Chute For The Stars Dog Training

Chute For The Stars Dog Training Fear free, positive reinforcement training for all breeds, all ages, all behaviors.

07/25/2025

I have been working on building Harper’s confidence, strength, resilience and ability to find balance for a while now; and today, we started generalizing some of those skills to the pool! Summer time in Texas gets quite hot 🥵 so, we are always looking for fun (and sometimes creative) ways to beat the heat. Harper isn’t a natural lover of water by any means and has never once taken an interest in going swimming; but, the moment I put that boogie board up to the side of the pool, she was on it 🤗 and she had so much fun!

07/25/2025

Max’s humans have never had a dog before 🥹 So we are spending some extra time breaking down skills into the smallest of pieces, making sure both ends of the leash feel successful, each and every step of the way! 🥰

06/28/2025

Every dog learns at their own pace 🥹 We just have to know how to meet them where they are. Greta is a senior pup who has struggled with anxiety all her life🥲

I started working with the Greta and her humans last October after an incident involving their toddler. Since starting training, we’ve been working on muzzle acclimation, environmental management, enrichment, safe spaces, confidence and relationship building activities and targeting. While progress has been slow, it’s also been steady! Learn to celebrate all the wins, big and small 🥰

I’m SO proud of Greta and her humans and all that they’ve accomplished so far 👏🏼

If you have a dog who struggles, you aren’t alone and we’d love to help 🤗

04/10/2025

Leonard and his momma started learning the scratch board today! Leonard is a bit of an older gentleman with a history of stressful nail trims. Once Leonard figured out what we were looking for, he was all about the scratch board 🙌

I will forever love watching these 💡moments between dogs and their humans 🥹

04/01/2025

I love Harper and her love of learning so much! She always has so much fun practicing her skills 🥰

03/22/2025

Some dogs really do make you think outside the box 🙃 Glenda is one of those dogs. Glenda has skin allergies, which require frequent medicated baths. The only problem is, Glenda is also adverse to being wet 😅 unless she’s swimming in the lake of course 💁🏻‍♀️🤣Her momma has been giving her sponge baths and using wipes for now, but we still need to eventually be able to bathe her. So, we’ve been experimenting with different, often creative ways to help Glenda overcome her fear of “wetness”. 🤗 Today’s activity had Glenda choosing to step into a few inches of water, which might not look like much, but this was a HUGE win for her! 🥳🙌 This was, by far, the most water she’s ever stepped in outside the context of swimming at the lake!

03/11/2025

Emotional regulation is an important skill for any dog to have 🖤 It helps dogs learn to think through situations and process environmental stimuli, as well as become more responsive to cued behaviors. Riley here use to have very big feelings around seeing or hearing other dogs 🥹 Now, walks are much more enjoyable for both ends of the leash 🤗

02/24/2025

Does your dog struggle with nail trims?

Cooperative care and consent based training can make a world of difference for you and your dog. Empowering animals to have a say in their day to day care can lower stress levels, strengthen the human-animal bond, and provide skills that will last a lifetime. Choice Matters.

01/04/2025

Six months ago, Reggie was terrified of the world and a bit obsessed with chasing the family cat. Now, he enjoys hikes with his humans and has learned to co-exist with his kitty brother 🙌

🥲I’m SO proud of this family and all the work they have done 👏

12/06/2024

Harper is learning how to “read” 🤓

Understanding how to transfer cues for learned behaviors can make for some fun tricks 🤗 I had already taught her how to “spin” with a hand signal and a verbal cue, so all I really did here was transfer her verbal cue to another visual 💁🏻‍♀️

Updates like this mean so much to me 🥹 I love seeing clients build off of the skills that we start to accomplish other t...
11/25/2024

Updates like this mean so much to me 🥹 I love seeing clients build off of the skills that we start to accomplish other things! We have been working on cooperative care for a while now and had mainly focused on ear cleanings; but now, Bandit and his momma have started a version of cooperative nail trims all on their own! 👏 I’m so proud of them and all the progress they continue to make together! 🥲🖤✨

11/18/2024

I met Miss. Greta and her humans this weekend for their initial consult. Greta is about 4 years old and has struggled with fear and anxiety related issues since she was a puppy. After going over Greta’s behavior history, I decided to have them meet me on leash out front in an attempt to set her up for success and minimize stress.

I verbally coached her momma through the process of starting to change Greta’s emotional response to both myself, and other stimuli in the environment around us. Over the course of our session, Greta’s body and facial muscles started to loosen, she began air scenting, she was able to sniff the ground (which helped keep her arousal level lower), she searched for tasty snacks in the grass and was choosing to walk away and gain space 🥹 We were even able to size her for a basket muzzle; all at a distance, without me having to do any of the training myself.

Greta was recently put on an SSRI which will need a few weeks to get into her system and reach therapeutic levels; but I’m hopeful that with meds on board, we can really start making some progress, decrease over all stress levels and increase the quality of life for everyone in the home, humans and dogs included.

Here’s a video of where we started at the beginning of our session and then what we were able to accomplish with just a little bit of coaching 🥲✨

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