Tails Up Dog Training Burnsville, Minnesota

Excellent puppy classes and obedience training. The instructors are helpful and really want you to succeed with your dog!

This place is the bee's knees. Worth every penny. I will continue to take my future dogs here for obedience training.

My golden retriever puppy and I had a wonderful experience taking Puppy Kindergarten at Tails Up! The instructors were so knowledgeable, helpful and puppy loving. They knew every puppy's name by the 2nd class. If one technique didn't work, they were right there suggesting another method to try. The individual attention to each puppy and owner was just awesome ! Informative, weekly handouts made learning the the new skills and practice during the week very manageable. My puppy especially loved the opportunity to socialize and play with his new friends each week. I highly recommend Tails Up Dog Training!

I absolutely recommend this company! Elaine is amazing and I love her training methods. We are only halfway through our class and my 9 month old German Shepherd is heeling so well. I know a bit about training on my own, but Elaine has taught me so much already! My dog is much more well behaved and his engagement is improving everyday. She does send you home with a goal to come back and show. So be prepared to actually learn and teach your dog some awesome stuff. I will definitely be back!

My dog Zoe and I just completed Bssic Obedience training with Tails Up. From my first meeting with Kori, the owner, through the 7 weeks of training the experience was professional, personable and educational. Our Instructor Nancy was wonderful. She provided great instructions and demonstrations and gave individual attention as needed. The other team members were also great. Zoe and I learned so much and that will make the journey forward much richer. Highly recommend Tails Up training. Edna M

I've only been in one beginner obedience class so far, but I have been to and used many training facilities and trainers over the years. I can tell I am going to be very happy with the class. Due to COVID-19, class sizes are smaller than usual. I can't say I would be as happy with it if they were running a full sized class. The number of dogs and distance we're able to maintain now seems appropriate. More dogs makes me think the experience would be much less positive with only one trainer and the noise that comes with more dogs and people. I expect hearing even without masks in this facility can often be an issue. I would most likely deduct stars under those conditions. I'm excited for the class and to really see how Tails Up functions, as I expect to have my puppy in training for years before he's exactly what I want.

This place seems to have their act together. I am having a hard time hearing them during the training sessions, but I feel like they are passionate and caring trainers who care about good pet ownership.

Tails up has been training my parents dogs and my dogs for years. I am about to get a new puppy and I already know he is going t ok be training here. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable.

Excellent classes and really good instructors.

After a bad experience at a different popular dog training company, I've been taking my now 1 year golden doodle to Tails Up Dog Training ever since! Archie has completed Puppy Kindergarten, Dog Obedience 1, Intermediate Dog Obedience, Agility and he's now enrolled in a Tricks class. I LOVE the instructors--ALL of them!! I especially appreciate their commitment to keeping all dogs safe. Something that was not a priority at the first dog training company we took classes with. Because of an aggressive puppy experience (not my puppy) I switched to Tails Up and Bonnie was able to help us work with our puppy so that he would no longer be fearful of other dog. It's been a positive experience and I would highly recommend!!

Saved my dogs from rehoming

So far im learning tons of information about training my dog! Instructor is knowledgeable, entertaining, and patient!

clean easy to get to open atmosphere

I love this place I was looking for a training facility that welcomes older dogs as much as puppies. The instructors are knowledgeable and very hands on when it comes to dealing with miss behaving pups. I could not be happier with this place????????????????.

Definitely the best experience we've had with training our dog. Didn't give full stars because of limited space. Gets crowded with all the dogs/classes, as well as a lil stuffy/hot. Teachers and training techniques are A+ however!

So far, my experience has been pretty bad at this training facility. The biggest issue is that two classes are taught simultaneously and the instructor in the other arena over projects. We have difficulty hearing our instructor. She tries to be heard, but when the other person is bellowing, what can you do?

We brought both of our dogs here (5 years apart) and had an awesome experience each time. Our dog Jill did Beginning Obedience and Storm did Puppy Kindergarten, Puppy Agility and Beginning Obedience. Puppy agility was definitely our favorite! Just wish there were more agility classes offered at Tails Up! Our dogs were SO EMBARRASSING on day 1, I seriously thought we would be kicked out....but by the end they were attentive, well behaved (most of the time :) ) and wanting to learn more. The instructors are SO PATIENT and are happy to help. I highly recommend!

They'll help train your dog, but probably won't be very pleasant about it. Some of the trainers are great but a lot of them are just not pleasant. If it's not their dog they just kind of look down on it. While I got results, I just didn't enjoy going here.

Great trainer. Good program. They desperately need to improve the Acoustics in the building though. You can hardly hear the trainer talk especially when there is another class going on at the same time.

Really loved my experience at Tails Up. Had two different instructors for the Puppy Kindergarten and Beginner Obedience and both were wonderful, knowledgeable and experienced. I will certainly return with my current and any future pups!!

Fun place to train. Welcoming staff.

Two classes going at the same time. It is hard to hear the instructor.

Absolutely one of the best places for great help in dog training

We are really happy with the training we are receiving at Tails Up Dog Training! The instructors are really knowledgeable and make the class fun also. We have had our dog Ciara in the puppy class, beginner obedience, and now intermediate obedience and she is progressing really well. I plan to continue on with more classes. I would recommend Tails Up to everyone. They also have training collars and other items available for purchase at reasonable prices and total convenience.

I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for all your help you have given myself and Addie. We started with the puppy class and loved it so much we stayed! Addie is a year and half and she is now a Therapy Dog! We do the drop- in class to keep both of us up to date. The staff does an excellent job of working with you and your dog. They answer all your questions and even though they have answered the same question over and over they don't believe in a stupid question. I am so glad we found Tails Up it has definitely worked for us.

Great training location! The staff is friendly and great to work with, we love having Bonnie as our instructor!

We have researched dog training places for two months before we’ve got our Mini American Shepherd puppy. We settled on two places with the “Tails Up Dog Training” being the one for the obedience training. Our goal was to have puppy trained and keep her occupied, preventing boredom. We started taking puppy kindergarten class at the “Tails Up Dog Training” with Nicki when she was just 12 weeks old. It was very helpful, especially given that she had problems being very shy, insecure and overly excited. In the next seven months we have completed many more classes – beginning and intermediate obedience, tricks classes, etc. We happened to take classes with four different instructors – all of them being very professional and very helpful, answering owners’ questions during and after the classes. Nicki has changed so much in that time! She has worked out some of her character problems, got more confident and benefited from training in so many ways. Being less than 11 months old, Nicki got her AKC “Trick Dog Novice” title and passed her “Canine Good Citizen” test! “Official” achievements aside, just being able to walk in the neighborhood with your dog, when it calmly walks next to you without pulling on the leash is a great feat! All people at the “Tails Up Dog Training” – owner, instructors, helpers seem to be striving to help you and your dog succeed. We would definitely recommend “Tails Up Dog Training” to everyone who wants to give their dogs training and socialization, and wants to bring the structure and goal in their lives.

We love coming here for dog training!

As someone who loves dogs and has shown them in several performance venues, I have been training at Tails Up Dog Training since 2013. I was already familiar with their style of training and came to believe they could help me achieve my goals with my dogs over the long haul. However, over the course of time I see that they are able to help people with both long-term and short-term goals. Their love of dogs and respect for individual owners and families shines through in the broad range of services they provide, from teaching basic manners and living room tricks to working through more complex behavior problems and coaching competition obedience performance at an elite level. They bring a level of professionalism to dog training in our area which makes me proud to say I have learned from the best!

Its a great place to train dogs my dog i thought was untrainable and they were able to train her