Board And Train

All of our Stay & Train Programs are taught in combination at our facility, in our trainers' homes, and in public. Each program is completely customized to the individual dog. Focusing on real-world obedience, most dogs can go to any dog-friendly place after attending our courses. *Results vary if enrolled in a behavioral program. 

 Owner follow-up training after a board and train is non-negotiable if you want results that actually last. Here’s the hard truth:  

• Just because the dog behaves perfectly for a trainer in a controlled setting doesn’t mean they’ll do the same in your home, at the park, or around your kids. Dogs need repetition, context, and clarity — from you. No follow-up = the dog thinks training ended when they left the trainer.

•  The trainer created structure, boundaries, and consequences. If you don't maintain that structure, the dog will revert — not out of defiance, but because dogs follow patterns, not people.

• Training isn’t transferred — it’s taught again through your relationship.

• Obedience is perishable. If you don’t follow through, reinforce commands, or stay consistent with corrections and rewards, the dog will lose fluency. Would you expect a muscle to stay strong if you never work it again?

• For dogs with reactivity, fear, or aggression, board and train is just the reset. The real work happens at home — reinforcing calm, interrupting spirals, and building new habits over time.

Without owner buy-in, old triggers will resurface and control will slip.

 Board and train creates the blueprint.
Follow-up training teaches you how to read it, build on it, and lead confidently. 

  We train your dog, but it’s your job to maintain it. Without consistent follow-through, results will erode. 

 At the completion of any of our Stay & Train programs, you will have a 60- to 120-minute "Go Home" session with your trainer to discuss what your dog(s) have learned and how you can effectively work together with reliable communication. Additionally, you will return for follow-up sessions at 2, 4, and 6 weeks to check on training and address any concerns.  

Dogs enrolled in these programs live in our trainers homes and are treated like part of the family. While with us you will get progress reports and picture and video updates.

We ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT teach any dogs to use potty pads. This causes a disruption in our trainers home with other dogs in training and with our personal dogs. By teaching a dog to urinate or defecate indoors, it encourages other dogs to do the same.

 Due to high demand, we have a 25% nonrefundable deposit required to book your reservation.

 Your dog will get a minimum of 3 to 4 hours of daily 1:1 intense obedience training and will be taken on daily walks and outings to reinforce the training and socialization that is being worked on. Your dog will leave behaviorally better than it was when it first arrived. Space is limited and on a first come, first serve basis. Dogs coming in for Stay & Train are required additional vaccinations for Canine Influenza and Bordetella on top of customarily required vaccines.

*Female dogs actively in heat or due to be in heat will not be accepted into any Stay and Train programs.

Programs Include:

- 1 Year of Service and Support in our Praeceptor Alumni