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Your Dog's Best Friend

Minneapolis, Minnesota

4.8/5· 135 Google reviews

About Your Dog's Best Friend

Great things happen when we study dogs and teach ourselves. Our puppy classes teach dog owners to transform into dog parents. Learning how to responsively relate and communicate in a meaningful way with our puppies creates amazing outcomes. For those looking for puppy kindergarten, obedience or puppy socialization classes, you have come to the right place. :)

Training & services

Training goals

  • Behavior consultation
  • Canine Good Citizen preparation
    Program details

    We instruct and evaluate the official Canine Good Citizen program. This advanced obedience program is the gateway to allowing dogs to experience the highest level of inclusion in the human world.

  • Leash training
  • Obedience training
  • Puppy training
    Program details

    Dog Raising Class is our foundational puppy class. We will help you understand dog society and dog communication so that you can provide a level of nurture and support that will keep your dog intimate with your families life.

  • Socialization

Behavior support

  • Aggression training
  • Fear and confidence
  • Reactivity training

How training happens

  • Board and train
  • Group classes
  • In-home training
    Program details

    Have a dog behaviorist comes to your house to help you.

  • Owner coaching Customer-reported
  • Pack walks
  • Private training

Dog age

  • Adult dogs
  • Puppies

Training level

  • Advanced obedience
  • Advanced training

Assistance and working dogs

  • Hunting dog training
  • Therapy dog training

Your dog’s background

  • Rescue dogs

Additional services

  • Dog walking

Other listed services

View 17 additional details
  • Behavior Rehabilitation
  • Behavior Solutions
  • Classical Conditioning
  • Dog Acting
  • Dog Aggressive
  • Dog Boot Camp
  • Dog Communication
  • Dog Handling
  • Dog Park
  • Dog Raising
  • Dog Rehabilitation
  • Dog Selection
  • Dog Training Program
  • Emotional Support Dogs
  • Shy Dog
  • Task Training
  • Training Support

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Questions & answers

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What people have asked about this business.

I have an aggressive female pit bull/boxer mix and she is pregnant but i am no longer available to take care of her... Is there anyplace that would take her?

We can't take her but please reach out. We can help find placement, help her feel safe/better and help her with puppy raising and adoption. 🐶♥️🏆🌎

Community answer · Your Dog's Best Friend · 2024-09-21

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We have a one year old German shepherd , we need help we purchased her from a breeder she is papered , the problem is she doesn't listen we had two shepherds before her with no problem .I'd like to know the training process , price and so on.Phyllis

Please call them. Megan will answer all your questions. We too have a pup that is very different from our previous dogs. We needed help too. We're now in our second class at YDBF and we've learned so much.

Community answer · Carrie Massine · 2018-09-21

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Customer reviews

Google listing
4.8
out of 5135 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Confidence building 18
  • Understanding dog behavior 15
  • Communication with dogs 12
  • Leash walking 5
  • Pet parent confidence 5
  • Private training sessions 5
All 10 topics
  • Reactive dog 3
  • Dog training strategies 2
  • Manners training 2
  • Private session 2

Google review topics, not confirmed services.

100 collected reviews

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Maureen Tubbs
5/5
Peace of mind! After working with our trainer, Freddie, not only has our 7-month old puppy's behavior improved, but we are feeling SO much better as pet parents. Having only had our dog for a few weeks, we were in over our heads - Googling, reading, desperate to find somewhere (o…Read full reviewClose full review

Peace of mind! After working with our trainer, Freddie, not only has our 7-month old puppy's behavior improved, but we are feeling SO much better as pet parents. Having only had our dog for a few weeks, we were in over our heads - Googling, reading, desperate to find somewhere (or someone) to just tell us what to do. Enter Freddie! Freddie gave us real life, real-time practical strategies that we could immediately put into practice. He made it simple, but still explained the "why" (which made us feel even more confident). Thank you, to a true "Dog's Best Friend".

Greg Hindy
5/5
We were so lucky to work with Freddie. Our dogs, together for five years, suddenly started fighting, and then fighting more, and more and more, until it became a stress spiral of snarls and cuts and hurt feelings. We were horrified at the idea that our family was going to be brok…Read full reviewClose full review

We were so lucky to work with Freddie. Our dogs, together for five years, suddenly started fighting, and then fighting more, and more and more, until it became a stress spiral of snarls and cuts and hurt feelings. We were horrified at the idea that our family was going to be broken over what seemed to be an unprovoked disagreement between two dogs that had been best friends. Instead, Freddie helped us understand what was going on. He was incredibly observant and was able to read the dogs' personalities very quickly. It was like therapy for the whole family. After three sessions, we saw major improvements. Honestly, it turned the whole experience into an educational journey that made us better dog owners and people in general. Freddie was extremely professional and did not at all attempt to sell us on more sessions than we needed. Freddie is as honest and dependable as they come. Also, YDBF was the most responsive dog training group, reading over my long description of our situation and specifically recommending we work with Freddie, and then he also spoke with us over the phone before our first session. This was expensive, we are poor grad students, and yet it was SO worth every penny. Thank you Freddie!

Angel Philipp Cosmic Traveler
5/5

Awesome, we are in our second set of classes.

Yvonne Forsythe
5/5

Freddie is amazing! He has taught us so much about connecting with our dog in three sessions. He has an amazing sense of what the dog needs and what we need for overall happiness in our pack. Freddie truly has a gift!

Jim Hanson
5/5
Freddie came to our house and in the first 10 minutes taught me about 10 things I was doing wrong. He not only told me a better way to work with my dogs, but explained why and how the dogs perceived it. That helped me so much in my way of dealing with the dogs, and their training…Read full reviewClose full review

Freddie came to our house and in the first 10 minutes taught me about 10 things I was doing wrong. He not only told me a better way to work with my dogs, but explained why and how the dogs perceived it. That helped me so much in my way of dealing with the dogs, and their training has taken a quantum leap in the right direction because of it. If you are looking to train your dog, this is the way to go. Thank you, Freddie!!

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