Board and Train

Our Board and Train dog obedience is the very best dog obedience program that Dayton Dog Trainer offers. Although our hourly training packages do provide results with your dog … they take a lot longer to provide that result. Our hourly training involves you visiting your trainer at their location, once a week. Each time you visit, the training will become a bit more intense and a bit more in-depth. Commonly, you will train with other people and other dogs, so that we can teach you and your dog to work through life’s distractions. For some, this training can not only take awhile, but it is also hard for many to adjust their schedule around so many visits.

Our Board and Train not only provides around 3 times the amount of training, but your dog is trained in about 14 days, on average. For those reasons, the Board and Train is our most popular training package. It is way more consistent and provides much more training and time with your dog. When you search dog trainers near me, you will find Dayton Dog Trainer!

With most other dog trainers, you will need to load your dog into the car, fight traffic as you drive across town, trying not to be late for your appointment. Once you arrive, you will walk into a store or warehouse where 9 other dogs and people will be waiting. Once every one is there, you will begin the typical practice of walking in a circle, while your dog tries to play with all the other dogs. Once you get going, the treat come out. Now you get to walk in circles and throw treats at the dog.

Once training is over, its time to fight traffic as you make your way home. Once you arrive, your dog goes right back to the what they were for 6 days and 23 hours until the next session.

This doesn’t make any sense! That type of “training” is not meant for the real world. If you could have your dog around several other dogs and humans without having any issues, you wouldn’t need training. You also don’t earn any real respect from your dog as a potential pack leader … you simply become a source for treats.

Also, your dog doesn’t live in the back of a store or warehouse … they live in a home. How can you train for real world events, such as guests stopping by, staying off furniture, bolting out the door or any other situation that we deal with, as a dog owner?

When you sign up for our Board and Train Dog Training program, you will drop your dog off to your trainer’s home, on a Sunday evening between 6pm and 8pm. When your dog arrives, they will go directly into a “cool down period”. This means they will go straight into a crate and they will stay there for the night to allow them to adjust to the new sites, sounds, smells and people. The reason we have you drop off in the evening hours, is so your dog is able to adjust to the new environment, by simply sleeping through the night, rather than sitting in a crate all day and all night. They will have potty breaks during this time.

The next morning, their day will begin at 4:30am, as they will go directly outside for a potty break. Your dog will eat at 5am and again at 5pm, with treats in between that time period.

During the day, we will work with them one on one, on average of 3 to 4 times. In between those training sessions, they get to be a normal dog. If they choose to lay around the house or play with toys or other dogs, that will be their choice. As long as every plays nicely, they will have interactions with other dogs.

The most common question asked by potential clients is … “how many dogs do you work with at a time?”. Your trainer will commonly have an average of 3 dogs total, depending on size and what they are here for. We understand that our clients are paying good money to have their dog trained, so we want to only have enough dogs here that will allow us to provide the time you are paying for.

When we get to the end of your dog’s stay and we feel the dog needs a couple extra days to complete the training, with your permission, we will keep the dog for those couple days at no extra charge. e are not going to nickel and dime our clients, over a couple days. If we feel the dog needs an extension of 1 week, then we will tell you what we have done, how your dog has done and why we believe the dog needs an extension. You are under no obligation to extend your dog’s stay with us, as there will be an extension fee for that extra time.

The Board and Train allows us to work with your dog in real time. Meaning, we can work with them as life happens. Rather than leaving your dog in a kennel all day and only bringing them out to a “fake, setup scenario”, we can work with them in real time. We use real life to train your dog, such as, the pizza guy coming to the door, the mailman stopping by, the kids running in and out, guest coming over and so much more. At times, we even take your dog to our kids ball games, to the store or in town to work in those environments. We try to put your dog through the same situations as we think you will. By doing it this way, we get a much more honest result. Unlike those training places that walk in circles and throw treats at the dog … Dayton Dog Trainer trains your dog for the real world.

As with any dog training service we offer, Handler Training is included. When the day comes to pickup your dog, you will begin handler training. You will need to plan to stay about and hour or so at pickup, so that we can show you how to properly handle your dog. his is where your trainer will teach you how to properly command and correct your dog, how to read and interpret your dog’s body language and projected energy as well as how to be proactive, instead of reactive. Handler Training is crucial for receiving an optimal result. Handler Training is about 40% of the final result. When you come to pickup, your dog still may be rough around the edges or they may be performing perfectly. Either way, whatever the situation is at pickup … this is nowhere near the final result.

Some dogs are so excited to see their owner at pickup, that they tend to be a bit goofy for about the first 20 minutes, until they settle down. Many times, your trainer will demonstrate what your dog has learned while with us, so that you can see your dog does know what they should be doing. We do this, because your dog may not work as well as they should on pickup day, simply because they are too excited to concentrate.

Do not expect your dog to perform as well for you, as they do for the trainer. You still have not proven yourself as the pack leader, which is why it is super important to attend the handler training. Dogs don’t just follow your commands because you are human. You have to prove to them that you are a good pack leader. Handler Training will provide the opportunity to make you that good pack leader … intern, earning the respect of your dog and being able to easily handle them.

It is not uncommon for your dog to attempt to take advantage of you, simply because they are used to getting over on you. Home is also your dog’s comfort zone. If you do as we have taught during handler training, your dog will quickly fall back in line. You will have 3 more handler sessions when you come back to us. Each time you come back, training will become more in-depth and a bit more intense. By the end of this short process, you should have the dog you are wanting! Without doing your part, you will never receive the result you are seeking. If you find that you need more than 4 handler sessions … we want you to return for more. We want your investment to pay off … as it should!