What it is: A Board & Train or Residency Training Package is one where your dog stays with us. A dog in training receives two hours of training per day in addition to exposure to a home environment while training. Residency or Board & Train is a great way to get up front work done by professionals for getting a start on puppy training, getting a start on house breaking, and getting professional help with behavioral problems (aggression, fear, or reactivate behaviors). Dogs in training train here, and go into public distracting areas to train when ready. This way your dog gets complete exposure to every day life situations that go beyond their home and yard.
Benefits: All the up front work (including traveling to different locations when your dog is ready) is done by a professional dog trainer. This saves the owner a lot of time and effort in the beginning of training. The training can also go faster, because the dog is not being trained by the owner, who has a learning curve to scale, but by a professional trainer who has handled many different dogs of varying breeds and temperaments. If the owner has been having long term problems with a behavioral challenge, a professional dog trainer is not going to be intimidated by the dog, and will know how to guide the dog through various scenarios safely (for the trainer, the dog, the public at large). In this way, you will be better prepared to maintain your dog once their behaviors have improved to being socially acceptable. Taking a dog or puppy into a structured environment used to training and handling dogs, also gives the dog a strong foundation for their future behavior as a well trained family member.
Included in the Board & Train Package: 1) Two hours a day individualized training attention and work for your dog 2) Training blog that you can follow including video of the work done with your dog 3) play, exercise and rest time provided for your dog 4) excellent boarding care while your dog is here and 4) follow up lessons to train the owner on how to interact with their dog and maintain their dog's training. The leashes and collars we use are also for sale at Mannerly Mutts. If you want to purchase these from us, they are available for an additional fee.
Price: This price is based on two hours a day of training (70.00) plus the boarding expense (30.00) to total 100.00 per day. However, the minimum board and train package we sell consists of a three weeks. There is not much we can make a dent in with less than three weeks to work. Therefore, the board & train or residency program starts at $2,100.00 with each day thereafter being 100.00 per day (or 700.00 for each additional week).
This program is for a variety of purposes:
- The owner does not have the time for the up front work. We can bring the dog through all the basic obedience training through to distractions, and then provide a maintenance schedule and lessons.
- The owner has a dog with behavioral challenges. Often times an owner will find themselves in a situation where they are afraid of or intimidated by their dog. This program can take the dog out of the environment, work with him, and then have the owner come back for follow up. By this time a language has been created (IE commands and behaviors that have been taught) that make the process for the owner and dog much easier. We can bring both the dog and owner back to a place where both eventually feel comfortable with the other.
- An owner wants a really well trained dog:) So they want the bulk of the up front work done by a professional dog trainer.
- An owner lives far away, but wants our services for training their dog.
- To begin the training process before a puppy or rescue dog enters their home.
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