Hi, my name is Victoria Baker and like so many other dog trainers out there, I became a dog trainer by default. Starting with my own dogs training them to hunt, then working with Mountain Pet Rescue in Grand County fostering a new dog almost on monthly basis. There was nothing more rewarding than rehabilitating a dog with "issues". My first foster dog was afraid of everything. I don't think he'd e
ver been inside a house or socialized with much else than some people. Upon adoption, he went to his furever home a confident, happy, well-behaved dog. That was when I started to really study dog behavior. I am a graduate of Rocky Mountain Regional Dog Trainer Academy which provided me with 12 weeks of the study of dog behavior and learning. More than that, it provided me with 12 weeks of hands on training with a wide variety of breeds and an even wider variety of temperaments and problems. It also provided me with the basics of positive reinforcement training. I knew in my heart that I could never punish a dog into being good and looked for a better way. I harnessed the tools of positive reinforcement to change how my fosters understood their world and my expectations. Suddenly my passion took over and now I'm making a career of it. Today, I love:
*Helping dogs and their people learn to communicate and minimize frustration and “bad” behavior – on both ends of the leash.
*Watching dogs improve their life skills and emotional well-being.
*Seeing families uncover the dog they want, hidden inside the dog they have.
