BOARD & TRAIN BUILT TO CREATE BETTER DAYS TOGETHER.

STRUCTURED TRAINING • FULFILLMENT • REAL-WORLD RELIABILITY

CALMER EVERYDAY LIFE
STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS
MORE FREEDOM & CONFIDENCE
START WITH A FREE EVALUATION
Professional Board and Train dog training in Western North Carolina
WHAT IS THE BOARD & TRAIN PROGRAM?

Immersive Training, Structured For Real Life.

During 2–8 week Board & Train programs, each dog receives comprehensive daily training, professional care, and consistent structure within an immersive training environment. This format allows for the repetition, clarity, and progression needed to address everything from foundational obedience, leash skills, and social development to advanced off-leash obedience and behavior modification.

Each dog receives individualized one-on-one training throughout the stay, along with structured fulfillment, appropriate social exposure, and carefully selected work around people, dogs, distractions, and new environments. Training is progressed according to the individual dog, allowing skills to be developed, strengthened, and applied across increasingly realistic situations.

Program length is determined by your dog’s individual needs, training history, behavior, and the goals established during evaluation. Whether you are building a strong foundation with a young or newly adopted dog, developing advanced obedience and off-leash control, or addressing serious concerns such as reactivity, aggression, fear, or over-arousal, your dog’s program is designed to provide the level of training and support needed for meaningful, lasting progress.

Board and Train dog training in Asheville and Waynesville North Carolina

We Focus On More Than Obedience

Stronger training is about more than commands on cue. We care about daily life: the dog-owner relationship, practical control, confidence, public behavior, and the ability to function in the environments you actually move through together.

BEHAVIORS WE CAN WORK ON
Jumping & impulsive behavior
Barking & vocal behavior
Aggression & higher-support cases
Loose-leash walking & leash manners
Basic obedience foundations
Household manners & boundaries
Crate training & structure
Anxiety, instability, and recovery work
Reactivity
Off-leash reliability

More advanced behavior cases may require a longer stay so the work can be built carefully and transferred responsibly.

BOARD & TRAIN PRICING

Individualized Training.

01 5–16 MONTHS
3 WEEK PUPPY + ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Puppy + Adolescent Head Start

DEVELOPMENT • SOCIALIZATION • FULFILLMENT

A development-focused immersive program for puppies and adolescent dogs ages 5–16 months. Training emphasizes age-appropriate socialization, fulfillment, confidence, environmental exposure, healthy outlets, engagement, leash skills, household manners, impulse control, and thoughtful development through changing developmental and fear stages.

STRUCTURED SOCIALIZATION + REAL-WORLD OUTINGS
FULL OWNER TRANSFER INCLUDED
2 POST-PROGRAM FOLLOW-UP LESSONS INCLUDED
TRAINING EQUIPMENT INCLUDED
PROGRAM $2,895
3 WEEK BOARD + TRAIN
02 ON-LEASH
3 WEEK ON-LEASH

Complete On-Leash Obedience

IMMERSIVE FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING

A complete immersive training experience focused on reliable obedience, better manners, stronger communication, and dependable behavior across everyday environments.

FULL OWNER TRANSFER INCLUDED
2 POST-PROGRAM FOLLOW-UP LESSONS INCLUDED
TRAINING EQUIPMENT INCLUDED
PROGRAM $2,895
3 WEEK BOARD + TRAIN
03 CONTINUING
3 WEEK BOARD + TRAIN

Board + Train With Continuing Training

3 WEEK RESIDENTIAL TRAINING + CONTINUING TRAINING

A 3-week immersive Board + Train program followed by continued professional training after your dog returns home. The residential phase builds the training foundation, while the continuation phase strengthens skill development, owner handling, real-world reliability, and long-term carryover at home and beyond.

FULL OWNER TRANSFER INCLUDED
3 TRAINER-LED CONTINUATION SESSIONS
3 PRIVATE OWNER LESSONS
TRAINING EQUIPMENT INCLUDED
PROGRAM $3,595
3 WEEK BOARD + TRAIN + CONTINUING TRAINING
04 OFF-LEASH
4–6 WEEK OFF-LEASH

Complete Off-Leash Reliability

ADVANCED OFF-LEASH DEVELOPMENT

Advanced immersive training focused on higher-level obedience, dependable recall, distance control, handler responsiveness, and reliable off-leash performance across real-world environments.

FULL OWNER TRANSFER INCLUDED
3 POST-PROGRAM FOLLOW-UP LESSONS INCLUDED
TRAINING EQUIPMENT INCLUDED
PROGRAMS STARTING AT $3,895
4–6 WEEK BOARD + TRAIN
05 BEHAVIOR
4–8 WEEK BEHAVIOR

Behavior Modification

HIGHER-SUPPORT IMMERSIVE TRAINING

Higher-support immersive training for reactivity, aggression concerns, fear, anxiety, over-arousal, and other complex behavior patterns.

FULL OWNER TRANSFER INCLUDED
3 POST-PROGRAM FOLLOW-UP LESSONS INCLUDED
TRAINING EQUIPMENT INCLUDED
PROGRAMS STARTING AT $4,795
4–8 WEEK BOARD + TRAIN
WANT MORE TRAINER SUPPORT WITHOUT FULL IMMERSION?

Hybrid Training Programs

STARTING AT $1,195

Boarding Requirements

Before a residential training program begins, required vaccination records must be current and on file. We also collect the information needed to support your dog safely, consistently, and appropriately throughout the stay.

  • Completed evaluation and trainer-approved program placement
  • Current required vaccination records — Rabies, Bordetella, and Distemper / DHPP
  • Complete behavior, medical, medication, and training history
  • Emergency contact and veterinarian information
  • Food, medications, supplements

Additional requirements may apply depending on your dog’s age, medical needs, behavior history, program type, and boarding arrangements.

Ready to get started?

Call or email with questions about our Board and Train Program or to get started with your dog’s evaluation.

Relationship. Behavior. Training.

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