35 board and train programs across 22 cities in the Greater Boston area. Your dog stays with the trainer for the program — typically two to four weeks — so a trainer across the metro is a realistic option: you make the drive twice, not weekly.
Offers in-home private training, group classes, board and trains for real-world obedience and skills, and daily structured hikes.
Offers residential (board-and-train) dog training programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Board-and-train packages available in 2-week, 4-week or 6-week lengths following an evaluation.
Board-and-train programs run by a certified master dog trainer serving the North Boston area.
Boarding, daycare and training company with hubs in Boston's Seaport and Lynnfield. It offers One-Week and Two-Week Board & Train programs and a One-Month Boot Camp, with boarding included.
Stay & Train packages of 5 or 10 days at their South End facility, each including overnight lodging and two 30-minute training sessions daily.
Two- or three-week intensive board-and-train programs specializing in off-leash and aggressive-dog work.
Boarding School is a 14-day program at the Manchester facility that works on basic manners including sit, down, stay, polite walking and recalls; a go-home lesson is included.
One-week on-leash and two-week off-leash board and train obedience programs; the one-week program covers slack-leash walking, doorway waiting and stays with distractions, and each program includes a handling class for the owner.
Manchester-area balanced training business. It offers a homestyle board and train in 2-, 3- and 4-week options in a home rather than a kennel, plus hybrid programs that combine private lessons with a boarding stay.
Trainer at 277 Purchase Street, Middleboro, that also trains therapy, comfort and detection dogs. Its Board & Train program runs 2-3 weeks at its facility, with an option to take the dog home each evening.
In-board training at the family-owned Middleboro facility serving Plymouth: Silver on-leash basic and Gold off-leash advanced programs each start at a 2.5-week stay, with a behavior-modification add-on available; dogs with aggression issues are not boarded.
Offers a 3-4 week board-and-train program plus day-long Boot Camp sessions from its Nashua training center.
Franchise location offering a 2-week board-and-train focused on off-leash obedience with distractions.
Board-and-trains run at their licensed facility The Bark Lab with up to three hours of one-on-one training per day, serving Greater Boston.
Trainer serving north of Boston that offers a 7 Day Board & Train for dogs aged 4 months to 3 years. Also lists service dog training and in-home boarding.
Two- to four-week board and train program in which the dog stays with the trainer at the Salem, NH facility and receives obedience and behavioral training with socialization in real-world environments; off-leash training is included and owners are taught how to maintain the results afterward.
The two-week board and train starts with an evaluation, then follows a personalized program covering obedience, leash manners and the owner's goals. A 1-week option is also priced.
Board and train programs run 2-5 weeks depending on the case and end with a mandatory home training session. Reactive and insecure dogs must stay at least three weeks.
Traditional board and train at the Stow facility for a minimum of 3 weeks (dogs 6+ months), covering obedience, loose-leash walking, impulse control and socialization, with a transition lesson at drop-off, a follow-up lesson about a week later and a remote collar included.
Force-free daycare and training center at Cummings Center, Beverly. Its training page offers board and train, where the dog is trained at 'school' while the owner is out of town.
Boot Camp board-and-train that is typically a two-week overnight program, with extended stays for dogs needing more behavior modification, serving all of New England.
14-day and 30-day Board & Train programs house the dog on-site at the resort with 2-3 training sessions per day and socialization through the PLAYtrain daycare program. Each ends with a 60-minute private lesson for the owner; the 30-day program adds an in-home session and a follow-up.
Board and train in which intensive daily training takes place during a scheduled boarding stay. Multiple days are recommended, and extended session packages are available.
Board and train programs of one to ten weeks for on-leash obedience, off-leash recall and behavior modification, with training done in real-world settings; two to three transfer sessions with the household follow the program.
Four- to six-week Boarding School in which the dog lives in the trainer's home rather than a kennel, with daily lessons and off-site field trips; includes a two-hour turn-over lesson, unlimited private follow-up lessons for three years, four drop-in group classes and a training equipment package.
Runs a board-and-train school program alongside daycare and boarding, serving Duxbury, Brighton and Boston.
In-home trainer serving greater Boston and eastern Massachusetts. Its 3-week board and train has the dog living in the owner-trainer's home, and the site is taking bookings for the first half of 2027.
North Shore trainer Theresa Giannino, a Karen Pryor Academy graduate, boards dogs in her home for 2- to 4-week board & train programs, followed by 2 follow-up lessons. She also offers in-home, private and group lessons from 6 Bourbon St., Peabody.
Plymouth, MA trainer offering relationship-based obedience training, including 1–3 week board-and-train programs (on-leash and off-leash with e-collar) and a hybrid day-train option.
Off Leash K9 Training franchise (Greater Boston Off Leash K9 Training LLC) whose listed service area includes Quincy, Lowell, Newton, Framingham, Lynn and Marlborough. It offers a 14-day Board & Train, a 21-day behavioral modification Board & Train for aggression and reactivity, and a 7-day board and train program.
Six-night, seven-day board and train boot camp with daily video updates and a 1 to 1.5 hour owner handover lesson at completion; an evaluation and e-collar training are recommended beforehand.
Waltham trainer whose Puppy Board & Train has the trainer working the pup in her own home on potty, crate training and manners, with canine fitness included. It also offers day training and classes.
A South Shore trainer offering private lessons, a Home School program, and a board and train of at least 3 weeks, with weekly owner lessons and a final handover session.
4-6 week board and train in which the dog stays with the trainer and is worked through real urban scenarios around Lowell, followed by ongoing coaching and lifetime access to the boarding program.
Metro programs cluster in two shapes. In-home trainers keep one to three dogs at a time and tend to sit in the suburbs where they have the space; facility programs run larger groups closer to the city. Neither is better — the home vs. facility guide covers which suits which dog. What matters more is that the trainer has handled your dog's actual problem, and that the follow-up lessons are somewhere you'll really drive to.
Pricing across the area typically runs $2,000–$6,000, with the real spread explained here. Ask every trainer the same question — what's included? — because equipment, the go-home lesson and follow-ups are bundled by some and billed by others.
This page combines 35 programs across 22 listed cities in the Greater Boston area — Boston, Manchester, Middleboro, Nashua. Board and train is one of the few dog services people routinely drive across a metro for, because you only make the trip at drop-off and pick-up, so a trainer thirty miles away is a realistic option rather than a compromise.
Metro-area programs generally run $2,000–$6,000, a step above rural pricing because trainers here keep fewer dogs and pay more for space. Two-week obedience programs sit at the low end; four-to-six-week behavior modification for reactivity or aggression sits at the top. Several programs on this page publish a price; most quote after an evaluation, so request quotes from two or three and compare what is actually included.
Closeness matters less than fit. What should decide it: whether the trainer has handled your dog's specific issue, how many dogs they take at once, where dogs sleep (a home or a kennel), and how many follow-up lessons are included. Distance only really matters for those follow-ups, which are easier to attend when the trainer is within an hour.
Many metro trainers do, and some include transport in the program price precisely because their clients are spread across the area. It is listed inconsistently on trainer websites, so ask when you request a quote.