About From The Heart Dog Training
From The Heart Dog Training is a Michigan-owned and operated small business dedicated to helping dog owners build stronger bonds with their pups. They believe dogs are family members, and their services aim to enhance the relationship between dogs and their owners while teaching dogs to be well-behaved members of society. The business focuses on establishing a solid foundation for both the dog and the owner, leading to a more balanced and harmonious relationship. They don't strive for perfection but rather help dogs learn essential skills and address behavioral challenges. Clients have praised the detailed training reports and the ongoing support provided through an app. They have reported seeing significant improvements in their dogs' behavior, including calmness and reduced leash pulling. From The Heart Dog Training offers a two-week training camp and has helped dogs overcome fears and anxieties. The camp includes comprehensive training sessions and personalized attention to each dog's unique needs. Owners have appreciated the valuable nutrition information shared, which promotes the dog's overall health and well-being. Recent reviews highlight the amazing training provided by Victoria. Many clients have expressed satisfaction with the progress their dogs have made, including improved behavior and socialization. Families have found that the training techniques, including daily report cards and training videos, have helped them bond better with their dogs. Clients have also noted that the training environment and methods promoted a calming atmosphere for their pets, allowing them to return home more relaxed. Overall, From The Heart Dog Training continues to be highly recommended for those seeking to improve their dog's behavior and strengthen the owner-dog relationship.
Victoria is AMAZING! We got a puppy and started her training 😎 Shortly thereafter my husband got sick and puppy training got put on the back burner. I started looking for a trainer to help us and found From the Heart at the recommendation of several people from my neighborhood. While my husband was in the hospital, I decided to have intensive training for our Pretzel with Victoria and Mel. WOW! The pictures, daily report cards, training videos, and a final handoff training session allowed us to learn and transition to a new level. We've continued our partnership with Victoria for over a year now and we have the family dog we dreamed of. I get compliments on her training and behavior every single time we go out with her. I'm so happy with the outcome of our investment and highly recommend From the Heart ❤️
After completing a puppy class, a few years ago we were looking for more training for our young yellow lab. With 3 elementary children, we knew the dog needed more guidance from us with two working parents. I found Victoria in Google to first help socialize our dog at From the Heart daycare. We learned from our rainbow dog, a tired puppy was a good puppy. This worked for our rainbow dog, but this puppy still had energy. We learned from Victoria it was because our environment from having a puppy with no kids to 3 young, rambunctious kids. When we had time as humans to be trained, Victoria took Hazel for 5 days in a row to build quickly the positive training methods. This showed us how quickly our dog could learn. Victoria had daily report cards. It was amazing on the very first day to see on the video of our dog relaxing in place. The dog knew to stay until released. By the end of the training, our dog was walking downtown Rochester without pulling and in sync with Victoria. Then it was time to train the 5 of us. I truly believe a dog needs a ‘job’ and Victoria knows how to match the mental and physical aspect to give the dog that ‘positive’ job. Our dog became the exercised, good dog when the 5 of us enforced the good behaviors and redirected negative ones. When time went on and we didn’t enforce the training with our dog in a household of 5, she became a guard dog in our house. Leaving her out of her kennel while we were at work developed her barking at pedestrians walking by as she perched on a stair to see out the window. This not relaxing behavior she developed was a sign to go back to the basics and give her a positive job by revisiting the training Victoria provided us. We also use Victoria for boarding a few times a year for family trips. Just being in that atmosphere of knowing her job, our 3 year old dog comes back to our house more relaxed with Victoria’s guidance. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ (And it isn’t a training session it just the environment Victoria provides at boarding.)
I can not begin to thank Victoria enough for all that she has done for Tess and I. Not only is she is an incredibly talented dog behaviorist, but also a great coach when it comes to teaching the handler how to navigate complex behaviours. I came to From the Heart Dog Training Services with Tess after searching for answers to a common struggle many owners face - passbys due to fear based reactivity. In just 3 months I am happy to report Tess' instances of reactivity has become more far, few and in between each day as we learn to trust eachother more and more through our training journey laid out by Victoria. Her techniques are fair, clear and comprehensible for both myself and Tess, giving us such a stronger relationship by having tools that actually work in times where she needs extra guidance. I can not say good enough things about her, and Tess would agree that crossing paths is one of the best things that has happened to us.