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Big Sky K9

Belgrade, Montana

4.9/5· 42 Google reviews

About Big Sky K9

Big Sky K9 is a dog training company based out of Bozeman, Montana. At Big Sky K9, we believe that training you, the owner, is just as important as training your dog. That’s why we focus on helping you learn how to better communicate with and understand your canine companion. No matter your dog's breed, age, or issue, our customized training programs are designed to meet your unique needs. Whether you’re dealing with reactive, anxious, or aggressive behavior, or simply looking for reliable off-leash obedience, trust Big Sky K9 to help your dog reach its full potential. Give us a call for a free phone consultation!

Training & services

Training goals

  • Behavior consultation
    Program details

    Our trainers are experienced with helping even the most challenging behavioral problems, including reactivity, anxiety, and aggression. We will help you set the foundation for success and teach you how to use these skills to manage your dog’s behavior and start desensitizing them to their triggers.

  • Canine Good Citizen preparation
    Program details

    These programs are designed to prepare you and your dog for their Canine Good Citizen test. Following the completion of one of our programs, we can evaluate and certify you and your dog through the American Kennel Club (CGC Program).

  • Leash training
  • Obedience training
  • Puppy training
    Program details

    Our puppy programs will help you establish basic obedience, socialization, and communication. We will teach you how to implement structure to encourage consistent behavior and prevent unwanted behaviors.

  • Recall training
  • Socialization

Behavior support

  • Aggression training
  • Jumping up
  • Reactivity training
  • Resource guarding

How training happens

  • Board and train
    Program details

    Do you have a busy work schedule or are you going on a trip soon? Our Board & Train is an immersive style training program that will teach your dog better house manners, social skills, and the basic obedience skills they need to be obedient in a variety of settings!

  • Private training
    Program details

    Our private lessons consist of you working one-on-one with a trainer at our facility in a series of training sessions that will show you how to understand and train your dog. We teach you how to correct unwanted or unsafe behaviors and reward the great ones.

Dog age

  • Puppies

Training level

  • Advanced obedience
  • Beginner training

Support between sessions

  • Personalized training plans

Your dog’s background

  • Rescue dogs

Additional services

  • Boarding
  • Grooming

Other listed services

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  • Additional Training
  • Customized Training
  • Dog Contact
  • Dog Training Therapy
  • Dog's Anxiety
  • Door Manners
  • Drop Off
  • E-Collar
  • Immersive Training
  • Marker Training
  • Off-Leash Dog Training
  • Owner Training
  • Pick Up
  • Specific Training
  • Thearapy Dog Training & Certification
    Program details

    These programs are designed to prepare you and your dog for their therapy certification test. Following the completion of one of these program, we can evaluate and certify you and your dog through The Alliance of Therapy Dogs.

  • Therapy Certification
  • Train Training
  • Training Facility
  • Training Sessions
  • Us Training

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Customer reviews

Google listing
4.9
out of 542 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Confidence building 13
  • Leash walking 11
  • Board and train 9
  • Aggression towards dogs 6
  • Daily video updates 6
  • Basic obedience 5
All 10 topics
  • Reactivity reduction 4
  • Behavior modification 3
  • Corrective training 2
  • Dog obedience 2

Google review topics, not confirmed services.

42 collected reviews

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Janey Gordon (MyRabbitHole)
5/5
We’re a deaf couple who sent our 7-month old Goldendoodle puppy to Big Sky K9 for three weeks of boarding and training. Sara and Sam did a superb job training her with some hand signs and verbal commands and took her out to different places to get her accustomed to noises and peo…Read full reviewClose full review

We’re a deaf couple who sent our 7-month old Goldendoodle puppy to Big Sky K9 for three weeks of boarding and training. Sara and Sam did a superb job training her with some hand signs and verbal commands and took her out to different places to get her accustomed to noises and people. To our surprise, she came back home a different puppy to be better well-behaved. Before she wouldn’t leave our two cats alone or stay off some furniture. She was stubborn and independent. She was getting more difficult and strong to control and train. Since she has successfully completed the program, she’s more well-behaved and she doesn’t bother the cats much anymore and obeys our commands much better and quicker. You might think that you could do the training yourself but you could be doing it all wrong and making them more aggressive and bad dogs so we highly recommend Big Sky K9 to train your puppies and dogs if you have any issues with them and want them to be outstanding dogs to enjoy. We’re very happy and pleased that we made the big decision to have Big Sky K9 train our puppy.

Eileen Coil
5/5

Training with Sam and Sarah was empowering for myself and my dog. I saw immediate progress with their compassionate training techniques.

Jocelyn Cahill
5/5
We sent our 8 month old Pyrenees/Golden mix to Big Sky K9 and it was the best decision we’ve ever made. We were having issues with him and our chickens, also having a hard time doing basic obedience because of his size. We did the board and train where we worked with Scott, and h…Read full reviewClose full review

We sent our 8 month old Pyrenees/Golden mix to Big Sky K9 and it was the best decision we’ve ever made. We were having issues with him and our chickens, also having a hard time doing basic obedience because of his size. We did the board and train where we worked with Scott, and he sent home an entirely different dog. First and foremost his recall is hugely improved, he comes back every single time with one ask. All of the rest of his basic obedience has followed. Scott also showed me exactly how to work with Paddy to increase his confidence, and make him listen. I am so impressed with everything Paddy learned, and that I was taught exactly how to keep it up at home. We are so glad we found Big Sky K9, and that they helped us bring out the true potential of this amazing dog. Thank you Scott and Big Sky K9!

Kim Ackerson
5/5

I am so happy with my decision to go to Big Sky K9 for training my Miniature Australian Shepard, Joey, who wants to love and party with every person and dog he meets! Sam has a fantastic attitude and has a ton of knowledge to share. If you want to find out just how smart and capable your pup can be I cannot recommend Big Sky K9 strongly enough.

Steph F (Steph F)
5/5

Sam and Sara are incredible, they helped us and our deaf puppy scout with the confidence and skills to be off leash. We also now have the tools to communicate better with our deaf pup and it has been a game changer in his behavior and confidence. Really impressed with these two and highly recommend sending any dog their way.

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