train & play

some facts

90-95% of all Traditional Board and Train facilities utilize painful tools
or methods. Your dog spends the majority of the time in a kennel.

Traditional daycares offer
just play for full or half days
with no training or they charge per hour for training on top of daycare.
Daycare only rates are
$36 - $54 per 8 hours.

Plus $125 per hour of training.
or $40-75 per half hour of training.
80-90% of daycares are
not Certified Fear Free

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Why does our Adult program cost less?

Adult dogs come with experience in the most basic of manners and come with more practice doing them. Most dogs over a year typically have a few of their basic manners, such as, sit, down, leave it, under their collar.

Their needs tend to be less demanding, but sometimes they also come with needing practice in more distracting environments or they need more socializing.
That’s what we help with in our program.

With our training program, we reset the pups over a year back to basics, and then we can spend more time on the behaviors that need specialized techniques.

With adult dogs, they do sometimes have emotions tied to a specific behavior, or their guardians don’t know exactly how to get those unwanted behaviors changed.
Our goal is to help the older dog learn alternative behaviors instead of those unwanted ones.

WE BELIEVE THEIR IS A BETTER WAY TO TRAIN & SOCIALIZE YOUR DOGS

No yelling, no intimidation, no fear, no force, no tools that cause pain.

Our program helps you with basic manners and more advanced behavior training.

DROP YOUR DOG OFF FOR
4 OR 8 HOURS
and WE TRAIN, SOCIALIZE, exercise, utilize enrichment AND play using fear free positive reinforcement methods.

At the end of each day we hand
those skills off to you!
It is then up to you to keep up those skills
so they don’t fall apart.

Due to the overwhelming demand for dogs over a year old, we have decided to restructure our program.

The program prices have dropped for both age groups to give more people access to our program.

After discussing pricing with our team, together we want to offer as much as possible to as many as we can.

A private trainer costs between $200 - $300 for 2 hours of training or $400 - $600 for 4 hours of training & that doesn’t always include socialization or enrichment.

A typical board & train for 14 days costs between $2,500 - $3,000 and there are fallouts to a typical board & train program.

  • You don’t get to see your puppy.

  • 90-95% of B/T are punishment based and you must continue to use punishment based techniques. (ie: Shock, Prong, Choke)

  • Skills fall apart because you don’t get to practice with your pup daily, while they are learning their new skills.

Why does our Puppy program cost more?

Puppies are a typically a clean slate and their learning capacities are different, they are a bit more time consuming and their needs are different than adult dogs.

As we are starting from scratch, our puppy training focuses on teaching the pup from the start with their basic manners in a more distracting environment.

Most guardians struggle with all of the puppy nipping, over stimulation, potty training, etc. We are here to help.

With our program, we can help take the curse of puppy training. Every day you pick up your pup, you will learn a new skill to work with your pup over the weeks your pup is with us. We can help with counter surfing, potty training, puppy nipping, polite greetings, calm manners, etc.

OUR PROGRAM

THE TRAINING DOESN’T STOP THE ENTIRE TIME THEY ARE WITH US.

WE SPLIT THE TIME IN HALF, WITH FORMAL TRAINING AND PLAY.

FORMAL TRAINING CONSISTS OF DAILY TRAINING AND ANY OF THE PROGRAMS BELOW.
We work with the owners to determine the daily priorities in training specific behaviors from the programs.

WHY DO WE CRATE TRAIN? - Every dog at some point in their life has to spend time in a crate:
Emergency Vet Visits, Grooming Visits, Boarding.
We believe calm and happy in a crate is better than an anxious or panicked behavior in a crate.
Especially during times when the dog is injured/hurt or has never been there before.

DURING PLAY THEY ARE WITH THEIR FRIENDS HAVING FREE PLAY,
GETTING GUIDED PHYSICAL FITNESS OR ORGANIZED ENRICHMENT.
Either outside or in our enrichment room.

Daily training

Every dog is trained daily, with manners! Once mastered we can focus on other behaviors.

Includes: Jumping, Loose Leash Walking, Crate Training, Mild Demand barking, Listening to other dogs. No aggression.

play time

Half the time they are with us they are either playing in our 3500 SF outdoor space or enjoying our 1100 sf indoor enrichment rooms.

Dogs are rotated every 60 minutes, between the training room, enrichment room and the outdoor play space.


Basic mANNERS

Sit, Down, Come, Impulse Control, Leave it, Drop it, Stay, Wait, Nipping, Potty Training

Advanced Manners

Place, Emergency Recall, Greet Politely, Trigger (Doorbell) Place, Advancing behaviors with Distance, Distraction, Duration, Outdoor recall & Heel

behavior specific

Counter Surfing, Mild Resource Guarding, Mild Separation Anxiety, Mild Trigger Fears, Mild Barking.

Number of visits will depend on severity determined during evaluation.

NO AGGRESSIVE DOGS OR DOGS WITH BITE HISTORY

DEFINITIONS -

Mild Resource Guarding - I have a toy, runs away, but will give it up if asked.

Mild Separation Anxiety - Mom, don’t leave, but wait, I get to train & I get to play.

Mild Trigger Fears - Oh that was scary, but i can recover ok.

Mild Demand Barking - That is mine, or I want it, can I have it. but will stop when asked.

fun stuff

Off leash heel, Tricks, Rally,
Nosework, Out on the town

Number of visits will depend on difficulty and graduating basic & advanced manners and evaluation.

Possible refer out to private training, veterinarian or vet behaviorist-

Moderate to Extreme Resource Guarding - People or dogs. Stiff body, snarling, excessive growling, lunging, redirecting.

