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Taming
the
Wild!

Welcome to Rocky Top Dog Training 

Now serving Nashville, Tennessee & Boulder, Colorado

Hi there! I'm Haley Arnott, the Owner/Founder of Rocky Top Dog Training. With more than 15 years as an entrepreneur and professional dog trainer, I've leveraged my expertise to create transformative, results-driven training programs. I take pride in these offerings and genuinely believe they represent the ultimate solution for all your dog training needs.

At Rocky Top Dog Training, our primary focus is achieving transformative behavioral results for your dog while educating you on how to maintain their progress long-term. Our ultimate goal is to strengthen the foundation of the relationship between you and your dog by fostering trust, consistency, structure and love.

We look forward to meeting and working with you and your dog.

~Haley Arnott, Owner/Founder

What makes us different

  • Rocky Top University™

    Our intentional and comprehensive curriculum educates owners to be knowledgeable to meet their dogs' growth and support their continued success. This education involves personalized one-on-one coaching where we take knowledge learned in the course work (University) and apply it through hands-on training in real time.

  • We pride ourselves on providing the utmost quality, care and calming environment to get the most out of our dogs in our programs. We train primarily inside of a home to ensure a stress-free and calming training environment. The less anxious they are, the more comfortable they feel to perform, learn, and retain new information.

  • Our dogs get consistent real world practice by applying what they’ve learned in a public setting such as: Home Depot, restaurants, breweries, car rides, neighborhoods and parks.

    Dogs need 75 successes to learn new commands to create new neural pathways. To ensure the dogs are able to take what they’ve learned in the home and apply it outside the home, we change the context of their learning environment. This allows our dogs to understand that the same rules apply at home as they do in public.

  • It’s important to us that you feel that your dog is well taken care of. We post multiple daily progress updates of your dog training and playing in real time. This could include pictures as well as video footage.

    We believe in transparency in how we train your dog. You can rest assured knowing that your dog is well taken care of, having fun and progressing in our programs. This helps owners feel more connected to the training process and invested in the dogs' learning and development.

BOULDER & Surrounding areas

IN-HOME DOG TRAINING

Designed for puppies and adult dogs

In-Home Dog Training offers a convenient solution for dog training right at your doorstep, eliminating the need for lengthy board and train programs. Our expert trainers visit your home for an hour each weekday, over three weeks, to train and exercise your dog while you're away, with optional home access during the program.

With our client app, you can track our visits, access training notes, homework, and your dog's training videos. To ensure long-term success, we provide 6 hours of hands-on, educational training for you, reinforcing the skills your dog learns throughout our program.

We offer the following In-Home Dog Training programs:

The Perfect Puppy
The Punky Teen
The Off-Leash Explorer

NASHVILLE, TN & Surrounding areas

BOARD & TRAIN

2-WEEK BOARD AND TRAIN
Designed for dogs 5 months and older

We offer and specialize in one service and one service only. Our 2-Week Board and Train program is a comprehensive service designed with the owner in mind. We pride ourselves on transformative behavioral change for your dog as well as a robust curriculum of education for you to maintain your dog’s success long-term. We help you establish a better relationship and connection with your dog through proper leadership.

Correcting the following behaviors: Leash Pulling Jumping Barking Accidents in the house Hyperactivity Not Listening Door Bolting Nipping and Mouthing Counter Surfing Bad House Manners “Catch me if you can”

Connect with Us!

  • “We cannot say enough good things about Rocky Top Dog Training. Our 7 month old puppy, Hazy, went for the board and train due to counter surfing, jumping up on people, leash walking and the best of all- OFF leash training. Their program transformed Hazy into such a confident, fun dog who we can take out in public and with us camping, hiking etc. We worked mostly with the trainers Sam and Nikki who are PHENOMENAL, but every trainer there is top notch! We are having such a great time with her now. She even has manners around our 16 yo old dog, which is priceless. The follow through after their training is key, and she gets better and better everyday! Not only did they provide Hazy a great foundation they also trained and educated us as owners on how to work with her. 1000% recommend Rocky Top!”

    — Rachel, Hazy —
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  • “Can't recommend Haley and Rocky Top dog training more. My husband had puppies before and we "thought" we knew what we were doing but were sorely mistaken. Haley came in when Maple was about 14 weeks and with several home lessons she has turned things around. Not only is Maple crate trained, she is also house trained. She listens, comes when called, is great on leash, and made us confident and uniform in our plan for her. What maybe was most helpful was a detailed plan of who was doing what when- when she was out of crate, when she had play, training, and fed. Took all the anxiety out of training our puppy and paid off. She also sent us direct Amazon links to the head we'd need. Super helpful and money that will pay us back ten fold!”

    — Erika, Maple —
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  • “We have a wild child of Golden Retriever and while she is SO sweet and loving, we were wrung out with exhaustion over just getting by, dealing with the crazy fest in our household, and counting the days until she turned two years old (when our vet said she would calm down 😅). We attempted other dog trainers but couldn’t translate what they told us into every day practice. That is when I found Haley and the crew at Rocky Top Dog Training. Until then, we never knew what our Josie was capable of and how peaceful the house could be 😭❤️😭❤️. Haley and Sam are miracle workers. The very first phone call I had with Haley, I just knew I had found the right people. And then upon meeting everyone, I had absolutely no doubt we were doing the right thing! Josie is home now and the change in her behavior, while still being totally herself, is incredible. I just did my first structured walk with her and had her sit when we encountered a dog. The dog pulled and tugged and tried to get to Josie (which would have been her before!) and she just held her sit right next to me. I just wanted to hug her!! The process works and the staff are complete professionals. Rocky Top Dog Training is THE BEST!!!!”

    — Kristin, Josie
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