Welcome to North Star Family K-9, where our 20 years of combined dog ownership and training experience drive our passion for fostering harmonious human-canine relationships. For the last 17 years, we've worked together to integrate our dogs into our family and daily lives, ensuring their happiness and fullfillment. Now, our mission is to share our expertise with you.

Through consistent communication, structured guidance, and effective training, we aim to help you build a strong, joyful bond with your furry companion. By learning from our experiences, you can avoid common pitfalls and maximize your dog's quality of life. At NSFK9, we believe that when humans and canines connect deeply, life becomes richer for both. Join us on this journey to create a world where every dog enjoys a happy, fulfilling life by your side.

We offer virtual and in-person private lessons, immersive board and train experiences with our family and pack. We specialize in integrating family dogs into the lifestyle of the dogs family, we can work on

general anxiety, separation anxiety, on and off leash reactivity, canine aggression and human aggression.

The foundation of our program is crate and leash training leveraging their intrinsic motivation for food to build structure and your communication with your dog. We then work to socialize your dog through a variety of environments ensuring you have as strong as a dog as possible to integrate into your family. We train through three phases; learning, proofing and then maintaining once the dog returns home!

We serve the entire Twin Cities Metro area and have had clients from Golden Valley, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Stillwater, Bloomington, Richfield, Edina, Burnsville, Eden Prairie, Shakopee, Savage, Prior Lake, Credit River, Lakeville, New Prague, Elko New Market, Northfield and Faribault.