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4worldlovers: Individualized TRAINING FOR YOU AND YOUR PET WITH EXPERIENCED K9SF TRAINERS

K9SF offers premium, private dog training that addresses your dog’s specific obedience needs and eliminates (or reduces) undesirable behavioral issues through a balanced, positive-first training plan. We will train any breed – at your residence, a public dog friendly location, or the K9SF Minneapolis office. Have a busy schedule? We also offer Boarding & Training and online appointment booking to accommodate your hectic life.

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Dog training shouldn't be complicated and most importantly, it should always be fun for you AND your dog! K9SF employs balanced training techniques to teach your dog to listen to commands and stop bad behaviors. We believe that a dog learns best when they are in a happy and receptive mood so we focus on using methods that encourage total engagement from your four-legged companion.


K9SF proudly supports our local communities and those that protect and keep them safe. We also support initiatives that celebrate diversity and promote the open dialogue needed to bring our communities together. We do this by not only offering top quality dog training services, but by giving back in any way we can -- and we love to do it. Whether it’s through discounts for veterans and emergency responders or time spent volunteering at local shelters and community events, you have our support! We stand with you!


"The staff know their stuff and are great with the dogs"


"We are SO happy with the results and our new pup and the old pup are getting along so much better"


"The team at K9SF was just wonderful with our sweet pup. Not only did they keep us in the loop every step of the way, but they went above and beyond..."


Every situation is unique and no two dogs are exactly alike. If you have any questions about specific concerns or have questions about any of our services, please don't hesitate to contact us. We'd love the opportunity to discuss how we can help you and your dog.

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The emphasis of this puppy class is to create a frictionless transition for our puppies into life as a domestic dog.


If your puppy has completed our Level 1 Dog Raising Class, you are invited to join our AKC S.T.A.R. PUPPY PROGRAM!

This program is designed for preparing to take and pass the official AKC Canine Good Citizen test and earn the official title!


Our teaching philosophy relies on the ability for one to "believe it, in order to see it." This can be a challenge for new clients. It is easy to "see it to believe it," but to be the source of positive change, one must believe first. You can help others by sharing your story.

Keep up the great work guys. Thank you for being a part of our pack!

Group classes are a great way to work with other owners, trainers & dogs who are in agreement with how to build trust, respect, loyalty & love with your dog. Learning to understand dog society and train the dogs way is a lifelong journey. We are always here for you as you progress as a pack leader. Our clients have us for a lifetime!

Empower your staff - Keep fosters supported - Keep dogs in their homes

Through thousands of hours of studying dogs we have experienced a few "Newton's Apple" moments that have accelerated our science & opened the door to revelations & recognitions that are more inspiring than we would have ever imagined.

Here are the two most valuable findings we have come up with. 1. your dog thinks & operates like the best people you know & 2. your dog is socially brilliant.

Congratulations! These two understandings advance you beyond 99% of dog trainers on the planet as you now have a cleaner lens to observe & learn from dogs with. If you encounter a dog trainer who "idiotizes", "brutizes" or "babyizes" your dog in their "assessment", turn and run!

It turns out many of the things that make us call someone humane: trust, respect, loyalty, love, feeding the sick & the weak, raising kids, mourning the dead etc. are things we share in common with our dogs. Things that make us call someone an animal: cruel, selfish, dishonest etc. are uniquely human. How many episodes of Unlikely Animal Friends can we watch in amazement until we realize that we are the unlikely animal friend? Next time you see a viral video of a dog saving a child from a fire or nursing another animals orphaned babies you can say, "That dog is being an animal." as you watch, not in amazement, but admiration and respect.

Realizing that dogs are better people & better parents than us allow us to get away from following the judgements of dog trainers & into the lessons of their parents. They use intimacy, honest & clarity as they teach their children right from wrong responsively as they go through life. So no need to do strategies at them or around them, you can responsively relate & communicate with them in a meaningful way. In fact, the primary source of serious behavior issues in our dogs comes from taking their babies from them & using classical conditioning as a foundation instead of healthy social etiquette.

So our takeway from all this is, if you take a baby from its mom, replace her with a parent, not an owner. That is why we teach dog raising as a foundation rather than dog training. That is why we teach dog relating for relationship building rather than dog training. This is why we are your dog's best friend.

One useful byproduct of our study is that following nature's blueprint makes it super easy for us to help our community raise puppies & find behavior solutions. So feel free to reach out. We are happy to help.

Useful Tip:If you are not sure which company to work with, a great way to select a dog trainer is to ask to meet their dog(s) in an environment that would require them to be well adjusted in a way that you would like your dog to be. The answers you will likely get put on display what makes us most different from our dogs. Humans often live in medicinal perceptions & stories while the other animals live in natures narrative AKA reality. Translation: you will hear some funny excuses. ;)