Paws Up K9 Academy
$115
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Specific behaviors to address
Responds within a day
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Introduction
Almost 2 decades of training experience and expertise. I started with dogs that had no hope supposedly, yet I trained and loved them into loving homes. I spent over a decade training service dogs from 8 week old puppies to adult dogs for various service dog jobs from therapy to high tasking service work. Basic obedience is a super fun way for me to teach leadership and relationships between you and your beloved K9. Paws Up works with everyone within their budget. We do not sell needless packages. Instead we build relationships and grow off of your referrals. We will be offering Grooming and Board and Train in the near future too. Paws Up looks forward to building a Pawsitive relationship with you and your K9 pack and family. We offer services up and down the I-25 corridor and can serve most of Colorado. My trainers have vast experience and can train any dog and help you with every issue. Paws UP!
Overview
Hired 37 times
Serves Colorado Springs, CO
Background checked
3 employees
13 years in business
Business hours
Sun10:00 am - 6:00 pmMon9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Payment methods
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Projects and media
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Specialties
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Reviews
Customers rated this pro highly for work quality, professionalism, and responsiveness.
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Tina S.
May 1, 2025
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5 Stars – Incredible Puppy Trainer
We can’t say enough good things about Sandy (Jake)! From the very first session, my husband and I were shocked at how immediately our puppy respected her. Jake has a calm, confident presence that dogs—and people—respond to right away. It was clear she knew exactly what she was doing.
She helped us lay a solid foundation with crate training, leash manners, recall, and more. But what really impressed us was the additional 4-day boarding at her home. When our puppy came back, the progress was amazing—more focused, calmer, and so much better at following commands.
Jake not only gets real results but does it all at a very reasonable price. She was always professional, patient, and generous with her knowledge. We feel lucky to have found her and would recommend her to anyone serious about giving their puppy the best start.
Details: 0 - 6 months old • Small (16 - 25 lbs) • Private lessons • Puppy training • House training • Crate training • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.
Paws Up K9 Academy's reply
Love you guys! You baby Sugar Bear is the sweetest and will take a lot of love and follow through but you guys are working hard at that. Thank you for your support and continued friendship. Paws Up is growing and it is because of amazing clients like you!
Dog Training
Tessa R.
4 days ago
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Sandy is really great! She has so much experience, already made great progress in today's first visit!!! Cant wait to see the amazing progress my dogs will make! Highly recommend 👍
Details: 2 - 10 years old • Extra Small (1 - 15 lbs) • I'm flexible • Aggressive behavior modification • Barking • At the pro’s location
Paws Up K9 Academy's reply
Thank YOU! Your family is beautiful and so ready to learn how to help your cute lil Chihuahuas find some balance. I look so forward to our walk and teaching you even more about your little family members! Again, THANK YOU!
Dog Training
Lexi B.
Apr 7, 2025
Within a brief 30 minute session with Sandy, she changed my whole relationship with my dog. I have my first working breed dog, and leash pulling as well as the dog running roughshod over me were huge issues. Sandy immediately showed me how to communicate to my dog that I am in charge and she gets to just be a dog. In the sessions since, and in daily life with my dog, we are both more relaxed and have a much better relationship. Our relationship is more peaceful and I am excited to continue training! I can not say enough good things about Sandy and her capabilities!
Paws Up K9 Academy's reply
Working with you and Charlie has been so wonderful and to think other trainers wanted to just put a correction collar on her rather than teaching her to heel nicely with you and have a respectful relationship between the two of you.
Jackie C.
Mar 16, 2025
100 out of 10!
We extensively researched and used 4 different experienced dog trainers in So. California, spending thousands of dollars for our reactive 3 1/2 year old Irish Setter. We were so hopeful that each trainer could lessen his reactivity. Honestly, there was so much standing around, listening to the trainer on what we needed to do, watching poor quality videos, feeding tons of treats. Not actually touching our dog or going in real life triggering situations. All training was done in safe areas and far away from triggers.
Therefore, our lives were total avoidance of dogs and people. Our walks were stressful, being pulled by our dog and hiding from other dogs. He also had zero recall.
After moving to Colorado Springs, we thought we'd try one more trainer
Our Paws Up K9 Academy trainer "Jake" (Sandy) is absolutely amazing. She had us get right to work. Jake assessed our dog Walter, created incredible rapport with our suspicious Walter, took him on walks by herself first and then with us in the busy park with other dogs and people and provided us with the all positive tools to break his reactivity and focus on us while walking past dogs and other triggers.
It was unbelievable. I honestly didn't think it could be done. We learned and did activities for recall, come, stay, place and Walter was loving it in the park while people and dogs were all walking by! Walter was totally focused on us.
After only 3 visits, we feel like we are going to finally have a normal, enjoyable life with our Walter and be able to do more with him to enrich his life and our lives.
Highly Highly recommend! We are thrilled!
Paws Up K9 Academy's reply
I love you guys and think you are amazing parents! You have become the leader Walter "my boy" needed!
Selina D.
Mar 16, 2025
Working with Sandy was an eye opening experience. Her positive methods of training a dog instead of just correcting made so much more sense to me. I've gone to 3 other training facilities, all supposedly "knowing" how to train a dog, but my dogs came back fearful, timid, and not wanting to do what I was asking. They would just slap a shock collar or prong on my dogs before they even got to know them. Sandy took her time to get to know my dogs, let them get used to her and then, believe it or not, had fun while training them. She had my dogs doing what she wanted in a day where the other facilities after 4 weeks my dogs still were not trained. Sandy explained to me how important the bond between my dog and me is and how important it is to be the loving leader my dogs need and want. And the training didn't just stop when the sessions were over. If I had questions or issues, it didn't matter what time it was, I could pick up the phone and Sandy would answer. Sandy is my hero and my pack definitely feels the same. Thank you Sandy for really opening my eyes!
Paws Up K9 Academy's reply
Thank you for teaching your puppy how easy it is to learn, and how fun obedience and balance can be!
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Sandra Jacobson