Copper Pines Boarding & Training Center

03/30/2025

ATTENTION!! Today’s Nail Trim Clinic is postponed to next Sunday, April 6th, due to weather conditions!

03/27/2025

New puppy graduates tonight!! 🎓🐾🎓

03/26/2025

For those who have been following Quill since he was a little pupper... It's officially K9 Quill now! 🥳🥳

03/15/2025

Still thinking spring, just not looking outside today! 😂😂

03/13/2025

Did you know we offer free evaluations to answer your questions about our training programs and how they might help you and your pup? Message us for the link to schedule one!

03/12/2025

Anyone else feeling the spring fever?? This fundraiser might help! Check it out!

The forecast is calling for 3" of snow this weekend, but we're definitely in denial about that - we've been thinking spring since that first warm day! 😂

Because we're thinking spring, we teamed up with this awesome site to run a very floral fundraiser! We're raising funds for seminars we're hosting this summer, seminars our team will be attending, anticipated deployment expenses, medical fund expenses and more!

Thank spring with us! 🌷🪻🌹Orders will begin to ship in April!

https://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/marketplace/seller/profile/shop/midmnk9

03/08/2025

PLEASE DON'T GET A PUPPY!! - Something you don't often hear a dog trainer say, but....

If you're unable or unwilling to spend a significant amount of time socializing your puppy in their first year, please don't get one. Socialization - think along the lines of meeting 100 new people in their first 100 days with you, PLUS visiting new places, hearing new sounds and meeting new dogs/animals as much as possible.

Unsocialized puppies 9 out of 10 times become fear aggressive dogs who will lash out at whatever they're afraid of - people, other dogs, kids, the vet, your groomer, you name it. They are dangerous, through no fault of their own. Best case, you have to work 5x harder to socialize your older dog. Worse case, they hurt someone or themselves and get put down for it.

If you have an adult dog that wasn't socialized as a puppy, please find a trainer with experience to help you build their confidence as soon as possible! If you're not sure what socialization is or how to do it, a trainer is the best resource for that too!

Also, if you aren't prepared to have a working dog in your home (a dog that ABSOLUTELY NEEDS a job in order to stay mentally/emotionally healthy), please don't get a puppy that has working dog bloodlines - this includes any dogs mixed with a poodle (poodles are working dogs), herding breeds, high energy hunting breeds and your more traditional working dogs (Shepherds, Malinois, Dobermans, etc). There are exceptions where you find a calm, family-friendly dog in the working lines, or lines specifically bred to be calmer, but those are the exception!

Message us if you have socialization questions or need help with your older pup - we're passionate about helping them, but we'd much rather help you prevent the issues!

02/18/2025

UPDATE: .....and the winner is.... Gemma, playing in the snow! Lisa, let us know when you'd like to stop by for her goodies!

This is usually the time of year we do a snow day giveaway, but we haven’t had many opportunities for that - how about a Cold Day Giveaway instead??

Comment below a picture of your dog doing their favorite winter activity! We’ll pick a random winner on Friday!

P.S. In case spammers take over our post like they like to do, remember, don't give out your contact or payment info - we'll never ask for it on here! We'll message the winner directly and update this message when we announce it!

02/13/2025

Look at all of these cute Rally dogs!! 😍😍 Learning touch!!

02/10/2025

New small group classes coming to Tuesday and Wednesday nights in February!

Rally-O: https://copperpinesboarding.com/new-class-beginner-rally-obedience/

Advanced Obedience - Precision & Reliability: https://copperpinesboarding.com/new-class-advanced-obedience/

Detection - Advanced Searches and Hide Placement: https://copperpinesboarding.com/new-class-detection-advanced-searches-and-hide-placement/

02/07/2025

New to the area - grooming near Miltona!

𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌!!!

𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆...

𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐲
Includes: Bath, Blow Dry, Brush Out, Ear Cleaning, Paw Trim, Nail Trim, Sanitary Trim, Body Trim

𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫
Includes: Bath, Blow Dry, Brush Out, Ear Cleaning

𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫
Includes: Bath, Blow Dry, Brush Out, Ear Cleaning, Paw Trim, Nail Trim, Sanitary Trim, Hair Tidy

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐋𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞
Choose from any of the Following if wanting Specific Services

𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
Includes: Bath, Blow Dry, Brush Out,
Ear Cleaning, Paw Trim, Nail Trim, and Sanitary Trim

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐅𝐮𝐫-𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐝!

02/05/2025

We are STILL on hold for accepting new BOARDING AND DAYCARE clients. Our current calendar is booking 2-3 months in advance for weekends!

We will still be welcoming new families to our puppy classes, CGC test prep classes, private lessons, and any other types of classes we dream up!

* One exception - because socialization and consistency are so important we will welcome our Fundamentals 1 puppies to become new clients during this time.

Our new client waitlist is now available to join: https://forms.gle/WAK69V8W9SvwLuzJ7

EXISTING CLIENTS: These are our closed dates for the rest of 2025!

Apr 7th to 9th
Jun 2nd to 4th
Jul 14th to 16th
Aug 11th to 13th
Sep 8th to 10th
Oct 1st to 15th
Dec 8th to 10th

01/28/2025

What kind of spring classes would you like to see us offer? Comment below with one or more of your favorites!

AKC Tricks Class – Teach your dog fun, beginner-friendly tricks and work toward earning the AKC Trick Dog titles! Evaluations available!

Indoor Agility & Fitness – A mix of unique agility-style obstacles, fitness games, and mental challenges—perfect for small indoor spaces.

Detection Challenges – For dogs with a foundation in scent work, we’ll add more complex searches and exciting scenarios to sharpen their skills.

Advanced Obedience – Focused on sit, down, heel, and reliable performance around distractions to build a solid, polished skill set. Could help prep you for some elements of the AKC U-CGC or C-CGC.

01/27/2025

When we find interesting training opportunities we're sharing them on our website, and this one is definitely an interesting training opportunity! The Suzanne Clothier is coming to the middle of Minnesota in 2025! Mark your calendars - you won't want to miss her!

https://www.midmnk9.com/post/training-opportunity-suzanne-clothier-2-day-workshop