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Big Hair Dog Training Services

Sturbridge, Massachusetts

5/5· 88 Google reviews

About Big Hair Dog Training Services

Dog training and boarding services. Healthy conditioning for all breeds including dogs with bite histories, dog aggression, leash reactivity and/or stranger danger. Most problematic behaviors stem from fear and being out of practice. This can often lead owners to practice avoidance and unintentionally cater to their dog’s fears and insecurities. Practicing avoidance often makes a dog’s world smaller and subsequently fears even bigger. It’s never too late to address your dog’s training needs! The goal of training is to always build confidence and better prepared you and your dog for real world practice.

Training & services

Training goals

  • Obedience training

Behavior support

  • Aggression training
  • Fear and confidence
  • Reactivity training

How training happens

  • Board and train
    Program details

    A 3-4 week board + train program @ $700/week. Individualized custom training focused on your dog's aggressive or reactive tendencies. Your dog will return home with fine tuned obedience and recall and a visible confidence and readiness to rejoin your family. · Listed price: From $700.00

  • In-home training
    Program details

    In home training is ideal for most dog owners post covid. Training is designed to fit your schedule, pace and reason for calling. The goal is to create healthy boundaries and routines by strengthening the connection between the family and the dog exhibiting problematic behavior. *Travel costs vary · Listed price: From $200.00

  • Private training

Additional services

  • Boarding
    Program details

    $65 a night with a pick up by noon the following day. The standard rate is designed for dog social dogs that do not require specific handling for reactive or aggressive behavior. Reactive and/or aggressive dogs are $100/night · Listed price: $65.00

  • Daycare
    Program details

    A day of play groups with dogs hand picked to raise your dog's confidence and exhaust him/her! Pick up and drop off times can be negotiated within reason. · Listed price: $45.00

Other listed services

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  • Dog training
    Program details

    An initial evaluation with a private training session designed for new or struggling dog owners. Training is customized to fit your dog and to eliminate problematic behavior while establishing healthy communication between you and your dog. You will leave here a confident leader. · Listed price: $125.00

  • Dental Work
  • Dog Adoption
  • Dog Walkers
  • Dog rehabilitation services
  • Heart Worm Prevention
  • Pets Adoption
  • Temperament Tested

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Customer reviews

Google listing
5
out of 588 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Daycare 19
  • Picture updates 8
  • Dog behavior knowledge 7
  • Dog socialization 7
  • Dog adoption 6
  • Animal rescue 5
All 10 topics
  • Knowledgeable owner 5
  • Outdoor play 4
  • Dog pairing 3
  • Leash walking issues 2

Google review topics, not confirmed services.

88 collected reviews

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Kate Blaszczyk
5/5

Big Hair Pet Care is our family's go to for training and boarding. Jessica is a wealth of knowledge in all things animal behavior and has helped us with both of our rescues, one of which is a Big Hair Alum! Highly recommend!

Laurie Canavan
5/5
Big Hair Animal Rescue is a non-profit, committed to the fostering, training and the responsible placement of homeless dogs and cats. Certainly an admirable mission. But they are so much more than that. I have been following them on Facebook for years, and I have always been stru…Read full reviewClose full review

Big Hair Animal Rescue is a non-profit, committed to the fostering, training and the responsible placement of homeless dogs and cats. Certainly an admirable mission. But they are so much more than that. I have been following them on Facebook for years, and I have always been struck by their dedication and care. I recently found myself in a terrible situation with my dog. He was declining rapidly, and I didn't have the resources to properly care for him. After multiple attempts trying to help him with little or no success, Big Hair and Jessica reached out to me and offered to help. I truly was beside myself--emotionally drained, limited resources and no transportation. Jessica stepped right up, took the reins, and helped both me and my beloved pet. "I got you," she said, and she was true to her word. She invested her time and resources, talked me "off the ledge" countless times during this crisis, and even followed through with a lovely care package when my boy's health improved. Her kindness brought me to tears. My trust in Jessica and Big Hair surpassed that of the veterinary professionals. Her 13 years of experience were so evident during this difficult time. My dog would not be alive today if it were not for Big Hair and I am eternally grateful. Big Hair Animal Rescue is an organization full of devotion, and they certainly know more about the care of dogs than I ever realized. Holly Longbottom (via Laurie Canavan)

Cassandra Eber
5/5
I have had the pleasure of working with Jessica at Big Hair for about half a dozen dogs through my work with a local rescue and one of my own. She has always been honest, supportive, informative, and bolstering. Most of these dogs are dogs that no one else would have worked with…Read full reviewClose full review

I have had the pleasure of working with Jessica at Big Hair for about half a dozen dogs through my work with a local rescue and one of my own. She has always been honest, supportive, informative, and bolstering. Most of these dogs are dogs that no one else would have worked with due to their backgrounds or histories and all of them have come away from working with Jessica with new POSITIVE and confident outlooks on life. Without Jessica and the working dogs at Big Hair most of those dogs wouldn't have been able to be placed in the loving homes they have now.

GABYSON25
5/5

Jessica, has been great to our family more than anything to our Ella Rose. She’s a great trainer and dog sitter, I don’t trust anyone except her for any boarding or daycare. She has helped and guided us how to properly deal with a stubborn bully, many tips including collars, leash , feeding bowls you name it, she knows it all!

Bobby Kaplan
5/5

I had a great experience adopting my newest dog from big hair rescue! Jessica was super easy to work with and I’d recommend them to anyone! She has a great set up for meet & greets

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