Meet Our Staff
Caden — Owner and Head Trainer
Caden is a graduate of Ohio University with an Honors degree in Animal Biology. He spent his high school and college years volunteering at dog shelters, working at a dog daycare, fostering dogs, shadowing professional trainers, and training multiple dogs of his own. He earned his professional pet dog training certification with “Paradigm K9” located in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to formal training experience, Caden has over a thousand hours of experience working in a shelter environment and has earned certifications in both Canine CPR and First Aid from The American Red Cross.
Beegan K9 Solutions is Caden’s passion project: an attempt to make a career out of something he loves. Armed with an impressive professional network within the dog training industry and an exceptional team, his mission is to educate people on how to better understand their dogs, and ultimately, to improve the quality of life of dogs and dog owners all around the world.
Gaven — Daycare Manager and Apprentice Trainer
Raised in a household with three beautiful pitties, Gaven started his career in dog care and kennel management at a young age. Since 2021, he has supported himself with a dog walking and house-sitting business for dogs all around Cleveland.
In 2022, Gaven teamed up with Caden to offer free training services in Lakewood under the alias “Dream BIG. Dog Training”, which would later develop into Beegan K9 Solutions. Since then, Gaven has continued to study beside Caden and has built up his own reputation as an expert handler and caretaker.
Beyond dogs, Gaven is also a passionate artist and art educator. He has been drawing and painting for well over a decade and has aspirations to one day open his own art studio in Cleveland.
Zuko — CEO
Zuko oversees all of the important business decisions that are made at Beegan K9, especially the ones involving food. He is a Labrador Retriever from Chilbrook Kennels in Harpers Ferry, WV. Chilbrook Labradors was established in 1969 by Debby Kay with the goal of creating a select bloodline of versatile performance dogs. Temperament and soundness have been critical selection factors in all their breedings and choice of studs. Dogs from Chilbrook lines have succeeded as detector dogs, guides for the blind, service dogs for the physically challenged, seizure alert dogs, search and rescue dogs, specialty and group winning show champions, grand master champions in the field, High in Trial obedience competitors, rally, tracking and agility.
Caden has high hopes for Zuko in terms of training, but he’s already succeeded in being the best companion you could ever ask for.