HeartDog Training and Grooming

HeartDog Training and Grooming 🏳️‍🌈💙Offering dog training, in-home grooming, & boarding services to the Colorado Springs area since 2022!

I was down for the count for a couple weeks and had to put many grooms on hold in order to heal. I am ready for grooms a...
08/11/2025

I was down for the count for a couple weeks and had to put many grooms on hold in order to heal. I am ready for grooms again and wanted to let everyone know!

12/29/2024

It’s tempting to want to give your new dog/puppy freedom but it comes at a high cost… why fix problems tomorrow when you can prevent them today?

My exact reccommendations for new puppy owners! Every single moment counts! I hate hearing, "He's just a puppy! He'll gr...
12/06/2024

My exact reccommendations for new puppy owners! Every single moment counts! I hate hearing, "He's just a puppy! He'll grow out

🍀🍀🍀 Feeling lucky we get to spend the next two weeks with this beautiful lady!!
09/27/2024

🍀🍀🍀 Feeling lucky we get to spend the next two weeks with this beautiful lady!!

Whew! What a busy summer! ☀️😎🕶️We are filling up fast for our highly desired in-home BOARDING and our customized BOARD A...
09/25/2024

Whew! What a busy summer! ☀️😎🕶️

We are filling up fast for our highly desired in-home BOARDING and our customized BOARD AND TRAIN programs. Traveling for Thanksgiving🍗🦃 or Christmas🎄🎅? Give yourself the gift of a well-trained dog. You’re going to board your dog anyway!

💰Training your dog may be way more affordable than you might think.💰

Our books for NEW PRIVATE LESSON CLIENTS are CLOSED until Spring!

📚✏️🎓Stay tuned for our upcoming ECOLLAR BASICS group class on Sunday evenings where we will properly introduce and condition the ecollar and build skills to use this fabulous tool in real life situations. DM us for more information or call or text (719) 357-6208.

09/20/2024

Look at your dogs.

I'm saying LOOK at them.

Look at who is sitting next to you on the couch.
Take in the presence that they occupy and the weight of their body beside you.
Take in the pitter patter of their feet as they walk behind you through the house.
The sound of them sniffing things as you make dinner and the huffs as they lay down to rest.
Remember to smile at the cute things they do when they do it, even when they are being naughty.

Please don't forget to be in the moment with your dogs.

I’m considering hosting some E-Collar based group classes over the next couple months but I’d like to see what the inter...
09/14/2024

I’m considering hosting some E-Collar based group classes over the next couple months but I’d like to see what the interest would be. This would be a set of classes surrounding introducing and proper usage, as well as some higher level usage if we have enough interest.

Let me know if you’re interested! This could be applied to both pet and sports.

09/12/2024

How do you feel about exposing your dog to stress?

This young Weimaraner started a board and train recently. During the drop off, I informed his owner, he'd be living under some different rules at my house than what he'd been used to for the past few months of his life.

He would be subjected to some "healthy stress.”

Among other things, he would be sleeping in a crate at night, learning to walk nicely on a leash, and participate in proprioceptive exercises to build body awareness.

Essentially, he would be learning some problem solving skills and because of it, develop greater resilience.

The first day here he found himself stuck on the opposite side of a pole than the side I was on.

Can you guess what I did?

I did nothing. I stood there, not moving, not applying more pressure to the leash, not coochie-cooing him...I just waited.

It took him about 90 seconds of wiggling, and whining to figure out what to do to get himself free.

Once he did, he was darn proud of himself, prancing about for a few seconds and then we moved on and enjoyed a short game of fetch.

The stress was short lived. He learned how to relieve it and was proud of himself as he discovered his power to problem solve.

We do our dogs no favor by immediately bailing them out of every little problem or struggle they encounter.

So often I hear, "My dog doesn't like the crate,” or "My dog doesn't like to be brushed,” or "My dog won't potty while on leash.”

As a woman who has raised two (now grown) children, I could not have imagined saying to my kids dentist..."well, they don't like having their teeth brushed so we just gave up." 🤣

I have news for you, there are very few dogs that immediately enjoy their crate, or being brushed and bathed, or being restrained on a leash.

It's our job to teach them to tolerate the realities of life in the human world.

For most things the teaching recipe is simple:

A bit of skill, applied over time, mixed by a healthy dose of patient persistence.

If you don't have the skill, the time or the patience, you can pay people like me to do the foundation work for you. It is like having the dentist clean the kids teeth...but if you don't maintain what the professional did, it's not going to become good habits that serve for a lifetime.

The main thing to understand is that stress and learning will be part of life. There is no avoiding it. It is how we learn to work through it that makes the difference.

By taking time to teach your dog how to tolerate some stress and learn to problem solve, you set them up for increased confidence, improved manners and an overall healthier mindset.

Sarge looking like a gentleman on the couch. We’re not joking, your dog lives with us and sleep on our couch when they b...
09/09/2024

Sarge looking like a gentleman on the couch.

We’re not joking, your dog lives with us and sleep on our couch when they board with us! The holiday season is approaching quickly and our schedule is already filling up! Let your dog enjoy the farm life with us instead of a noisy concrete kennel run and yards while you vacation. Daycare is also available for $35 a day!

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