Board & Train Program

Structured. Immersive. Results-Driven.

Our Board & Train program is designed to produce real, lasting behavioral change. Your dog lives in a highly structured training environment for multiple weeks, where clear communication, obedience, confidence, and real-world neutrality are installed through consistency and repetition.

This program eliminates confusion and replaces unwanted habits with clarity, routine, and reliable behavior.

For many dogs, Board & Train is the most efficient and effective way to reset mindset, establish structure, and build a strong, dependable foundation.

What Your Dog Receives

• 24/7 structure, routine, and accountability

• Multiple focused training sessions each day

• Real-world exposure indoors, outdoors, and around distractions

• Consistent expectations and clear communication

Who Benefits Most from Board & Train

This program is ideal for dogs who need:

• Solid obedience foundations

• Improved leash manners and loose-leash walking

• Calm, neutral behavior in public settings

• Clear household rules and structure

• Improved neutrality around people and dogs

• Reduced whining, over-arousal, reactivity, or impulse-control issues

Especially Effective For

• Anxious or insecure dogs needing confidence and direction

• Busy owners who want behaviors professionally installed

• Dogs struggling in chaotic, inconsistent, or low-structure environments

For dogs displaying leash reactivity, resource guarding, early signs of aggression, separation anxiety, excessive barking and dogs who experience low confidence in public or outdoor settings. Board & Train can provide the level of structure required for meaningful progress. An initial evaluation determines the safest and most effective training path.

Core Training Focus

Obedience & Communication

Teaching your dog how to understand guidance, follow commands, and remain engaged with the handler.

Leash Manners & Reactivity extinction

Developing loose-leash walking, neutrality around distractions, and calm behavior in real-world environments.

Impulse Control & Manners

Building patience, boundaries, and the ability to pause and think instead of reacting.

Confidence Building & Environmental Exposure

Controlled exposure to new environments, sounds, surfaces, and situations to increase resilience and stability.

How the Program Works

1. Evaluation & Behavior Planning

We assess behavior patterns, triggers, and emotional responses to create a customized training plan, particularly for dogs with insecurity, reactivity, or complex challenges.

2. Drop-Off & Full Immersion

Your dog enters a structured training environment designed to remove confusion and reinforce consistent, reliable behavior.

3. Daily Training Routine

Each day includes targeted work in:

• Obedience training

• Leash handling

• Desensitization

• Confidence building

• Threshold work

• Crate conditioning

• Controlled social exposure

4. Ongoing Progress Updates

Regular video and photo updates allow you to track progress and understand the techniques being implemented.

5. Owner Transfer & Take-Home Session

Owner Education Included

Every Board & Train program includes a comprehensive 2–3-hour owner transfer session at drop-off. This hands-on lesson ensures you fully understand how to maintain, reinforce, and build upon your dog’s training long-term.

During this session, we cover:

• Core commands and daily structure

• Proper leash handling and leash pressure

• Correct training tool use and precise timing

• Household rules, boundaries, and routines

• A step-by-step 30-day at-home training plan

EVALUATION IS REQUIRED BEFORE ENROLLMENT IN ANY BOARD & TRAIN PROGRAMS AS WELL AS PRIVATE SESSIONS.

SPOTS ARE LIMITED AND OFFERED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. LOCK IN YOUR SPOT BY BOOKING YOUR EVALUATION TODAY! 

Evaluation fee will be waived if a Board & Train Program is book within 7 days after evaluation.

3-Week Program-On leash Obedience & behavior basics

Perfect for dogs needing structure, manners and control on leash.

Your dog will learn:

• Crate training & duration comfort

• Basic commands: Sit, Down, Recall, Place and Heel on leash

• Place command (stay in one spot until released)

• Lose leash walking (no more pulling on the leash)

• Leave it/impulse control

• Exposure to real-world distractions

• Addressing mild behavior issues such as jumping, barking and low-level anxiety

• End-of-Program Go-Home Session

• Photo/Video updates

  Starting at $1,100 per week

  5% discount when paid in full

  NJ sales tax applied at checkout

4-Week Program-On-Leash Obedience + Confidence Building

This program expands on the 3-week foundation with more time for public exposure, confidence-building exercises and stronger command reliability.

Your dog will continue to master all on-leash obedience skills with additional training in:

• Real-world environments (parks, stores, sidewalks)

• Leash manners in higher-distraction areas

• Stronger engagement with the handler

• More repetition & proofing for stronger reliability in public and at home

• Continued work on behavior issues

• Socialization to sights, sounds, surfaces & environment

• End-of-Program Go-Home Session

• Photo/Video updates

  Starting at $1,100 per week

  5% discount when paid in full

  NJ sales tax applied at checkout

5+ Week Program: On- and Off-Leash Functional Obedience & Behavior Transformation

This ultimate training experience is perfect for owners who want peace of mind knowing their dog will listen anywhere—on or off-leash—confidence and control during outdoor adventures, and a strong bond built on structure, trust, and clear communication. Your dog will master everything from the 3 & 4-week programs, with the added benefit of E-Collar training when choosing 5+week program for safe, reliable on and off-leash obedience in any environment.

This program focuses on:

• E-Collar Conditioning, clear communication for safe and reliable off-leash control

• Sit, Down, Place, Heel, and Recall with reliable, on- and off-leash functional obedience

• Long-distance Communication-Maintain control even when your dog is far away

• Impulse Control Around Distractions-Staying focused despite high-level environments

• Behavior Modification-Addressing leash reactivity, anxiety, fear-based behavior or early stage of aggression

• Calm Behavior-Consistency in both home and public settings

• End-of-Program Go-Home Session

• Photo/Video updates

  Starting at $1,100 per week

  5% discount when paid in full

  NJ sales tax applied at checkout

  The program may extend beyond 5 weeks if your dog displays leash reactivity, resource guarding, early signs of aggression, separation anxiety, excessive barking, or low confidence in public or outdoor settings.