welcome to hazeldog

A place for humans who are committed to providing their dog with a great life

We’re on a mission to improve the lives of dogs and their families by providing helpful resources and inspiration to empower dog guardians. This website, our Instagram, and our YouTube channel offer guardians the information and support they need to have strong, happy relationships with their dogs. We explore everything from simple training plans to how dogs think to hacks for daily life.

Once we officially launch in December 2019, we will release new content every week! You can subscribe to our website or the hazeldog YouTube channel to stay up to date on all our happenings.

a note from lindsey

Hello humans and dogs!

I founded hazeldog to fulfill my dream of giving back to dogs. This dream was sparked by my childhood dog and our namesake, Hazel. Her loyal, optimistic, and forgiving nature made her my best friend. Seeing how much she gave to my family made me want to do as much as I could to give back to dogs in her name.

I got Gracie, my first dog as an adult, before I worked in dog behavior. I realized how hard it was to know if you were doing a good job as a dog guardian. There is so much conflicting information out there, and it was hard to find trustworthy sources to rely on. When I transitioned my career to dog behavior, I realized that there were tons of other people in the same boat that I had been in, people who wanted to fully support their dogs but weren’t sure how.

So, hazeldog came about to help dogs by empowering humans. My goal was to make it easy and fun for people to grow into the dog guardians they strive to be, helping them to connect with their dogs and boost their own confidence along the way.

These days, I live with my husband Devin and our two dogs, Gracie and Kona in Santa Cruz, California. Our days are filled with hiking, playing, and cuddling.

lindsey’s professional journey

After graduating from NYU with a degree in marketing and international business, Lindsey started her career in the online media department of a digital ad agency, Razorfish. At that time, she got her dog fix by volunteering for shelters, rescues, and sanctuaries. The fulfillment she got from that volunteer work was the nudge she needed to pursue her dream of helping dogs as a fulltime career. 

She completed an apprenticeship at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s nationally-renowned Training and Behavior Center and earned a Certificate in Training and Counseling from the Academy for Dog Trainers, a highly regarded program run by Jean Donaldson.

From there, she joined the staff at the Boulder Humane Training and Behavior Center where she spent thousands of hours training dogs from the shelter and the community with fear, anxiety, and aggression issues. She taught classes on a huge variety of topics from puppy socialization to aggression with other dogs to basic manners to off leash skills.

For two years, she ran her own private training business in the Boulder area and continued to help dogs and families with all of their training and behavior needs.

Now, her focus is on hazeldog, which is the result of years of planning and hard work. She is thrilled to combine her business and marketing experience with her training and behavior knowledge to create something that she is really passionate about.