Barking Hound Village
Board-and-train offered out of its Cheshire Bridge Road boarding location in Atlanta.
- Length
- 2 weeks
- Price
- from $1,950
- Stays in
- Facility
10 board and train programs listed in and around Atlanta. Each one is an immersive program where your dog stays with the trainer — typically two to four weeks — rather than attending weekly classes. Part of the Metro Atlanta area — 58 programs across 30 cities within a drive.
Board-and-train offered out of its Cheshire Bridge Road boarding location in Atlanta.
Learn for Life is a custom board and train program: trainers work with the dog 5 days a week while it lodges, with group play on its two off days.
Off Leash K9 Training franchise location serving Atlanta. It offers a 2-week board and train, a 1-week Freedom board and train, and a 1-week puppy board and train.
Board-and-train where the dog lives in the trainer's private home during the program, serving Atlanta and surrounding metro.
Board and train dogs live in the trainers' homes and get three structured training sessions a day, with a 5-day minimum stay. Clients get one in-home private lesson for every 5-7 days of stay.
Board-and-train run at two partner boarding facilities where dogs get an hour of training daily plus daycare care.
Atlanta-area resort group with seven locations, including Brookhaven, Buckhead, Roswell, Johns Creek and Smyrna. Its training page says Stay and Train is available at all locations, with dogs working with trainers several times a day.
Your dog lives and trains with a trainer for 14 days in a calm home, not a kennel, and practices around real-world distractions like parks, patios and the Atlanta Beltline. Includes pick-up and drop-off, a take-home lesson, all training tools and lifetime support. Payment plans available.
Atlanta trainer offering a Doggy Boarding Boot Camp, a live-in program where the dog stays 2–4 weeks for intensive training, plus in-home, puppy and aggression training.
Dog Wizard franchise location offering Board and Train Dog Training, where dogs stay with trainers for intensive instruction.
Most programs in the Atlanta area fall between $1,500 and $6,000. The spread comes down to three things: how long your dog stays, how many dogs the trainer handles at once, and whether you need behavior work or just obedience. A two-week obedience program sits at the low end; four to six weeks of behavior modification for reactivity or aggression sits at the top.
Ask every trainer the same question — what's included? Equipment, the go-home lesson, and follow-up sessions are sometimes bundled and sometimes billed separately, which can move the real total by several hundred dollars.
More detail: what board and train actually costs, based on the programs here that publish a price, and how long a program should be.
Board and train programs in and around Atlanta, GA generally run $1,500–$6,000 depending on length and intensity. Two-week obedience programs sit at the lower end; multi-week behavior modification for reactivity or aggression sits at the top. Several of the 10 programs listed here publish pricing, but most quote after an evaluation — request quotes from two or three to compare what is actually included.
Visit in person before booking. Ask how many dogs the trainer takes at once, who will personally handle your dog, where dogs sleep, what methods and equipment are used, and how many follow-up lessons are included. Ask for references from clients with a dog like yours. A trainer who welcomes a facility tour and answers method questions plainly is worth more than one with a slicker website.
Some do, particularly for clients within a metro radius, and a few include transport in the program price. Others require you to drop off and pick up yourself — which many trainers prefer anyway, since the pick-up visit doubles as your go-home lesson. Ask when you request a quote; it is listed inconsistently on trainer websites.
Board and train is one of the few dog training services people routinely travel for, precisely because the dog stays on site — you make the drive twice rather than weekly. It is common to use a trainer one to three hours away, and some programs draw clients from neighboring states. Widen your search to the state page before settling for a program you are unsure about.