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Building Bonds
Transforming relationships between dogs and their humans through positive, effective training.
5(5 reviews)
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Personalized one-on-one sessions at our facility or in your home to address specific behavioral issues like reactivity, fear, or obedience.
Fun, structured group classes designed to socialize puppies and teach foundational skills for a well-adjusted adult dog.
Online courses and in-person techniques to reduce leash reactivity and anxiety, improving walks and overall dog-owner relationships.
Engaging group classes that build confidence and mental stimulation through nose work and scent detection games.
In-home evaluations to address challenges like dog-child interactions, with tailored strategies to prevent rehoming and ensure safety.
Transforming relationships between dogs and their humans through positive, effective training.
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Building Bonds is a premier dog training facility in Tucson, AZ, dedicated to strengthening the connection between pets and their owners. Led by expert trainer Kim Silver, we offer personalized training programs for puppies, reactive dogs, and behavioral challenges. Our approach combines in-person sessions at our indoor/outdoor facility with convenient online courses, ensuring accessible support for every dog and owner. With a 4.9-star rating from over 130 reviews, we’re trusted by the Tucson community for compassionate, science-based methods that foster calm, confident, and happy dogs.
Flexible online learning options for busy schedules, covering topics from basic obedience to advanced behavioral management.
Kim is a phenomenal trainer with both the 4 legged and 2 legged trainees. She has given me great strategies to help reduce the reactivity with our boy Jackson who just loves Kim. Everything was new to Jackson and he is adapting everyday. We signed up for the individual training both at her center and in our home. We see positive changes as he is definitely more calm in his safe environment. I highly recommend Kim for your own dog training. We are excited to be part of the Building Bonds family. Chris
Building Bonds is a terrific training facility, which has both indoor and a very useable outdoor space for training and fun. Any person we’ve encountered at Building Bonds has been kind and helpful. We worked mostly with Kim Silver, the owner. We had gotten an 8 week old Labrador puppy. We’ve raised many Labradors, but this one was a challenge. Kim has been knowledgeable and effective at helping us navigate Eliza’s growing. She’s helped us raise her to a loveable ten month old puppy, and we’ve survived so far! Kim is good at all kinds of issues, and conducts fun classes. We’ve experienced Kim’s skill with puppies, not only with our own, but we’ve also watched other puppies grow and learn. We recommend Building Bonds wholeheartedly!
My goldendoodle and I have taken a couple classes here and I can't recommend them enough. The classes are fun and effective, and it has been awesome to see my pup's confidence grow. The instructors are amazing and really took the time to understand my dog's specific needs and challenges. I highly recommend and we will for sure be back!
I took a virtual course from Kim at Building Bonds and I learned so much. I have difficult dogs and I have felt a bit stuck in certain areas in my training. I am feeling refreshed with more knowledge and a new perspective on helping my dogs. I do plan to take more classes from Building Bonds!
Kim and Building Bonds is so great. I can't say enough good things. TLDR version is she's great and helped all things from my fearful dog reacting to my toddler to fun games in reasonable price ranges and I'm extremely thankful. Long version is: The first class I took with Kim was a scent training group class. It was so fun and Kim understood my weirdo dog so well. Next up my dog was starting get more and more reactive on the leash so I took the online Behavioral Adjustment Training (BAT) course. It totally changed my relationship with my dog in the best way. Walks with Piper are fun again and now I know how to support Piper before reacts. Best of all it was online so I could fit into my busy schedule and I think it was cheap considering how much I learned. Turns out Piper was getting super stressed by 1 yr old kiddo and after many many tears we called Kim in for a home visit assessment. She gave us lots of great tips and broke them down into manageable chunks. She never shamed us and helped us think through think through what would be our line for rehoming and what we'd need to do to prevent that from happening. She had assessed and I agreed Piper was a bite risk. It's been 10 months and we're all still happily together thanks to her help. I probably wouldn't still have my dog, who is my world, if it wasn't for her. I'm always watching her class schedule for fun opportunities to work with my dog and teach us both new skills.
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