Groovy Dogs

16/08/2025

𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 😉

15/08/2025

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞! 💖
This was an amazing experience. If you're looking for a trainer for your dog, I highly recommend working with Bruce at Groovy Dogs.

This is my first dog and my boyfriend's first puppy - while we were doing OK with some training we were starting to struggle with consistency, walking him on a leash and not being pulled, etc. We were watching YouTube videos, following training accounts on social media, and getting lots of conflicting messages!

Over the last 6 weeks, Bruce's trust-based approach has had a great impact on how we interact with our dog and how he responds! He got to know our dog and adjusted what we were focusing on each week to tailor to his strengths and needs. Plus, he made it more palatable and fun for us and our pup. Through quick 2-minute games throughout the day, we gained consistency with our training and strengthened our bond with our boy.

Not only did Fletcher gain a ton of know-how, but we feel so well equipped to reinforce and maintain this training moving forward, and in a way that doesn't feel like training. Thank you Bruce, we can't wait to see you for our graduation field trip!

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐲! 🥰 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟓-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://www.trustindex.io/reviews/groovydogs.us

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 🐶
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐴 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ"
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞: www.GroovyDogs.us
Arrange for a FREE, no-obligation assessment today! 😃

14/08/2025

It's a semi-true story, believe it or not...

01/08/2025

I get to spend next week with THIS big goofball -- lucky MEEEEE 😂

30/07/2025

30/07/2025

𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜. 🔥
My dog, 3 y/o mutt, Sal, is usually very apprehensive around strangers, but he warmed up to Bruce surprisingly quickly, and by the end of our sessions, he absolutely loved him. Bruce’s calm energy, clear communication, and patience made all the difference.

We were working on Sal’s on-leash reactivity, and Bruce gave me a ton of practical strategies and tips that I could use day to day. He emphasized that training takes reinforcement and continued effort, and helped me feel confident and equipped to keep the progress going on my own.

What really stood out were the “field trips” we took, training sessions in new, more challenging environments that helped Sal build confidence and learn how to stay calm even in unfamiliar situations. We also played some great training games that made learning fun for both of us.

I highly recommend Bruce to anyone looking for a thoughtful, effective, and compassionate trainer. He truly understands dogs, and their humans too.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫! 😍 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟓-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://www.trustindex.io/reviews/groovydogs.us

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 🐶
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐴 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ"
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞: www.GroovyDogs.us
Arrange for a FREE, no-obligation assessment today! 😃

28/07/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐨 💖

"I adopted my Great Dane Mastiff mix, Lena, without knowing that she had severe anxiety and fear aggression. She snarled and tried to bite anything or anyone who would go near her. She quickly attached to me, a rather small 23 year old woman, whom could not handle her massive strength. I didn’t know what to do as I couldn’t handle her but I knew that if I took her back to the shelter she would likely not find a home with her size and aggression.

So I called Bruce, and the next day he was at my door.

He came in cautiously as Lena barked and growled at him. She lunged and bit at his arm, but instead missed and caught his sleeve. Bruce handled it calmly and set up an intense training plan to desensitize her to her fears. We thought it would take a long time for her to test him. But within 3 visits she would excitedly wait for him at the door. She adored Bruce, and I completely trusted him. After the initial home based training was complete we ventured out into the neighborhood and then parks and other public locations. He used all positive training: no prong collars, no shock collars, nothing. Only food and love as motivation. It took dedication to continue to socialize her but I could see her beginning to open up and become a much happier dog. We worked on fence aggression, bikes, joggers, children, everything.

Then one day Bruce took her to the dog park on one of her walks without me. And she absolutely loved it. She trusted him enough to not only go in but she actually played with the other dogs. I take her to the dog park nearly everyday, and it still brings me tears of joy to see her running around and loving the happy care free life that she deserves after years of abuse and neglect from her previous owners. She even has a group of dog park friends that she thinks are in her squad. I could have never have made this transformation happen without Bruce."

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 🐶
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐴 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ"
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞: www.GroovyDogs.us
Arrange for a FREE, no-obligation assessment today!

27/07/2025

𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫! 👏👏👏
"He genuinely cares about your dog and shows it. He is not the mean or strict type. He learns your dog and matches that so he can help him. He is very responsive, kind, attentive, and most importantly impactful. Frank has really stopped having issues in the elevator and Bruce helped with this. Frank worked best with the clicker and treat method. I couldnt be happier to be able to train my dog in a loving and respectful way!! Thank you Bruce!!"

