We’re a small, local, privately owned Northern Colorado Dog Training company.
Front Range K9 Academy - Northern Colorado
Fort Collins & Loveland CO
Why trust your dog’s training to just any dog trainer, when you can hire the Northern Colorado Dog Trainer with over 35 years of experience to help you and your dog reach your training goals?
Our dog training method is unlike anything else being taught in the area. Over 70 years in the making, our techniques deliver uniform, reliable, real-world results.
Meet Your Trainers
Jennifer Hime
Owner, Founder + Training Director
A Colorado Native, owner & training director Jennifer Hime studied under Dog Trainer Paula Mitchell of Animal World iin Pueblo, CO in the fields of canine behavior and obedience training beginning in 1990.
In addition to operating Front Range K-9 Academy, she has counseled owners and their dogs for Pet Country in Pueblo, Northwest Animal Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO & The Dog House, a Doggy Daycare and Boarding Kennel facility formerly located in Denver, CO.
Jennifer has worked with dogs of all breeds, sizes and temperaments. She believes in focusing on each dog/owner relationship to tailor services that meet the needs of the individual.
Finally, Jennifer does more than train dogs for a living - she lives with dogs for her training. She shares her home with the whippets of Horsetooth Whippets, and she bases many of the lessons she teaches in class on the lessons she's learned from her own dogs.
Jennifer competes with her dogs in AKC Conformation, Obedience, Rally-O, and Lure Coursing.
Clients have travelled from as far away as Nebraska, Wyoming, and Kansas to work with this highly-recommended dog trainer.
Education, Career Highlights & Memberships:
2018 - Completed the KMISTA program under Tony Ancheta (Koehler Method Internet Assisted Training Arrangement for Professional Trainers)
2017- Present - Professional Member - I.A.C.P. (International Association of Canine Professionals)
2017 - 2020 - Supporting Member - canine division of the I.A.A.B.C. (International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants)
2014 - 2020 - Member - A.P.D.T. (Association of Pet Dog Trainers)
2007 - Member - canine division of the A.C.A.B.C. (Association of Companion Animal Behavior Counselors).
1994 - University of Southern Colorado, BA in Education.
1992 - Certification by A.C.T.S. (Accredited Canine Training Systems).
1990 - Apprenticeship under Trainer Paula Mitchell - Pueblo, CO.
Jennifer continues to further her knowledge of dog training & canine behavior through continuing education courses and independent study.
Roger “Rebel” Rapson
Roger has had a passion for dogs his entire life.
He joined the United States Air Force in April of 2000 wanting to work with Military Canines. He worked with Military Working Dogs getting his WRAP (Military Bite Work) certification and adopted a Military Working Dog (VVesta) and fell in love with the Belgain Malinois breed.
Roger spent 20 years with the U.S. Air Force and retired in 2020 as a Technical Sergeant (E-6). After his dog VVesta passed, he adopted a Black Lab/Great Pyrenees/Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix (Jameson) from the Weld County Humane Society and fell in love with the canine training process.
He decided to turn his love of dogs into a career and attended The Highland School for Dog Trainers in Harmony, North Carolina where he earned his Master Dog Trainer certification under the guidance of the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP) President; Jason Purgason.
Roger graduated with Honors and captured several awards including the Search and Rescue Award, and was also recognized for his efforts for being the only student trusted to take a Working Dog in training home to raise during his time at Highland Canine.
After he graduated, Roger travelled to Oregon to evaluate a Dutch Sheppard and adopted him (Rollo) to train as a Service Dog. Roger and his wife Rebekah are dedicated to ensuring their dogs are happy and well trained and work with different rescues to help dogs in need find their Fur-ever homes.