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THURMAN'S PLACE

Boarding and Balanced Training


Love your Dog Through Leadership


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Love your Dog Through Leadership
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With permission-based balanced training and over 25 years of experience our trainers can help you with your K-9 needs. Our 20-acre farm is located in Lyles, TN, about 45 minutes West of Nashville.

At Thurman’s Place we offer training and boarding services for your K9 family members, they will join our pack and explore many fun activities along with their training. Click around our site to explore what we have to offer and learn more about us!

Karen Oler has always had dogs in her life. In 2000 she embraced the opportunity to focus her career on K-9 training. She started by rehabilitating rescue dogs for a local organization. After receiving training from Karen, these dogs were able to successfully be placed in forever homes. She also trained therapy dogs to visit children at local area hospitals. Karen held the position of manager for a successful and busy boarding facility in La Jolla, CA and a large 200 run kennel in middle TN.

Karen became fascinated with K-9 scent detection dogs and the wide range of services they offer. She studied and mastered the skills needed to train and prepare scent detection dog/handler teams to pass the rigorous certification testing process that makes them so effective.

In 2004, she founded Certified K-9 Inspections, headquartered in San Diego, CA; a company that provides mold and bed bug scent detection inspections of residential and commercial properties. Karen serves as the company CEO as well as a certified detection K-9 handler.

Today THURMAN'S PLACE specializes in Boarding and Balanced Training

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Karen Oler
Owner/Lead Trainer
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Karen has been a dog whisperer for us. We used Karen to train our then 6 month old Bernese Mountain Dog, Wrigley.
~ Heather Casey ~
I cannot say enough about Karen and Thurman's Place - she really has a special touch with these dogs - and their people too! Karen is so knowledgeable, talented, professional, loving, unflappable, patient, fun … I could go on! We love and trust her implicitly - she is an angel!!!
~ Stacy Kramer ~
Karen is the best dog trainer! She got Debra started off with the Right Paw Program, it's a must for all of our new furry family members!
~ Mark Olsen ~
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