Good dogs. Great teams.
Board & Train Program
Daily training during a residential stay, with pickup coaching and follow-up support to help you continue at home.
From $1,500
Your program at a glance
- Starting price
- From $1,500
- Length
- Usually 2–6 weeks, recommended after an evaluation
- During the stay
- Daily training and structured routines
- Support at home
- Pickup coaching and two follow-up sessions
Your dog stays with us for daily structured training, socialization, and real-world practice. We build the plan around your dog and your goals, then help you continue the work at home.
A Day in the Program
Mornings start with focused training — obedience, leash work, and the specific behaviors your dog is working on. Midday is structured socialization with carefully matched dogs, downtime, and rest. Afternoons are real-world proofing: distraction work, environmental exposure, and reinforcement around the kind of stuff your dog will see at home. Evenings are quiet — every dog needs to learn how to settle.
Practice that carries home
A residential stay gives your dog consistent routines, reinforcement, and practice. Progress varies with the dog, their history, and the goals we agree together. Pickup coaching and follow-up sessions help you carry that practice into everyday life at home.
What's Included
A free pre-program evaluation so we build the plan around your dog. Daily training sessions and structured routines, not a kennel-and-yard setup. Photo and video updates a few times a week. A handoff session at pickup where we teach you the cues, the timing, and how to keep the training going. Two follow-up sessions in the weeks after help you build on the work together at home.
Who It's For
For families looking for structured daily training and support with their dog’s needs. We discuss goals such as manners, recall, reactivity, fear, or aggression at the evaluation and recommend whether a residential stay is appropriate. Progress and the right approach vary by dog.
How Long
Program length depends on the dog and your goals — usually 2 to 6 weeks. We'll give you a length recommendation after the evaluation. Reactive, fearful, or high-drive dogs typically need 3+ weeks; a clean-slate puppy or polished pet dog can move faster.
What Affects Your Price
The ranges below are starting points for a baseline 2-week program. Final pricing depends on:
Size. Small, medium, large, and XL dogs each have a base rate. Bigger dogs cost more to board (food, space, handling).
Program length. Pricing scales with weeks. 2 weeks is the floor; 4–6 weeks for major behavior work.
Current training level. A puppy or untrained adult costs less than a dog with engrained problem behaviors that need to be undone before new training can stick.
Behavior state. Basic obedience goals are the baseline. Reactivity, fear, or aggression add to the program — more handler time, more environments, more careful work.
Add-ons. Grooming during the stay, off-leash proofing, extra handoff sessions, or take-home training equipment.
A free evaluation tells you what your dog actually needs before you commit to a price.
Pricing
WHAT TO BRING
A few things that help your dog start strong:
- Vaccines current. Rabies, DHPP, and Bordetella up to date — bring a copy of records.
- Food for the stay. Pre-portioned bags of your dog's regular food. Changing food at drop-off adds stress on top of the transition.
- Familiar bedding. One blanket or bed that smells like home. Skip the toys — we'll provide what's safe to leave with them.
- Medications labeled. Original containers with instructions. Tell us about anything we should watch for.
- A heads-up on quirks. Resource guarding, fear of certain sounds, dog or kid history — we'd rather know up front than discover it on day three.
- Your honest goals. What does "trained" look like to you? The more specific you are, the better we can build the program.
Common Questions
We discourage mid-program visits — they almost always set a dog back. Your dog needs to settle into the new routine, and a visit resets that clock. We send photos and video so you can see progress without disrupting it. If you're traveling internationally or have a special situation, talk to us at the evaluation.
Dogs learn at different rates, and outcomes vary. If progress slows, we review the approach and discuss whether more time or a different kind of support is appropriate. We will talk through those options with you rather than promise a fixed result by pickup.
We call you first. For routine vet visits, we use our preferred local vet unless you specify otherwise (and we'll always confirm before any non-emergency visit). For emergencies, we treat first and call as soon as your dog is stable. You'll need to sign a care-authorization form at drop-off so we can act fast if it matters.
We use the tools and methods that work for the dog in front of us. That includes food, play, leash pressure, e-collars, and prong collars — used skillfully and matched to the dog. We're not a force-free-only or compulsion-only shop. We explain what we use, why we use it, and how to maintain it at home. If you have a strong preference one way or the other, bring it up at the evaluation.
Pickup coaching and two follow-up sessions are included to help you and your dog adjust the training to home life. Ask questions and tell us what is working or proving difficult so we can support your next steps.
Yes — and many households should. Training one dog while leaving the other behind often creates new problems (jealousy, regression in the untrained dog, conflicting cues from the same handler). We offer a small multi-dog discount. Each dog still gets individual programming.
