining our team here. She absolutely LOVES being able to work with dogs on a daily basis.
She has been learning the ins & outs of The K9, specifically learning how to properly manage a large group of dogs while practicing teaching them basic commands such as: sit, down, leave it, wait, etc. She has been such an AWESOME addition.
We are so lucky to have Sophia a part of The K9 team!