Trust Your Dog Training

Specialties

Trust Your Dog Training provides highly personalized dog training in the comfort of your own home that strives to be respectful of both the dog and owner. Positive reinforcement is used to get desired results quickly, efficiently, and arguably more reliably than with other methods. Both classical conditioning and operant conditioning (clicker training) are utilized to create personalized training plans that will work for you! At Trust Your Dog Training we don’t use shock collars, pinch collars, choke chains, intimidation, dominance myths, or fear to stop unwanted behaviors. In fact, the training is so focused on being proactive even mild corrections such as, turning your back on a jumping dog or the word «no» are often unneeded as well!

I love training behaviorally complex dogs such as dogs with separation anxiety, fear, reactivity (display aggressive behavior), over-​arousal, resource guarding, and body handling issues. I also really enjoy showing you how to teach your dog the basics. It’s thoroughly rewarding to see a dog and his guardian begin to communicate with each other.

Trust Your Dog Training understands that your dog is a part of your family. This is why all private training occurs in your home or at the location where the problem behaviors occur. We are a completely mobile service!

History

Established in 2015.

Trust Your Dog Training is an extension of Amy’s previous business, Creaven Good Behavior which was established in 2010. Creaven Good Behavior became Trust Your Dog Training when Amy moved to Fort Collins and wanted a fresh start to her dog training career. A career which all began at The Humane Society of Boulder Valley in the Training and Behavior Department. At HSBV Amy worked with thousands of dogs in classes, private training sessions and in the the shelter. The experience of working with so many different dogs and their guardians has proven invaluable. Amy looks forward to meeting the next canine family and helping them to work thru their problems.

Meet the Business Owner

Amy C.

Business Owner

In 2005, I graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. I moved to Colorado to begin my nursing career. I worked in various in patient settings including Telemetry, Medical/​Surgical, and Intensive Care Unit. I really enjoyed helping people.

In 2008, Evey, my dog, joined the family. Evey has taught me so much about communication as well as patience and kindness. Together Evey and I attended the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior in 2010 and graduated with honors. This was when I started Creaven Good Behavior Dog Training which has become Trust Your Dog Training.

In January 2011, I joined the Training and Behavior Staff at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley (HSBV) and left nursing. At HSBV I was able to gain experience working with thousands of dogs and their guardians in various classes, private training sessions, and working with shelter dogs looking for new homes.