13 board and train programs listed in and around Chicago. 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 Chicagoland area — 63 programs across 34 cities within a drive.
Chicago trainer offering day training, behavior plans, and a 15-day board & train where the dog stays with a professional trainer for structured daily training, with owner coaching.
Lakeview-based trainer offering private handler training, aggression management, boarding, and 7-, 14-, and 21-day board & train camps taking up to three training dogs at a time.
Chicago facility offering structured daycare, boarding, aggression training, and a live-in board & train of one to four weeks covering obedience and behavior issues.
Long-established Chicago training and boarding operation offering combined dog training and boarding programs.
Offers private lessons at its facility, behavior modification, and a 3-week intensive board & train that includes a training collar, e-collar, and bed.
Runs three residential board-and-train tracks — Boot Camp for obedience and manners, Adventure Dog for off-leash reliability, and a rehabilitation program for reactivity, aggression and resource guarding.
Board-and-train boot camps of 10 nights to four weeks at their West Lake Street facility, combining daily training sessions with group play and one-on-one coaching.
Offers behavioral assessments, group and private training, and a board & train with four program tiers from Puppy Jump Start to off-leash reliability, where the dog lives and trains with the team.
Offers private lessons and board & train in the trainer's home, including a 2-3 week Mind Your Manners boot camp and a Complex Canine program for reactive, fearful, or aggressive dogs.
Offers board and train (2-week obedience and 3-week behavior modification programs), private training, day training, group classes, and boarding at its Chicago location.
The Boot Camp Training Program is a 4-week board & train in which the club's trainers work the dog personally, followed by go-home instruction for owners. Aggression camp, service, therapy and protection dog training are also offered.
In special cases the trainer takes a dog into her home for board & train, where it lives and sleeps with the family's own dogs and cats and is trained through daily routines.
West Loop resort at 219 N Carpenter St. Its Stay and Train program gives boarding dogs 30 minutes of training a day for at least three training days, with an optional owner meeting afterwards.
Most programs in the Chicago 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 Chicago, IL 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 13 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.