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚! 😍 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟓-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://www.trustindex.io/reviews/groovydogs.us

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 🐶
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐴 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ"
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞: www.GroovyDogs.us
Arrange for a FREE, no-obligation assessment today! 😃

27/07/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐨 💖

"I adopted my Great Dane Mastiff mix, Lena, without knowing that she had severe anxiety and fear aggression. She snarled and tried to bite anything or anyone who would go near her. She quickly attached to me, a rather small 23 year old woman, whom could not handle her massive strength. I didn’t know what to do as I couldn’t handle her but I knew that if I took her back to the shelter she would likely not find a home with her size and aggression.

So I called Bruce, and the next day he was at my door.

He came in cautiously as Lena barked and growled at him. She lunged and bit at his arm, but instead missed and caught his sleeve. Bruce handled it calmly and set up an intense training plan to desensitize her to her fears. We thought it would take a long time for her to test him. But within 3 visits she would excitedly wait for him at the door. She adored Bruce, and I completely trusted him. After the initial home based training was complete we ventured out into the neighborhood and then parks and other public locations. He used all positive training: no prong collars, no shock collars, nothing. Only food and love as motivation. It took dedication to continue to socialize her but I could see her beginning to open up and become a much happier dog. We worked on fence aggression, bikes, joggers, children, everything.

Then one day Bruce took her to the dog park on one of her walks without me. And she absolutely loved it. She trusted him enough to not only go in but she actually played with the other dogs. I take her to the dog park nearly everyday, and it still brings me tears of joy to see her running around and loving the happy care free life that she deserves after years of abuse and neglect from her previous owners. She even has a group of dog park friends that she thinks are in her squad. I could have never have made this transformation happen without Bruce."

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 🐶
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐴 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ"
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞: www.GroovyDogs.us
Arrange for a FREE, no-obligation assessment today! 😃

27/07/2025

𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: "𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭." 💔

The biters. The lungers. The fear-aggressives. The abused.

Sometimes they take weeks, even months, of counter conditioning before they become manageable.

I don't care, I take them anyway. 🐶

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝑴𝒀 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕?

Dogs being euthanized because their families couldn't figure out how to fix their problems.

Children crying because they don't know why Fluffy had to go to the pound.

Overcrowded shelters full of dogs that have been dealt one sh*tty hand after another.

𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 "𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬" 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 😕

These were all wonderful loving dogs that simply had issues. Some had been abused, some had been neglected. Often, we have no way of knowing. All we know is that they wanted to be happy, they wanted to love and be loved, they wanted to be free to just BE DOGS.

They didn't need "discipline" -- they just needed a CHANCE.

So those were my "hard cases".

And yes, I made a lot of money with these clients. Some of them paid me hundreds of dollars a week to work with their dogs.

But I don't do it for the money.

I have plenty of dog walking clients and puppy classes to get me where I need to be financially.

I do it for the dogs.

I do it for those clients.

Because they could have easily taken their dogs to the shelter or dumped them off in the woods or had them put down if they wanted to.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐍'𝐓. 👏👏👏

Instead they chose pay me hundreds -- sometimes thousands -- of dollars to help their loved ones safe and alive so they could become good family members.

I respect the hell out of that.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧. 💜

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐕𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 🐶
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
"𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐴 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑊𝑎𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ"
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐞: www.GroovyDogs.us
Arrange for a FREE, no-obligation assessment today! 😃

01/07/2025

Brian Wilson with his Weimaraner Louie and Beagle Banana. 😍
Pet Sounds was named in their honor, and they are the dogs barking at the end of the album. ❤️

26/06/2025

"𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠! He clearly loves dogs, and has expertise in caring for and understanding them that makes him a Wonderful trainer. I've no doubt he could help make any dog a wonderful pet, because he is also a gifted trainer of humans! Kind, patient, and flexible are just a few of his attributes, I would encourage anyone who is having challenges with their four legged babies to give him a try."

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞! 😃 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟓-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://www.trustindex.io/reviews/groovydogs.us

𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐀 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐠 🐶
👉 Six 90-minute in-person sessions over 6 weeks - $725
👉 Price includes training gear specific to your dog
👉 Personalized daily training plan: checklist + benchmarks
👉 1-year membership in Camp Barkengroovin online community

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨: 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐋 😎
A Five-Week / 10 session bi-weekly intensive for overstimulated, fearful, or aggressive dogs: $1175

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐄 🐾
https://groovydogs.us