Personalized Dog Training for the Dog You Actually Live With
Real training should work outside a quiet training room. Our personalized dog training prepares dogs for neighborhood walks, visitors at the door, public spaces, travel, grooming, veterinary visits, time around other dogs, everyday distractions, and family life. Our goal is practical communication, reliability, confidence, and a stronger relationship between dog and owner.
Personalized Dog Training Programs and Rates
We offer structured pathways to help you achieve reliability, confidence, and a better life with your dog. Choose the program that best fits your goals.
Private Lessons
The Trailhead
4 Private Lessons — $500
The Pathfinder
5 Private Lessons — $600
The Trailblazer
$500
$600
9 Private Lessons — $1,000
$1,000
Every journey starts somewhere. The Trailhead establishes communication, engagement, and foundational obedience through professional one-on-one coaching.
Practical everyday obedience designed to make life easier by building consistency in real-world settings.
A comprehensive private lesson program progressing from foundations into advanced real-world skills.
- Focus: Foundational Engagement, Reward Systems, Markers, and Basic Skill Building. Best For: Owners ready to lead their dog and establish clear communication.
- Includes: Sit/Down + Duration, Place, Recall, Leash Walking, Door/Greeting Manners, and Impulse Control. Best For: Family dogs needing better manners and professional reliability.
- Covers foundations into greater distance, duration, and distraction proofing for total mastery. Best For: Owners who want a complete progression while remaining directly involved.
In-Home Coaching
Home Base
4 In-Home Sessions — $1,600
The Homestead
$1,600
7 In-Home Sessions — $2,000
$2,000
Professional training where the problem actually happens—inside your own home and neighborhood.
A deep-dive in-home program combining obedience, individualized behavior work, and advanced household goals.
- Goals: Visitors, Doorways, Barking, Jumping, Walking, and Calm Settling. Best For: Dogs whose challenges are most noticeable within their own household environment.
- Best For: Families wanting extensive coaching in their dog’s real daily environment.
Board & Train
The Good Citizen
The Wayfinder
2-Week B&T — $3,000
Real World 2-Week B&T— $3,200
The Summit
Advanced 3-Week B&T — $4,000
Fast Track
Priority 2-Week B&T — $4,200
Our foundational immersive program for dogs needing structure and manners.
For dogs who need their obedience to hold up around significant public distractions.
Our most comprehensive program focusing on high-level reliability, distance, and duration.
Limited priority access for urgent training needs with accelerated curriculum.
- Includes: 14 days of immersive care, progress updates, professional equipment, and lifetime refresher opportunities.
- Focus: Public manners, environmental neutrality, and advanced impulse control.
- Includes: Extended Obedience, Advanced Heel/Recall, Public Proofing, and Off-Leash foundations.
- Best For: Families needing professional immersive training on a significantly faster timeline.
Puppy & Behavior
First Steps
Consultation — $100
Home Consult
In-Home — $250
Steady Trail
Growth & Healing
$100
$250
9-Week Behavior — $1,400
Start before unwanted behaviors become habits with our expert foundational consultation.
Personalized to your household and family routine where the puppy lives and plays.
$1,400
Empower Series
Behavior change through consistency, confidence, and regulated exposure.
Specialists
Specialized pathways for rehabilitating complex behaviors and raising confident, neutral puppies.
- Topics: Potty Training, Biting, Socialization, and Foundations.
- We evaluate crate location, potty setup, and household boundaries in your environment.
- Designed for: Barking, Lunging, Fear, and Reactivity. Includes Engagement and Threshold Awareness.
- PUPPY CONSULTATIONS
- BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
- CONFIDENCE BUILDING
Ready to get started? Every program begins with a goals evaluation to ensure we’re building exactly the life you want with your dog.
Our Training Philosophy
There is no universal formula for every dog. Our customized training plans consider Temperament, Genetics, Breed tendencies, Motivation, Age, Confidence, Drive, Health, and Environment. We train the specific dog standing in front of us.
Communication Before Commands: Before expecting reliability, we first establish understanding. Training isn’t about saying “no”—it is about teaching your dog what yes looks like.
Reactivity & Special Cases
Behavior Cases & Expectations
We work with reactive dogs depending on the individual case. Some aggression cases can be accepted after professional evaluation.
B&T Commitment
Ethical trainers cannot guarantee identical behavior forever. Success requires ongoing owner reinforcement to maintain learned behaviors.
Maintenance
Owner education is essential. Board & Train success depends on your commitment to the routine established during the program.