Meet the trainer
Ariana Purtee
business Owner/professional dog Trainer
Ariana came into the dog world with an extensive background in working with horses and dogs. She began taking horse back riding lessons at age 9, gaining experience riding/working with 25 various breeds, ages, temperaments. Then later on rescued her very own horse, Missy, at age 13.
In Los Angeles, CA she had grown up around the family dogs and at age 10 she got her first personal dog, a little rescue terrier mix named Cooper. Cooper and Ariana shared an amazing strong bond with one another. Ariana taught Cooper the basic obedience commands on and off leash (sit, down, come, heel, place, etc) very quickly. Their true love for each other shined whenever she took Cooper out to do his favorite tricks! Cooper LOVED to skateboard, scooter, surf, close the door, play dead, jump through hoops, and more!
In highschool, Ariana started her own dog rescue where she took in unwanted dogs, rehabilitated them and found them forever homes! She loved the rewarding feeling of being able to take in an animal that was not treated kindly and show them what love and structure was, and find them a forever home that would continue to do the same.
Ariana had always knew she wanted to pursue a career caring for and training dogs. With hard work and dedication, she made those dreams a reality by starting her training career in 2012 at age 17. She was hired to work under Russian Professional Dog Trainer, Maxim Basyro, at Master Dog Training. Here she had the opportunity to learn his specific ways of the dog training business and his training methods. For two years, she worked under Master Dog Training and became a certified professional dog trainer under him in 2013. Ariana then went on to working as a dog trainer for Canyon View Ranch in 2014. There she learned another side of the dog training business, and even got the opportunity to work with many celebrities beloved dogs. After about one year at Canyon View Ranch, she decided she would utilize her experience and build upon them to create her own professional dog care and training business. At the start of 2015, A Purtee Pack was born!
Living and training in the beautiful dog friendly state of Colorado has always been apart of Ariana’s vision. In December 2019, Ariana decided to follow her dreams of leaving Los Angeles, CA and moved her business to Colorado Springs, CO where she now helps Coloradans and their beloved canine companions learn how to safely live life off leash!
Ariana’s passion does not stop at just pet obedience training, on her spare time, she competes in Rally Obedience with Legacy, her Border Collie, already earning up to their Rally Excellent Title. Their work together also includes Heelwork to Music, Disc Dog, Dock Diving, Lure Coursing, Herding and Agility. They love to perform stunts and tricks for others to enjoy and have even earned up to their Performer Trick title as well as Legacy has passed all three Canine Good Citizen tests!
She is also working hard with Fury, her Belgian Malinois. Fury is training towards competing in Mondio (Protection Sport), Field Trials (AKC Hunt Sport) and is currently competing in Dock Diving and Disc Dog! She loves to perform stunts and tricks, earning up to their Performer Trick Title as well as Fury has passed all three Canine Good Citizen tests!
Ariana knows that when it comes to dog training, not one size fits all, and that with each new dog comes a custom training plan and a new experience. This is why she continues to perfect her craft by keeping up with mordern research in the dog training field.
Meet The Pack!
Legacy
Legacy was born March 25th 2017. She is a purebred blue merle Border Collie from Roughstock Border Collies in Oklahoma. She is Ariana’s 1st working dog with a very intelligent, friendly, loving personality! Ariana & Legacy are competing in Rally Obedience, Barn Hunt & Lure Coursing. Their work together also includes Heelwork to Music, Disc Dog, Dock Diving, Herding and Agility. They love to perform stunts and tricks for others to enjoy and have even earned up to their Performer Trick title as well as Legacy has passed all three Canine Good Citizen tests!
Legacy's current achievements:
AKC Novice (TKN), Intermediate (TKI), Advanced (TKA) & Performer (TKP) Trick Titles!
AKC Canine Good Citizen Title (CGC), Canine Good Citizen- Advance (CGC-A), Canine Good Citizen - Urban (CGC-U)
Rally Novice Title (RN), Rally Advanced Title (RA), Rally Excellent (RE)
Ranked 9th Place out of 63 Excellent level exhibitors at Rally Nationals in December 2020
Beginner Novice Obedience Title (BN)
1 out of 3 qualifiers towards AKC Coursing Ability Title (CA)
Earned 1st Place in both Disc Dog competitions at her 1st event
Wasabi
Wasabi was born on February 24th 2020. She is a mix of full size racing Greyhound (dam) & Rat Terrier/Schnauzer/American Pitbull Terrier (sire) from an accidental litter on a farm in Little Rock, AR. She is Ariana’s 3rd working dog with an athletic build & bubbly personality! She is built for speed & has the intelligence to boot, making her one amazing little sport dog!
Currently Wasabi is training for:
-Disc Dog (has participated in a couple competitions now!)
-Dock Diving
-Barn Hunt
-FastCAT (Participated in 1 comp, Fastest time is 7.28 so far!!)
Tamashii
Tamashii was born March 26th 2023. She is a purebred AKC Field + Bench line Labrador Retriever from Phokus Kennels in Florida. She is in training to become a Service Dog and Sport Dog.
Tsuki
Tsuki was born November 20th 2023. She is a mix of English Bullterrier (dam) & Australian Shepherd (sire) from an accidental litter local to Colorado. She is in training to become a Trick and Sport Dog.
fury (RIP)
Fury was born September 22nd 2018. She is a purebred Belgian Malinois from Loucyn Malinois in Fillmore, CA. She is Ariana’s 2nd working dog with a very intelligent, brave, fiery personality! Fury is training towards competing in PSA (Protection Sport), Field Trials (AKC Hunt Sport) and is currently competing in Dock Diving and Lure Coursing! She loves to perform stunts and tricks, earning up to their Performer Trick Title as well as Fury has passed all three Canine Good Citizen tests!
Fury’s current achievements:
AKC Novice (TKN), Intermediate (TKI), Advanced (TKA) & Performer (TKP) Trick Titles!
AKC Canine Good Citizen Title (CGC), Canine Good Citizen- Advance (CGC-A), Canine Good Citizen - Urban (CGC-U)
Earned 2nd Place at her first Disc Dog Competition
Dock Master Title (with her best jump at 26 ft)
Fury passed away in July 2022 due to a rare auto immune disease costing her a low quality of life.
She passed away peacefully in Ariana’s arms, loved & cared for.
She will forever be missed dearly.
