North Star Family K-9

Selecting Sarah Bostock and K9SF to work with my dog and myself has been one of the best decisions ever. I did a ton of research and had several consultations with a lot of trainers before selecting K9SF to be our trainers. Sarah and the team are extremely professional, friendly, easy to speak with and they go above and beyond. I also don't think you'll find a trainer near as qualified as Sarah is with her education and professional background. Their training facilities are also easily the cleanest I've seen as well. My pup absolutely LOVES the team at K9SF and when he catches on that we're going to see Sarah he gets so incredibly excited. The progress was evident immediately and we have purchased several packages now and don't regret it. I guarantee if you do your homework, you'll end up working with K9SF. I can't recommend Sarah and the team enough!

We went to K9SF after we were at our wits end on our dogs sudden reactivity switch with some dogs. We had previously done trainings with trainers who teach positive reinforcement only and knew we needed a different approach with our dog, Juni. Our big problem was she started getting reactive if really excited or uptight dogs tried to approach her. People told us “oh that’s just how it goes when they get older or oh that’s a cattle mix for ya”. After the consultation, I knew we’d gone to the right place. We signed up for ten sessions and we used them up over the course of three months to give us enough time to practice at home in between sessions. She is a much calmer dog, we learned how to manage situations better in ways that help her and don’t make it worse. We also learned how to pivot and outsmart our brilliant working dog. Milo was awesome to work with and had another trainer, Ashley, join with other dogs in a few sessions to help train her out of reactivity behaviors around dogs approaching us that we found ourselves in. She is such a better dog because of it. She looks to me for guidance on walks so much more. Their suggestion was to try pack training post graduation for more desensitization training and that’s what we will do! Thank you again ♥️