Big Furry Friends Dog Training Facility

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 18 reviews

8201 Douglas Ave, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009

Obedience Training

8201 Douglas Ave, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009

Overview

FormatServes the Kalamazoo / Southwest Michigan area

Training methodPositive reinforcement

Led byKim Marsh

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About Big Furry Friends Dog Training Facility

Services

Big Furry Friends Dog Training Facility offers group classes for puppies and dogs of all ages, private 1:1 lessons, tailored day training, and specialized service dog, emotional support dog, and therapy team programs. The therapy programs include meet-and-greets, nursing home activities, and hospital support.

Method

The business uses positive reinforcement training, with a focus on building strong two-way communication between dogs and their owners.

Credentials

Owner and head trainer Kim Marsh holds a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner credential (KPA-CTP), is an AKC CGC Evaluator, and is listed as an Alliance of Therapy Dogs T/O, along with certification from the Center for Human Animal Interventions at Oakland University. The facility serves the Kalamazoo, MI area.

What they can help with

Service Dog Training

Task training and public-access work for service-dog candidates.

Therapy Dog Training

Prep to visit hospitals, schools and care homes as a certified therapy dog.

Certifications & verification

GetDogSchool checks each credential against the official public registry. We mark Certified only what we could independently confirm. How we verify →

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Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA-CTP)

Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, a positive-reinforcement credential. Listed by the trainer — not independently verified. check the registry ↗

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AKC CGC Evaluator

AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator; tests dogs for the AKC benchmark good-manners program. Listed by the trainer — not independently verified. check the registry ↗

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Alliance of Therapy Dogs T/O

Listed by the trainer — not independently verified.

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Center for Human Animal Interventions (Oakland University)

Listed by the trainer — not independently verified.

Reviews

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 18 reviews · Google

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