Board and Train Packages
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Are you overwhelmed with the idea of crate or potty training a puppy? Would you love to skip the “puppy velociraptor” stage and bring home a well-behaved, socialized pup? Maybe you have an older dog with specific behaviors or cues to work on.
Our custom training plans are perfect for pups of any age! From specialized programs for puppy foundations to advanced dog obedience, crate and potty training, and behavior rehabilitation, we tailor the length and program to your goals.
Packages listed are just a starting point!
Contact us to talk about custom lengths of time and training plans, or our multi-dog discounts!
Board and Train Basics 2 Week Package
$2450
With this two-week program, you’ll bring home a puppy who already knows the basics! Puppies will learn: Focus, Come, Sit, Down, Touch, Spin, Stay, Wait, On Your Bed, and In Your Crate. They’ll also be introduced to Leave-It and Drop-It commands and will perform cues with both hand and verbal signals. On top of all this; they also get started with loose-leash walking, (a ‘heel’ command’), and will come home with a leash and harness fitted to them!
Your puppy will have polite house manners, including not jumping on people, waiting politely at doors and for food, and sitting automatically for attention. They’ll also be crate and potty trained, ready to continue intermediate obedience training.
This package requires either the HeadStart Training Package (1.) or an additional week of training. Includes one private in-person or video session during boarding and one private session after the dog returns home .
Board and Train Intermediate 4 Week ‘Puppy Pause and Play’ Package
$4800
Want to have your pup and pet them, too?? (Did you get my pun?? 😅)
This is the package for the pet parent who wants the best of everything! With this package, your pup will learn everything in the two week basic puppy board and train, AND get intermediate training, all while you still get to enjoy the best and cutest weeks with your new baby!
They will come to me at eight weeks and we will begin their crate training, potty training, and all of the other things right on schedule. At 10 weeks they go home to you, just like the regular two week board and train.
Here is where we switch it up!
Your puppy stays with you for the next 6 weeks while you get to know them and bond during those sweet fluffy puppy days. We will regularly check in through this time.
Once your new fur baby is fully vaccinated (16-18 weeks is ideal) THEN they come back to me for all the intermediate work! Getting your pup stable in public and walking effortlessly on leash takes a LOT of repetition. I am happy to do that for you! We’ll work on public manors, being able to ‘settle’ and hang out at a park or coffee shop, work on adding distractions to all those basic manners. Your pup will progress from leash walking being constant work and checking in, to hands-free leash walking with minimal redirection needed. The second two weeks will take your pup from knowing the basics, to being an intermediate star and ready to take on the world!
Includes two private video or in-person training lessons during boarding and two follow-up sessions after the dog returns home. Lifetime discounts on Board and Train Touch-Ups are also included!
Single Week ‘Touch-Up’
$1500
This is the perfect option for a mostly well-trained pup who just needs a refresher, or touch-up.
We can work on a specific simple behavior, getting faster responses, off-leash work or basic manors! This is a great package to utilize during vacation times.
Why stick with regular boarding, when your pup can be learning while you are relaxing?.
Includes one private in-person or video session during boarding and one private session after the dog returns home.
Private Training Sessions
We offer a VERY limited amount of private training.
Sessions run roughly 1.5 hours. (Kay doesn’t watch the clock and often runs over-time, at no extra charge.) Private training can occur at Canine Communications, over the phone, or on a video call. However; training is much more effective when a behavior expert can see the dog in it’s natural environment, and Kay prefers to have these sessions in the owners home whenever possible.
$125/Session
HeadStart Program
This program has been developed in conjunction with local high-quality breeders to give your puppies the best headstart possible in life, for whatever they may do!
Especially geared towards setting the proper foundation for therapy or service work; this program starts at 5 weeks old. By the time the puppies go home at 8 weeks they will already have a solid foundation with positive reinforcement training and the groundwork started of the treat to verbal que association. Puppies will understand how to follow treat lures, will understand a verbal positive reinforcement marker and will understand how to perform the following cue commands with a treat lure: sit, down, touch, focus, spin. They will also have started their ‘auto-sit!’
Not only will the puppies who go through our program understand all of these things; they will be excited to do them! We instill not only an association to a verbal marker, but a love and joy for learning and practicing.
Puppies will have had a very brief introduction to a crate and the “in your crate” command and will be comfortable wearing a harness and leash. These are still very young puppies and will need both reinforcement and continued training when they come home. These puppies will have had an incredible training head start and are going to be immediately ready for training when you bring them home!
*If you’re looking for a more in-depth training package that includes things like overnight crate training, potty training, understanding hand commands without a treat lure, an automatic sit and a dog who can loose leash walk next to you nicely; then check out the board and train option!
If you’d like a puppy who has gone through this program, please contact us for a referral to one of the local high-quality breeders we partner with!
Headstart Program Partners!
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Starlight Bernadoodles
We offer a unique socialization process. Our puppies are handled by adults and children of all ages from birth until they find their forever homes. They are exposed to an array of environmental stimuli including loud sounds, vibrations, smells, and adventures. In addition to getting a Bernedoodle puppy, you get us! We want to be a resource to you, be friends with you and stay in touch for years to come.
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