Our Trainers
Cindy McManus, CDT, LVT Head Trainer
Cindy McManus's passion in life has always been training dogs. Her mission in training is to change the perception of misbehaved dogs and to keep them out of shelters; an educated well trained dog can be a respected member of any family.
Cindy is also a Certified Veterinary Technician with a BS in Veterinary Science and is the Director of Savannah Therapy Dog TDI Chapter #131.
Cindy competes with her 2 Rottweilers Lukas & Reina as well as her dachshund Kepler, who all hold numerous titles in obedience, rally, barnhunt, lure coursing, dock diving, agility and FastCAT. Lukas is in training to be a personal protection dog and Reina is a certified therapy dog through TDI and works in detection and Search & Rescue. Kepler is an AKC Champion and is training in Barn Hunt, obedience, Rally and titled in dock diving and Agility.
Cindy has been training dogs for over 30 years, she has continued her education consistently throughout the years working with and attending seminars with many other trainers to expand her knowledge and craft. She is an AKC evaluator, an active IACP member and a licensed veterinary technician. She also runs a local rescue here in the Savannah area. In addition Cindy has been the official animal wrangler in quite a few movies.
In a previous life, Cindy was a practice manager at multiple emergency veterinary hospitals in Florida, New York, and Savannah.
In her spare time she enjoys hiking with her dogs as well as swimming and of course training and competing!
Michael Messer
Michael is a full-time police officer and canine handler, with over 10 years of working dog experience.
Michael’s passion for dog training, and the desire to expand his training techniques, led him to Cindy. He has been studying under Cindy, as her intern, for over 3 years.
Michael’s K9 partner, Grim, is certified in narcotics detection, officer protection, tracking and apprehension. K9 Grim currently holds 7 NADD dock diving titles, In 2020, K9 Grim ended the season as the #2 ranked Dutch Shepher in NADD. Michael’s latest edition, and newest project is Euka. Euka is a black, Belgian Malinois. She has already started her career in dock diving and has earned her CGC, CGCA, CGCU and TKN titles. Michael plans on expanding her training into FastCat, lure coursing, and agility.
Michael is a US Army veteran and in his spare time spends time enjoying life with his 7 dogs.
Our Demo Dogs!
Syrman’s Lukas of the Noble Beasts CGC CGCU CGCA TKI RATN BN
Lukas is our newest edition and is already titled in Obedience, Barn Hunt and He is an Advanced Canine Good Citizen. He is just a year old!
He is currently training to be a Personal Protection Dog. As well as American Schutzhund!
He is calm, clear headed and is great at building confidence in other dogs.
Queen Reina Von Romulus CGCA CGCU TKI RATO CA CAA AS ASA DJ DS DM DMA DMX DMX2 DMX3 DMX4 DMX5 DMX6 DE DEX DEX2 DEX3 DEX4 DEX5 DEQ19 DEQ20 DEQ21 BCAT TDI SSB SSN NPF NPJ OFP
2020 #1 Rottweiler (NADD)
2021 #1 Rottweiler (NADD)
2022 #1 Rottweiler (NADD)
2023 #1 Rottweiler (NADD)
2023 #2 Rottweiler Air Retrieve (NADD)
2023 INDUCTEE in the NADD HALL OF FAME!!
Reina is titled in Dock Diving, Lure Coursing, Barn Hunt, FastCAT, and Agility. She also has her Intermediate Trick Dog Title.
She is a Registered Therapy Dog through TDI International and visits libraries weekly where children read to her.
Reina was the 2020 Number 1 Rottweiler in North America Dock Diving!
Reina is the 2021 Number 1 Rottweiler in North America in Dock Diving!
Reina is the 2022 Number 1 Rottweiler in North America in Dock Diving!
Reina is the 2023 Number 1 Rottweiler in North America Dock Diving!
Reina is also a Search and Rescue Dog and is trained in Drug Detection.
She is fun loving and always ready to play!
REINA MAKES THE NEWS!! <———CLICK ON THIS LINK!
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Kepler! He is an AKC Champion, achieving his Championship at just 9 months old!!
He’s not all about looks though, he is titled in Dock Diving and Agility!
Kepler has appeared in a few movies, keep an eye out! (He was in the movie “Origin”)
He is a great addition to our pack, a tenacious little dude with a lot of spunk!
Noble Beasts Black Magic Euka CGC, CGCA, CGCU, TKN, TKI, DS, DM
Euka came to us from K9 Off Leash, Miami Florida in December of 2021. Since arriving she has been our little super star. Her small demeanor, lightning fast speed willingness to think before acting, and the Malinois never quit attitude, are what let her excel at anything we try.
Our future expectations are to add FASTCAT, Lure Coursing, Hydrodash, Agility, and competitive obedience to her already talented repertoire.