About us
Shaamil Majiet
Owner and Chief Instructor
Where we began
The K9 Training and Kennels was started at the old Animal Anti Cruelty League Kennels in Doig Road, Ottery in 1994.We started with one kennel assistant and fifteen kennels .At this point in time, all training was done by the owner-manager, Shaamil Majiet. The business ,called K9 Security Services, was a sole proprietor ship that supplied special event security services, doghandler training, boarding and boarded training. In 1995,we added leasing of trained dogs to security companies.
Through the years, no structured training courses for professional dog training existed in this country except in the army and police. In the light of our political background, the possibly of receiving formal training in this field was out.
I was initially trained as a high school teacher, starting my teaching career in 1986. The same year, i was introduced to dog training as a hobby. I was obsessed with the hobby and in 1987; we started our own dog training club, the Canine Obedience club. The club was a community based structure with the aim of empowering people with dog handling skills, a skill that was quite new to the community at the time.
As chief instructor, I had to teach myself through intensive research, to train others and their dogs. The methods used by other training clubs were not educationally sound, sometimes even cruel.
Our Expertise
Through my research, I devised a training method that produced an obedient and confident protector. In this time, i successfully trained hundreds of dogs and people.
In the early 1990’s, I started participating in dog sports, i.e. obedience and working trials under the Kennel Union of Southern Africa with my GSD, Remo. In 1993, I also joined the GSD Federation, of which I am still an active member, breeding and showing dogs under the kennel name Di Canini. In 1998, I also joined the SA Boerboel Association(SABT) where the research on my own working Boerboels were published in their newsletter.
We also provided security services to the community, so while I was training dogs at the club, I also served as a doghandler and security co-ordinator. In 1989, I was appointed to serve as site manager at the Manenberg (M.I.T.A) Fleamarket with security being my main concern. I studied Security Management with Intec at the same. In 1994, I registered as a security company, K9 Security Services that specialized in special event security as well as providing dog services to the security industry.
In 1996, I left the teaching profession and concentrated my efforts in my Kennel, K9 Training Centre and Kennels, providing professional training service to both public and security industry.