Moderate to Extreme Separation Anxiety - Can’t settle pacing, can’t focus, excessive barking, trying to escape.

Moderate to Extreme Trigger Fears -

  1. Stranger Danger - lunge, snap, bark excessive around a person (stiff, bares teeth, excessive growling)

  2. Noise Sensitivity - lunge, snap, bark excessive, redirection to others (people or dog), when startled, scared, by a noise

  3. Surprise Response - lunge, snap, bark excessive, redirection to others (people or dog), when startled, scared, by a touch, person or dog.

Moderate to Extreme Barking - Barks at everything, noise, demand, alerting, panic, etc.

what makes us different?

WE ARE FEAR FREE CERTIFIED
AS TRAINERS AND AS A FACILITY!

WE HAVE A LOW DOG TO STAFF RATIO -
1 HUMAN TO EVERY 5 DOGS!
MAXIMUM OF 15 DOGS PER DAY

WE CONSIDER EVERY DOG AS AN INDIVIDUAL
AND WE PUT THEIR WELFARE FIRST!

OUR GOAL FOR EACH DOG, IS TO MEET THEIR EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE & PHYSICAL NEEDS.

OUR EVALUATION PROCESS IS EXTENSIVE TO DETERMINE YOUR DOGS EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL & BEHAVIORAL BASELINE!

WE UNDERSTAND EACH DOG HAS AUTONOMY AND SOME CAN BE SELECTIVE, AS WELL AS, SOME HAVE SPECIFIC PLAY STYLES.
SO WE MATCH - PLAY STYLE, SIZE, AGE, EMOTIONAL STATE

We also believe that every human canine caretaker needs a break!
So our train and play rates are far cheaper than any board and train, private training or day training facility.

Note: At this time, we are not accepting any aggressive or
highly reactive dogs to the train and play program.
However, we offer private coach style training for behavior modification. See our private lesson page.

TRAIN & PLAY puppy PROGRAMS

PUPPIES UNDER 1 year OLD

4 hOURS - $60
under 1 year

Drop your puppy off for 4 hours & get your dog trained.

Includes:

2 hours of Formal Training from one of the programs.

All dogs are trained for fixing Nipping, Jumping, Crate, Potty
& Loose Leash Walking.

Add on Behavior Issues:
Counter Surfing, Mild Resource Guarding, Mild Separation Anxiety, Mild Trigger Fears,
Mild Barking

2 hours of Indoor Enrichment & Outdoor play

Min 2x a week for 18 weeks or
3x a week for 12 weeks

Note: Total for package $2160.
Billed weekly prior to week start.
10% Discount applies if purchased all at once

8 hOURS - $80
under 1 year

Drop your puppy off for 8 hours & get your dog trained.

Includes:

4 hours of Formal Training from one of the programs.

All dogs are trained for fixing Nipping, Jumping, Crate, Potty
& Loose Leash Walking.

Add on Behavior Issues:
Counter Surfing, Mild Resource Guarding, Mild Separation Anxiety, Mild Trigger Fears,
Mild Barking

4 hours of Indoor Enrichment & Outdoor play

Min 2x a week for 9 weeks or 3x a week for 6 weeks

Note: Total for package $1440.
Billed weekly prior to week start.
10% Discount applies if purchased all at once

if you are new to us, we require you to pass our free basic manners evaluation, before scheduling your full train and play evaluation.

we want you and your dog to succeed

NOTE: Dogs enrolled or have completed our basic manners classes,
do not have to enroll in our free basic manners evaluation.

packages are available inquire.

Senior & First responder Discounts

TRAIN & PLAY DOG PROGRAMS

DOGS OVER 1 year OF AGE

4 hOURS - $45
OVER 1 year

Drop your puppy off for 4 hours & get your dog trained.

Includes:

2 hours of Formal Training from one of the programs.

All dogs are trained for fixing Nipping, Jumping, Crate, Potty
& Loose Leash Walking.

Add on Behavior Issues:
Counter Surfing, Mild Resource Guarding, Mild Separation Anxiety, Mild Trigger Fears, Mild Barking

(Note: in order to tackle behavior issues, dogs must pass basic manners and advanced manners evaluations or must attend until dog can pass.)

2 hours of Indoor Enrichment & Outdoor play

Min 2x a week for 18 weeks or
3x a week for 12 weeks

Note: Total for package $1,620
Billed weekly prior to week start.
10% Discount applies if purchased all at once

8 hOURS - $65
OVER 1 year

Drop your puppy off for 8 hours & get your dog trained.

Includes:

4 hours of Formal Training from one of the programs.

All dogs are trained for fixing Nipping, Jumping, Crate, Potty
& Loose Leash Walking.

Add on Behavior Issues:
Counter Surfing, Mild Resource Guarding, Mild Separation Anxiety, Mild Trigger Fears, Mild Barking

(Note: in order to tackle behavior issues, dogs must pass basic manners and advanced manners evaluations or must attend until dog can pass.)

4 hours of Indoor Enrichment & Outdoor play

Min 2x a week for 9 weeks or 3x a week for 6 weeks

Note: Total for package $1,170
Billed weekly prior to week start.
10% Discount applies if purchased all at once

packages are available inquire.

Senior & First Responder Discounts

if you are new to us, we require you to pass our free basic manners evaluation, before scheduling your full train and play evaluation.

we want you and your dog to succeed!

NOTE: Dogs enrolled or have completed our basic manners classes,
do not have to enroll in our free basic manners evaluation.