NEW! Immersive Day School
What’s Included 5 Day Immersion Program
5 Days Wednesday → Sunday
Daily drop off and Pick up Wednesdays-Sundays
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Multiple daily training sessions
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Supervised socialization with trainer dogs
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Structured play and enrichment
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Rest and decompression time
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Safe crating when not supervised
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Daily Pawgress updates (notes, photos, videos, tips)
Client Support:
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1 demo lesson hand-off on Sunday
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Coaching for home integration
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Additional private sessions at discounted rate
Focus Areas:
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Basic obedience
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Leash skills
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Household manners
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Socialization & confidence
🐾 10 Day Immersive Program: Foundations + Reliability Immersion (10-Day Program)
5 Days → 2 Days Home → 5 Days Wednesday → Sunday daily drop off and Pick up Wednesdays-Sundays
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10 training days
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Supervised socialization with trainer dogs
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Structured play and enrichment
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Rest and decompression time
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Safe crating when not supervised
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Daily Pawgress updates (notes, photos, videos, trainer-tips)
Client Support:
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2 demo hand-off lessons on the Sunday before going home
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Additional private lessons at a discounted rate
Focus Areas:
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Beginner and Advanced obedience
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Reliability in real environments
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Distraction, distance, duration
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Bonus! Field Trips
Training Services Private 1-1 Tailored to You & Your Dog
Every dog is unique — which is why we start with a personalized evaluation session. From there, we design a training plan that fits your goals, lifestyle, and your dog’s personality.
Basic Manners & Leash Skills Package
Respectful Routines: Manners
& Leash Confidence
6 Sessions
This package is ideal for dogs who need to learn household rules and leash walking skills. We’ll cover core commands, loose leash walking, polite greetings, and everyday manners to create a calm, respectful companion at home and in your neighborhood.
Advanced Obedience Package On and Off Leash Freedom
Total Recall: On & Off-Leash Freedom
10 Sessions
From Puppy 101 to Off-Leash Freedom — this 10-week program builds obedience that lasts. Strengthen recall, improve leash manners, and test your dog’s skills in real-world settings as we increase Distance, Duration, and Distraction for true reliability.
Behavior Reset
Expert support for dogs showing fear, reactivity, aggression, or other behavior challenges.
8 Sessions
This package is designed for dogs struggling with behavior concerns that impact daily life but are manageable with consistent guidance. Together, we’ll build emotional stability, improve coping skills, and replace problematic behaviors with more appropriate choices—creating calm, clear communication between you and your dog.
Therapy Team Prep
The Total package for you and your best friend to learn to help others and be a team together!
12 Sessions
One-on-One Coaching is a personalized training experience designed to guide you and your pup from foundational skills to becoming a confident, reliable therapy dog team. This package focuses on building strong communication between handler and dog while developing real-world readiness through confidence-building, desensitization, and intentional exposure to a variety of environments. You’ll receive hands-on coaching tailored to your goals, including preparation for CGC, CGCA, and CGCU evaluations, along with therapy-specific skills that ensure your dog can navigate meaningful interactions with calmness and clarity. As part of the experience, sessions include guided work in an elderly residential home, giving your team the opportunity to practice and refine skills in an authentic therapy setting.
Service Dog Training: Private 1-1
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Stage 1
Foundations
10 sessions
(All Service dogs must complete Stage 1 and pass Canine Good Citizen to continue to the chosen Track)
● Age: 8 weeks – 6 months
● Focus & engagement
● Neutrality to people, dogs, and distractions
● Public access behaviors
● Basic obedience (sit, down, stay, heel, place)
● Settling in public and at home
● Crate and car travel readiness
● Canine Good Citizen preparation
Track A: PTSD Service Dog Curriculum
Stage 2: Intermediate & Task Introduction
8 sessions
● Alert to anxiety or dissociation (e.g., interrupt leg bouncing, hand-wringing)
● Deep Pressure Therapy (DPT) on the lap, chest, or back
● Find Exit / Guide to Safety
● Wake from nightmares
● Circle/block (preventing crowding)
● Grounding behaviors (nose bump, lick on cue)
● Interrupting flashbacks or panic loops
● Pass Canine Good Citizen Urban and Community serves as a Public Test
Track A: PTSD Service Dog Curriculum
Stage 3: Public Access + Real-World Tasking
8 sessions
● Task performance in real-world settings (malls, waiting rooms, etc.)
● Behavior around loud noises, sudden movement
● Managing the handler's panic or freeze response in public
● Handler-specific task cue chains (e.g., DPT + circle + walk to exit)
● Locations of Practice include restaurants, airports, medical offices, retail, public
transportation, schools/universities, outdoor areas, and other specified locations
About Us
Welcome to Shaman’s Way Dog Training
Based in Colorado Springs, we specialize in positive methods dog training that focuses on understanding and clear communication.
Whether you’re working on basic manners or addressing behavior challenges, we’ll guide you and your dog toward a stronger, happier partnership — right in the comfort of your home.
Stride and Serve: Training with Purpose
How Shaman's Way Gives Back to the Community with Your
Our Stride and Serve program brings together structured training walks and purposeful service.
These unique sessions not only improve your dog’s skills and confidence — they also give back to the community. Clients are loving this new approach to engagement and growth.
About Us
Canine Communications Specialist
Training isn’t just about commands — it’s about listening. With years of experience and a commitment to positive methods, Aedan helps clients truly understand what their dogs are communicating.
By focusing on clarity, body language, and relationship-based methods, we lay the foundation for lasting change.
Testimonials
What Clients Are Saying
We’re proud to have earned the trust of so many families in Colorado Springs. See why people choose Shaman’s Way Dog Training — and why they recommend us to their friends.
We worked with Aeden through several training levels with our puppy Oliver. Aeden was patient with us as well as with our very rambunctious Oliver. It was a great experience and we are happy to have worked with him. His style of training was just what we needed.
Lori & Aly Z
Aiden is amazing to work with. He is so patient, even when your dog is reactive. We worked with him with our two Aussies for around 3-4 months, and he was great with them. When they both started showing signs of being dog reactive, he offered to work with us one on one. It was so helpful to get them both out of a class setting with other dogs so they could concentrate on learning. His patience and understanding while working with us and our puppers was such a blessing, and we started to feel less like failures. We learned so much from Aiden in the time we had, and still use all of the things he taught us.
Elizabeth 0
Aeden is an awesome dog trainer. He is patient and kind with dogs and their humans. Our two sweet min pins can be stubborn, but with Aden’s help, they are turning into model citizens. I am hoping to continue training with him and get both of my girls certified as therapy dogs. I am a therapist and would so love a little doggie companion to help my clients heal.
Lisa D
