2023 PRIVATE OVERNIGHT BOARD & TRAINS

***Evaluation process is required in advance of accepting any board and train candidates. If accepted, an initial consult in home is required before beginning the board and train program.

First off, let me start off by saying a board and train should be referred to as a “board & raise.” It is simply not possible to fully train a dog or puppy to the point of being “finished” in the matter of a few weeks. And, finished is certainly left for interpretation pending an individual’s goals. A board and train is about laying the foundation to good habits by starting to teach cues, skills, and alternatives. All of these pieces then MUST be followed through by educating the owner and working to translate the skills in the dog’s primary environment.

*A common starter option to get a puppy or dog STARTED in the raising/training/habit building process. Follow up lessons is the most critical part of a board & train with your puppy or dog as cues and skills need to be translated as well as habits formed in the dogs primary environment.

*Socialization is a critical part of the raising and training process. If you “do not have the time” to appropriately take your dog out, we do. A great option for those who have already completed a standard board & train (or want to merge a standard board and train with outings). Available to pair a standard BT with a public outing.

*The most highly recommended option as owner involvement is critical in translating skills as well as learning how to better handle your dog. If you are nervous about being away from your dog for a few weeks — you can also be part of the training process and actively involved and learning how to extract cues and skills from your dog — and get a jump start on creating solid habits when your dog comes home.

Board & Train expectations:

While it is certainly wonderful to send your dog off somewhere for training, most people expect when their dog returns after a couple of days to automatically uphold perfect skills and manners without consistency, time, or effort on their end. We have structured our overnight board and trains so before the dog comes to us and after it leaves we are already familiar with the dog’s primary environment as well as working with the dog owners on teaching cues and managing the household. Training the human is just as critical as training the dog and we want to make sure the things your dog takes away from its stay are easily translated back at home. Your dog may come home with a new set of skills and behaviors, and it is important to reinforce what we want and perhaps change ourselves and our habits in order to see a change with our dogs (yes, it has a lot to do with training the human). Just like a person, if you want to achieve a particular skill, you must practice to remain good at it…and remain practicing to become great under all circumstances.

We will take on a board and train as soon as 10-12 weeks (contact us if you are looking for sooner) and encourage developing good habits from the get go opposed to waiting until the dog is older and you have problems. We also require a 1v1 in home lesson before the board and train as well as following the board and train (unless we are familiar and have worked with the dog previously or it has already been evaluated).

 OPTION 1: STANDARD OVERNIGHT BOARD AND TRAIN

THE STANDARD BOARD & TRAIN INCLUDES YOUR PUPPY OR DOG COMING TO THE DOG RANCH TO WORK BASIC FOUNDATIONS, OBEDIENCE, AND TO ADDRESS CHALLENGE BEHAVIORS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR PUPPIES.

Rates: Standard Board & Trains begin at $135.00 per day.

  • puppies or dogs with extreme separation anxiety, excessive potty training challenges (soiling in the crate), or behaviors requiring very close and constant monitoring may alter the rate or additional training may be required before beginning.

  • rate includes all training treats/rewards; please bring your dog’s food — although if they are not motivated by their standard meals (do not eat as soon as the food goes down), alternative rewards will be provided and used

  • puppies and dogs are trained and worked multiple times per day and generally not ever fed from the bowl, only by hand in a working session

  • Minimum of three weeks is required to start with PLUS an initial “pre” in-home lesson and post lesson in home (training package highly recommended following a board and train)

    *SHORTER BOARD AND TRAIN STAYS MAY BE PERMITTED FOR EXISTING 1V1 TRAINING CLIENTS, OR ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS
    IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOLLOWING YOUR BOARD & TRAIN TO COMMIT TO A LESSON PACKAGE AS PART OF THE POST-TRAINING PLAN (OPPOSED TO ONLY 1 FOLLOW UP LESSON).

  • For a well-round training experience you may mix & match board and train programs together to balance out socialization as well as standard training (please contact for rates/questions).

  • 1 initial consult in advance of the board & train in-your-home required

  • 1 follow up board & train in-your-home-lesson required, typically scheduled the day of departure (4-pack + minimum is highly recommended and training 1-2x/week upon the dog’s return is HIGHLY ADVISED).

To get started with a private board & train stay, please fill out the required overnight application. 

