Board & Train in Rochester, NY
Immersive Training That Comes Home With Your Dog
Some stretches of life just don’t leave room for daily training. A new baby, two jobs, a move, or a dog whose habits have gotten a few steps ahead of you. That’s what board and train is for. Your dog comes to stay with a trainer and practices the right behaviors dozens of times a day, every day, until they stop being things he does and start being just how he operates.
Not sure if immersion training fits your dog? Call (585) 595-1099 for an honest read.
How Board and Train Works
Immersion. Your dog gets the one thing most owners can’t give him at home: professional repetition. Skills like loose-leash walking, recall, place, and door manners get drilled with expert timing, then taken out and practiced in the real world so they hold up at the park and the pet store too.
Structure, not boot camp. Immersion doesn’t mean harsh. In fact your dog will get to run around the rolling hills of our farm. Our program is built on positive reinforcement and sends home a dog who’s confident and happy to work, not one who’s shut down. If you’ve read the horror stories about board and train places, the difference is entirely in the environment and the methods, so ask any program you’re considering, ours included, exactly how they handle it when a dog gets something wrong. You want to hear about setting the dog up to win and rewarding it when he does.
Here is a short list of the skills we’ll work on with your dog during their board and train:
- Daily professional repetition
- Loose-leash walking & recall
- Place, door manners & settle
- Real-world generalization
- Structure without harshness
- Unruly adolescent dogs
- Busy or in-transition households
- Habits lessons haven't cracked
- Foundation obedience, fast
- Dogs who need a jump-start
The Handoff Is the Whole Point
A trained dog with untrained owners backslides in about two weeks. So every program ends with hands-on lessons where you learn the cues and the timing, and walk away with a plan for keeping it going. The program isn’t done when your dog performs for the trainer. It’s done when he performs for you.
Is Board & Train Right for You?
It’s great for foundation obedience and leash manners, and for jump-starting a wild adolescent, that 8-month-old lab who woke up one day as seventy pounds of opinions. For fear and aggression cases, immersion can help, but this is where an honest evaluation matters most, because some of that work belongs in your own home, where the triggers actually live. Tell us what’s going on and we’ll tell you which program really fits, even if it’s the cheaper one.
What It Costs
Board and train is the biggest training investment, simply because it’s the most professional hours. Instead of throwing out a number that might not match what your dog actually needs, call (585) 595-1099, tell us about your dog, and we’ll give you real figures for the program length that fits. No pressure and no script.
Call (585) 595-1099 or send the form. Tell us about your dog and what you’re hoping to get out of it.