About Us
Once you get to know about us, you’ll see that at K9 Rec Center, we love dogs and their owners. We show it by our friendly and professional demeanor, the caring treatment we provide for our furry friends, and the great lengths we go to provide a safe and clean facility.
Our Facility
K9 Rec Center sites on over 5 acres just east of Firestone, Colorado. We have indoor and outdoor kennels and a large play yard.
Cleanliness is important to us and our furry friends! We have invested in state-of-the-art heating and air handling systems to maintain a healthy and comfortable environment. We make extensive use of artificial turf and pea gravel in the runs and play area and have dedicated clean-up times throughout the day.
Community Involvement
At K9 Rec Center, we strive to be a good citizen and neighbor. We work with the Frederick Police Department to provide care and shelter for lost dogs and strays. We love it when we can re-unite a lost dog with its owner! In the sad event that an owner cannot be found we work with All Aboard Animal Rescue to find the dog a new home.
K9 Rec Center is fully licensed under Colorado’s Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act (PACFA) and is a member of the Carbon Valley Chamber of Commerce.
We fully support our military, police, and first responders. If you serve in any of these ways, ask about our special discount!
Who We Are
Troy and Charlotte
Owners
These two have a variety of backgrounds in many things!
From flying planes in Desert Storm to building his own hyperbaric chamber with his Engineering background, Troy is a jack of all trades. He can never seem to sit still! He is constantly thinking of new things to build and improve on!
Troy built K9 Rec Center with his own hands (and his team’s too!) envisioning a wonderful place for dogs to go to have a good time!
Troy has always had dogs as a child and as an adult. He has been particularly fond of German Shepherds but has given a home to many types of pups. He is truly a dog whisperer as he can calm a dog and make friends faster than anyone.
Charlotte spent most of her adult life in the east but visited Colorado for years to ski and bike. She followed her adult children to Summit County when she retired before she met Troy online. Yes, they are the modern couple.
Although she had Siamese for years when her children were growing up, Charlotte has embraced the canine world and helps K9 Rec Center with accounting and marketing.
Nicole
General Manager
Nicole has been around animals her whole life! She began her career with dogs at RK Pet Ranch in Steamboat Springs and has worked in a variety of facilities in Northern Colorado over the past 12 years. She completed her Associates Degree in Biology at Colorado Mountain College in 2014 and completed her Bachelors in Biology at Colorado State University in 2017. Nicole’s dream is to run/own her own dog boarding/daycare facility because when you enjoy what you do, you never work a day in your life!
In addition to her passion for animals, Nicole spends the rest of her time stargazing, going to concerts and spending time with her family and their house of animals that consists of 3 dogs (Scooter, Zelda, and Link), a bearded dragon (Kato), and 2 tarantulas! Next time you’re at K9, say hi to Zelda! She loves to peek her head over and greet everyone! 
Robert
Trainer
Robert has been working with dogs for 17 years. He has studied dog behavior, body language, and the pack mentality.
The last couple years he has mostly dealt with people and dog aggressive dogs; rehabilitating them and getting them adopted out to forever homes instead of being put down for prior behaviors.
Robert is four times canine CPR certified. You only need to do it once, but the instructor taught us, use it or lose it!
He took and passed The Dog Gurus Knowing Dogs 101 & 201 and later turned around to teach those courses to around 50 to 70 other people .
Robert is very excited to be working at such an amazing facility, owned by such a fascinating owner .
We are building an amazing new team, and the sky is the limit ! 