RELATIONSHIP-BASED DOG TRAINING AT ITS FINEST!

 

We Have Relocated to a Rural Ranch Setting!!

We ecstatic to announce we are now in Elizabeth, CO.

It's a beautiful home setting where you supply your dog's crate and they sleep at night inside the house! The crates are only used sparingly for naps and quiet times during the day, after meals and treats. All dogs are rotated in and out in small play groups of 5 or fewer dogs.

Our boarding program is exclusive, with just ten spots available at any given time. Your pet is treated like a member of the family. Our desire is to build long term relationships with our clients and their dogs. If they are well-behaved, they can even have social time inside the house to just mill around and watch television -- just like at home!

But we have an indoor training and play space, and will soon have a fenced yard attached to that space for them to enjoy sunshine and fresh air too! (We are waiting on location services to tell us where we can dig)

The creek is a short walk through the pasture, where dogs can be walked on a long training lead and allowed to play in the shallow water, on a fantastic sandbar that is perfect for doing top speed splash dashes! Ask Zoey, pictured in video above!

*TRANSPORTATION TO TRAINING CENTER AVAILABLE FOR A $30 FEE, plus .70 per mile beyond 10 miles.

 

ADD-ONS AVAILABLE!!

*Hikes to the creek to play for an hour $15,

*Bath before going home $15 (we do NOT do grooming),

*$2 per day for a frozen treat or pup-cup just for dogs! 

* We can book a massage therapist certified in canine massage at their current rates (ask for details at time of booking). 

* Boarding and Training options from $85/day

* NO CHOKE CHAINS

*NO PRONG COLLARS

*NO SHOCK COLLAR

*LIFETIME SUPPORT

* Boarding stays start at $35/day

*Private sessions in your home start at $100 per hour/session

 

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

 

I believe in balanced training without using prong collars or shock collars as a primary training tool. 

 

I will TEACH you and your dog, ensuring that the experience is positive for BOTH of you, while also guaranteeing results. I set them up for success, turning you both into the best team that you can possibly be.

 

My Google reviews show how pleased my clients are.

 

Check out our TikTok@ShambalaDog to see the actual dogs I've worked with. Our Instagram is shambala_dog_llc and we also have tons of videos available there of dogs learning and growing.

 

I work with ANY dog, ANY breed, ANY temperament.

 

I specialize in helping dogs that have reactivity and aggression. Thanks to my nearly 28 years of experience in helping these dogs, I can help where others fail, WITHOUT hurting your dog. My methods have been given a stamp of approval from famous Doctor Orion, veterinary behaviorist. 

 

No matter how bad you may think your dog is, or how old they are, they can still learn. They can still be helped! Don't let them suffer without proper intervention to help them have the best life possible. A reactive dog is NOT a happy dog and aggression is a SYMPTOM, NOT a diagnosis!! Medication shouldn't be the first line of defense!

 

I am often called as the last resort before a dog is euthanized.

I CAN HELP PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING!

 

I do:

puppy training

 aggression modification

reactive dog training sessions

pop-up clinics

basic obedience

agility training Spring, Summer, and FALL

advanced obedience

service dog training ... and more!

 

Twenty-seven years of experience, spanning my work as a vet tech, a primate enrichment activity volunteer while in college, my constant passion for learning about dogs, and training programs from some of the best trainers in the world, such as Nino Drowaert, Karen Pryor, Patricia McConnell, Brendo Aloff (body language and canine linguistics specialist), have led to my methodology. I've based my training on two facts:

 

1) Dogs are incredibly intelligent and should be treated with respect

2) Alpha dog theory has been disproven for DECADES - This erroneous approach to canine social behavior known as "dominance theory" (two million-plus Google hits) is based on a study of captive zoo wolves conducted in the 1930s and 1940s by Swiss animal behaviorist Rudolph Schenkel. It has been disproven for decades but people who are uninformed continue to spread this misinformation. 

 

My mission in life is to prove to you that dogs can be trained with calm, patience, guidance, rewarding positive behavior, and gently interrupting and redirecting behaviors that are unwanted and/or undesirable. Dogs respond to things that are CONSISTENT, CLEAR, and FUN. Punishing them with shocking, pinching, liver pokes, and choking them with slip leads is ABUSIVE. Period. 


I do not care HOW bad you think the dog's behavior is, IT CAN BE CHANGED WITH PATIENCE AND WITHOUT HURTING YOUR DOG. Let me teach you about active engagement and positive flow! It works. I've got the Google reviews to prove that it does. I also have reviews on my calendar app at Setmore, and on Thumbtack, where I initially started gathering reviews in early 2016. My reviews speak for themselves!