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K9 Gladiators is an organization that hosts competitive dog tournaments built around real-world scenarios, classic working-dog challenges, and uniquely designed, battle-tested exercises.
Each competition features multiple divisions, including Youth and Amateur divisions, including Youth and Amateur divisions, which share the same core scenarios, as well as Semi-Pro and Pro divisions for more advanced competitors.
To participate, you must become a K9 Gladiators member. Join the club today and enter your dog in our next tournament.



We are a dedicated team who produces tournaments blends skill, discipline, and passion to create competitive events that showcase canine ability. By designing structured challenges that test obedience, agility, and real-world performance, they bring out the best in both dogs and handlers. Their work helps build strong partnerships, promote responsible training, and elevate standards within the canine community.
To provide a competitive arena for trainers, handlers, and working k9's to showcase obedience, control, agility, socialization, and protection skills while recognizing achievement through trophies and cash prizes in a safe environment.
K9 Gladiators Tournaments seeks to educate the public, promote crossover competition with top protection sport clubs, and encourage professionalism, honesty, and good sportsmanship.
K9 Gladiators Tournaments seeks to provide exciting, action-packed K9 competition events that showcase the skill, athleticism, and teamwork between handlers and their dogs while delivering a thrilling experience for spectators and competitors alike
In the Youth & Amateur Protection Division, K9's are tested on defense drive, control, food refusal, tug refusal, ball refusal, and their willingness to protect the handler.
Defense drive
Control
Food refusal
Tug refusal
Ball refusal
Handler protection
The Semi-Pro division tests k9's on vehicle protection, bicycle attacks, two-men attacks, and call-offs.
Vehicle protection
Bicycle attacks
Two-men attacks
Call-offs
The Pro Division tests K9's on courage, speed, control, task perfomance, call-offs, and surprise scenarios.
Courage
Speed
Control
Task performance
Surprise scenarios

"Competing at K9 Gladiators Tornaments has shown me where I stand as a handler, where I need to improve, and has pushed my dog to perform at an elite level while giving us challenging goals to strive for"
DeSean Jackson
NFL 3 Time Pro Bowler, & Super Bowl Champion
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