OPTION 2: PUBLIC OUTING/SOCIALIZATION + BOARD AND TRAIN

THE PUBLIC OUTING/SOCIALIZATION BOARD & TRAIN INCLUDES YOUR PUPPY OR DOG COMING TO THE DOG RANCH TO WORK BASIC FOUNDATIONS, OBEDIENCE, AND TO ADDRESS CHALLENGE BEHAVIORS + TAKING THE DOG OUT INTO PUBLIC TO WORK ON SOCIALIZATION SKILLS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR PUPPIES UNDER SIX-EIGHT MONTHS OF AGE. GREAT FOR OLDER DOGS NEEDING CONFIDENCE BUILDING AND ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE.

Rates: Public Outing/Socialization Board & Trains begin at $165.00 per day.

  • You may mix and match a standard board and train, owner active board & train, & public outing program together.

  • 1 initial consult in-your-home lesson required

  • 1 post board & train in-your-home-lesson (4-pack + minimum is highly recommended and training 1-2x/week upon the dog’s return is HIGHLY ADVISED).

    • puppies or dogs with extreme separation anxiety, major problem behaviors, or with potty training challenges (soiling in crate), or behaviors requiring very close and constant monitoring may alter the rate or additional training may be recommended before beginning.

    • rate includes all training treats/rewards; please bring your dog’s food — although if they are not motivated by their standard meals (do not eat as soon as the food goes down), alternative rewards will be provided and used

    • puppies and dogs are trained and worked multiple times per day and generally not ever fed from the bowl, only by hand in a working session

    • puppies and dogs are also taken out on a public outing to a variety of different places for exposure/training to help generalize skills and work on socialization (that does not mean playing with other dogs)

  • Minimum of three weeks is required

*SHORTER BOARD AND TRAIN STAYS MAY BE PERMITTED FOR EXISTING 1V1 TRAINING CLIENTS, OR ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOLLOWING YOUR BOARD & TRAIN TO COMMIT TO A LESSON PACKAGE AS PART OF THE POST-TRAINING PLAN (OPPOSED TO ONLY 1 FOLLOW UP LESSON).

To get started with a private board & train stay, please fill out the required overnight application. 

 OPTION 3: OWNER-ACTIVE BOARD + TRAIN

THE OWNER-ACTIVE BOARD & TRAIN INCLUDES YOUR PUPPY OR DOG COMING TO THE DOG RANCH TO WORK BASIC FOUNDATIONS, OBEDIENCE, AND TO ADDRESS CHALLENGE BEHAVIORS + MEETING WITH THE OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE BOARD AND TRAIN ON SITE AT THE DOG RANCH OR PUBLIC LOCATIONS. DOG TRAINING IS HUMAN TRAINING AND WE HAVE ADDED THIS OPTION TO BETTER EDUCATE OWNERS ON HANDLING AND SKILL WORK SO THEY CAN LEARN THE PROPER TECHNIQUES TO BETTER SUCCEED WITH THEIR DOG LONG TERM.

Rates: Owner-active Board & Trains begin at the same rate as the Standard Board and Train ($135 per day) + standard lesson pricing for in-home lessons. This option includes lessons worked in either in the owner’s home, on-site at the Dog Ranch, or a social setting

  • 1 initial consult before the board & train in-your-home required

  • 1 follow lesson after the board & train in-your-home required (4-pack + minimum is highly recommended and training 1-2x/week upon the dog’s return is HIGHLY ADVISED).

    • puppies or dogs with extreme separation anxiety, major problem behaviors, or with potty training challenges (soiling in crate), or behaviors requiring very close and constant monitoring may alter the rate or additional training may be recommended before beginning.

    • rate includes all training rewards (I dehydrate my own anti-biotic/hormone free single-ingredient treats); please bring your dog’s food — although if they are not motivated by their standard meals (do not eat as soon as the food goes down), alternative rewards will be provided and used

    • puppies and dogs are trained and worked multiple times per day and generally not ever fed from the bowl, only by hand in a working session

  • Minimum of four weeks is required to start with + an initial consult and post lesson in home


*SHORTER BOARD AND TRAIN STAYS MAY BE PERMITTED FOR EXISTING 1V1 TRAINING CLIENTS, OR ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS

To get started with a private board & train stay, please fill out the required overnight application. 

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