Yellowstone Dog Sports

About Yellowstone Dog Sports

from Elaine Osmun, owner:

Yellowstone Dog Sports was born out of my love for dogs and my love for the Beartooth Mountains, the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and my wonderful little town, Red Lodge, Montana. I combined all of that with a lifetime of "camp" experiences. From 1966-1978, I spent nearly every summer at Heart O' the Hills Camp in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.  From 1983-1993, I ran children's summer sports camps at The Court Club in Nacogdoches, Texas.  When my interests turned to "dog sports," I took my dogs to camp at Sharon Nelson's NADAC agility summer camps in Cataldo, Idaho and Maybell, Colorado.

From those varied camp experiences, I learned lots of cool NEW stuff every summer and have wonderful memories of adventures in the great outdoors but most of all I formed many amazing friendships that have lasted a lifetime.

So now, in my OLD AGE, I'm not going anywhere without my dogs… so here it is:  YELLOWSTONE DOG SPORTS! NO DOG LEFT BEHIND!

We offer beginner classes (private and semi-private lessons for puppies and adult dogs) focusing on the basic skills (obedience, focused attention, beginning agility obstacles) necessary to move forward into group agility or competitive obedience classes and/or to have a better relationship with your dog. Kristi Hayes is now teaching the competitive group classes on Sundays! And Tammi Archbold is offering Basic Training private lessons to get you started! Both of these instructors are experienced trainers/competitors and have earned multiple agility championship titles!

After getting started with private or semi-private lessons, you may choose to continue with private lessons or join one of our beginner agility groups or other classes. Our group lessons are $20/1.5 hour session. The groups are "continuous" so you can come once a week or once a month depending on your goals and your availability.