Art of the Dog Canine Academy

Art of the Dog is clearly Denver’s premiere board and train academy. They worked miracles with my girls. They are organized, communicate constantly and respectfully about your dog’s progress. The photos and videos they sent while my girls were there are priceless. They kept me informed about diet issues when one of my girls wasn’t eating just from the change of circumstances. My other had a skin issue (which she had several times before training) and they notified me immediately. We were able to work together on some solutions. The various trainers that work with the dogs clearly love what they do and they love my dogs! They also provide several videos for owners to bring us along with the dogs’ training that reinforces what we as owners must now do to reinforce the training, to pra

I was absolutely terrified about sending my 2 year old pup somewhere for 3 weeks, but it wasn't a choice anymore. We could barely leave our house he was so reactive- I'm talking about if we saw the shadow of a dog a half mile down the road the walk was *OVER*. He was lunging/barking/dysregulated and unsafe. Our SUPER high energy springer spaniel was essentially housebound. We spent ALOT of money on positive reinforcement training with multiple trainers and had always been "anti e collar". With more research and education we learned that pure positive reinforcement doesn't work for a lot of dogs, especially extremely reactive ones, and we learned e collar training wasn't "mean". Murphy has been home from training for over 3 months now. We are walking past dogs on the sidewalk, we are goi

Truly have no words with how much our pup has changed, in the most positive way. Zep was super anxious & had become aggressive with other dogs. After 3 weeks with Art of the Dog he is a new pup. He’s calm and we can take him on walks with zero stress. Melanie, Sami, & CJ did an incredible job with our pup and we couldn’t be happier. We would 100% recommend them. Every part of the process was smooth & communication was clear. Thank you for all the work put into Zeppelin.

Big shout out to the Art Of The dog staff, especially the trainers that we worked with CJ and Will, they were incredible. We took our pup, Cinny to AOD for the three week behavioral program and we were very impressed by the progress made. Cinny was fearful and aggressive when we adopted her with an unknown past. We were very overwhelmed, but immediately at ease once we met with Ian and learned more about their program and that we weren’t alone in our situation. Throughout the program, the AOD staff was extremely communicative and put us at ease. We were thrilled to see the improvements Cinny had made in such a short time. We also leverage AOD for their boarding and We wouldn’t trust our pup with anyone else.

Sorry this review is way overdue, but I really want to share how grateful we are for Art of the Dog. Our rescue pup Cooper came to us with pretty serious PTSD. We had already tried a few trainers before, but nothing really worked—he was still so anxious and shut down. Thankfully we found Art of the Dog, and after their three-week program the change has been incredible. Cooper is more confident, calmer, and so much happier. What made the biggest difference is that we finally learned how to communicate with him better. Because of that, he trusts us more and we understand each other in a way we never did before. We’re beyond thankful to the amazing trainers here. This program gave Cooper a fresh start and gave us hope as his family. If you’ve got a rescue dog who’s been through trauma, I can’