From The Heart Dog Training

Victoria has been wonderful to work with. Her approach to dog training is compassionate, calm and realistic. We have used her to board our dogs, give in-home lessons and also enrolled our year old newfypoo in her two week training program. Her training method is firm yet gentle. She has been very helpful in getting our big pup to a more relaxed state and helping our family figure out how to incorporate training strategies. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for some training help or a safe place to board their dog.

We took our one year old Goldendoodle, Penny, to Victoria to work on some behavioral issues. We opted for the 10 day bootcamp option to give Penny and Victoria ample time to work through things together. I am truly blown away by the progress Penny has made in that short amount of time. Victoria updated her report card daily that included details on Penny's progress as well as videos and pictures from their training sessions. This information is available to me still and will be vital for Penny's continued success at home. After the 10 days Victoria and I scheduled an hour together to meet and discuss any questions I had and to have me practice some drills with Penny with Victoria and Mel there to help Penny adjust to me being the leader now. It really helped me and Penny work out any kinks and gave me more "tools" to work with at home. Seeing training sessions on video and applying them in real life are two totally different things. Penny's first day home has been such a success. Our biggest issue with Penny was respecting people's boundaries and feeling the need to greet every person she sees come through the door. With the help of "place" she more feels completely relaxed and does not bark at visitors or my kids playing. I could identify immediately where Penny tried to revert to her "old ways" when given a little freedom (jumping on the couch, sniffing the trash), but with Victoria's guidance on how to manage the first few weeks at home I know exactly how to mitigate the unwanted behavior. It has been nothing short of a pleasure working with Victoria and Mel and I am forever grateful for the foundation that was laid with Penny. I am excited to have Penny join us on more outings now because she has these new set of skills to help me, my husband, the kids (and Penny!) feel more confident to handle different situations. Thank you Victoria! (Picture attached is Penny chilling in place at home 💪🏼)

Victoria is great. My dog can be a handful and she handled him perfectly. She explained every step of his training and what I could do to make everything easier and allow him to live a fuller, happier life. Will be visiting again and boarding him with her. Update: Took Mack there again for a 2 week boot camp. Mack is a reactive dog and we wanted more help for him. He was there for 2 weeks and while his training is far from over, what a difference 2 weeks made. We got daily updates (report cards) on his progress with videos explaining what Victoria and Mel worked with him on that day. It was awesome to see the changes in him. He has grown so much. We are now set up to help him continue to be the best boy he can be. Highly recommended.

Victoria has been such a tremendous help with our Pyrenees mix, Freya! We have had a couple private sessions, attended a group training, and a day train. After each of those sessions, we have seen immediate improvement with Freya and have implemented what we have learned from training and continued the practice drills at home. Previously, Freya used to pull the entire time on a walk and now she's been able to walk on a loose leash and is doing much better with distractions (i.e. other dogs, deer) along the walk too! I would highly recommend Victoria and her approach to dog training!

Absolutely amazing! I can't recommend From The Heart Dog Training enough, really. My sweet Rita was already a good girl but I really needed to elevate her to being darn near perfect after a recent auto accident has left me disabled. I could no longer handle pulling on walks or her lunging at any distractions. During the two week training camp, the report cards I received were so detailed and let me know that Victoria and Mel were really getting to know/working on Rita and all of her quirks. The app is also awesome to have to refer to for future homework, since the training never really ends. Rita is home now and I have to say she's a different dog. So much more calm in and out of the house AND she no longer follows me to every room. I know it will be hard going forward since I don't get to snuggle with her on every piece of furniture but I can already see the change by following through with what I was suggested. In time, I fully believe Rita will be able to achieve whatever I'd like her to. All in all, incredible experience. So worth it if you'd like to see a change in your dog. Just know that you'll have to change your ways too. Thank you for all of your hard work Victoria and Mel!