93 board and train programs across 43 cities in the New York Metro 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.
Board and Train programs are run in the trainer's own home, not a kennel, with one consistent handler. They are aimed at dogs with behavioral challenges, and every dog needs an initial evaluation first.
Lower East Side training company offering 4-, 6- and 8-week board and train programs. It works with puppies and with reactive and aggressive dogs.
127-acre Hudson Valley boarding camp for NYC dogs, founded by trainer Colleen Safford, with door-to-door NYC transport. Its Board & Train combines overnight boarding with daily training, typically for 7–14 days, plus an in-home follow-up lesson in NYC.
Camp + Coaching (Board & Train) mixes a positive-reinforcement board & train camp with coaching sessions for the owner. The location also offers low-stress Boarding for Behavioral Health.
Runs a 7-day board and train in a home environment, with video updates, pickup and drop-off, and a private in-home transition session. Also offers day training and in-home sessions.
East Village facility at 92 E. 7th St. Dogs stay in its two-story building for one to four weeks of one-on-one training; there is a seven-night minimum and a 3-night campout visit is required first.
Financial District trainer offering a four- to six-week Board & Train for dogs 6+ months and a separate Puppy Board & Train for puppies under six months, plus private lessons.
The Board and Train program runs 3-4 weeks with the dog staying at the trainer's home in Prospect Heights. A hybrid format (Monday-Friday stays, home on weekends) and a traditional format are both offered.
Brooklyn trainer offering private sessions, group training, overnight boarding, Board and Train packages, and a 2-week Pup Stay & Train program for puppies.
Trainers and behaviorists serving Brooklyn and Manhattan who offer private training, overnight boarding, and board-and-train programs. The typical program is a 21-day intensive in their home.
Brooklyn-based training, boarding and walking service run by certified trainer Evan Sievers. Its Standard Board & Train package is one week with them followed by 4 private lessons that transfer the training to the owner.
Brooklyn (Brownsville, 633 Osborn St) training service where staff trainers work with your dog through Dojo Days and Dojo Overnights. Staff pick dogs up and drop them off at home.
Offers a Board & Train package for manners, house training and behavioral issues, with additional resources provided after the board-stay. It also offers boarding and dog walking.
Greenpoint-based boutique pet care company offering dog training and board-and-train programs.
Brooklyn training center at 209 Malcolm X Blvd offering puppy training, day training, fear and aggression rehabilitation, and intensive board and train programs that include a weekly private lesson.
Williamsburg-based trainer whose Board & Train keeps the dog in a structured program and proofs obedience in its facility and in NYC parks. The package includes training equipment such as a slip collar and treat pouch.
The Puppy & Adult Behavior Board & Train runs 3-4+ weeks at its Carroll Gardens location on Union St. It includes video updates and one post-program private session per week of boarding.
Weekly-rate board-and-train with a 3-4 week minimum for new clients and 4-8 weeks typical for behavior modification, after a paid Zoom consultation.
Owner-run private Board & Train in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Dogs train with the trainer for 2, 4 or 6 weeks, with daily city field trips and off-leash field outings, and every program starts with a free in-person evaluation.
Brooklyn and Monmouth County trainer offering a 2–4 week board and train for dogs that have already completed a training package with them; it does not accept dogs with human or dog aggression or separation anxiety. Also offers in-home lessons, day school and group classes.
Positive-reinforcement trainer Joshua Latour (KPA CTP) specializing in fear, anxiety, stress and aggression cases. Offers board & train programs, one-on-one training, the Puppy Start Right curriculum and service dog coaching.
Offers dog training and boarding across the five boroughs with locations in Queens and Suffolk County.
A Queens dog training school run by trainer Anthony Jerone, offering boarding and training, a doggie boot camp, obedience, behavior modification and protection training.
Astoria dog daycare, boarding, grooming and training facility. Its Board & Train has a 10-night minimum and teaches the basics, then ends with a one-on-one session with the owner.
Grooming, boarding and daycare shop at 27-18 30th Ave, Astoria. Its Board & Train teaches the basics during the dog's stay and ends with a one-on-one session with the owner.
Forest Hills, Queens trainer offering private lessons and a board and train program where the dog is personally trained by Robert for 4-5 weeks, with progress documented on video. Serves Queens, Long Island, Manhattan and Jersey City.
Board and train in 3-week (on-leash obedience for puppies and adults), 4-week (on/off-leash obedience and mild to moderate behavior problems) and 6-week (aggression, fearfulness, anxiety) programs.
An Astoria, Queens trainer whose site describes it as a specialist in Board & Train programs, alongside personalized in-home sessions.
Manhattan dog training company whose in-home board and train places the dog in the home of one of its trainers, not a kennel. Stays are a minimum of five nights, and the program is not offered to dogs with separation issues or aggression.
Residency (board and train) programs where the dog stays with Katelyn: Puppy Prep School (6-8 days), Boarding School (12-16 days), Boot Camp (21-28 days) and Off-Leash Finishing School (14-18 days), each with private lessons after the stay.
Family-owned Manhattan business, operating since 2010, that offers boarding plus training programs of 1 to 4 weeks. The programs cover puppy foundations, basic manners and behavior modification for fear, reactivity and aggression (case by case).
One-, two- and three-week board and train programs teaching off-leash obedience (sit, down, heel, come, place, loose-leash walking, door and meal manners) around distractions, ending with a 2-hour one-on-one owner session. A three-week behavioral modification option addresses reactivity, aggression and anxiety.
Daycare, boarding and grooming facility at 325 3rd Ave. It sells positive-only Board and Train packages that start with a trainer's assessment and follow a training plan built for the dog.
NYC positive-reinforcement training run by a CPDT-KA trainer. It offers a customized Board and Train service alongside pet sitting and dog-nanny boarding.
Private Board & Train in which the dog lives with a trainer for the whole stay, with take-home lessons for the owner at the end. Programs include a 6-week puppy jumpstart and 4–6 week programs covering behavior modification, reactivity and aggression.
Dog training school at 2206 Rt. 37 E, Toms River, NJ. Its Campus Training program has the dog stay and sleep at the training school for at least 4 weeks.
2–3 week Board and Train program where the dog lives as a guest in the trainer's home. Includes a 1–2 hour handling lesson at pickup and two more private lessons after the dog goes home.
Offers one- and two-week board-and-train programs for obedience, behavior modification and socialization with an owner handoff session on the final day.
Ocean County trainer with Board and Train programs: a 4-week basic obedience program, a 6-week off-leash e-collar program, and a 6+ week behavioral rehab program for reactivity, aggression, anxiety or fear. It also offers private lessons and a structured day program.
Board and train in which dogs live in the trainer's Jersey City home rather than a kennel, with training built into structured walks, daily routines and family time.
In the board-and-train program, the dog stays with the trainers for immersive training with daily structure, exercise and focused work. Skill-transfer training with the owner follows.
Board & Train programs run 2–6 weeks, with length set after an evaluation. 2–3 weeks covers foundation obedience, 4 weeks adds behavior modification, and 6 weeks is for complex behavioral cases, with several training sessions a day and a go-home session.
Home-style board and train where the dog lives in trainer Mariann's home for 4, 6 or 8 weeks, ending with a 2-3 hour hands-on transfer session at the owner's home plus follow-up support. A $500 meet-and-greet is required before enrollment and is applied to the program cost.
Board and training program where the dog lives with the trainers for a set number of days and is trained either on leash or on and off leash; based at 351 Courtland Ave, Stamford.
Offers approximately 2-week in-home 'Boardwalk Training' where the dog learns basic obedience one-on-one at the trainer's home.
Pet resort whose Training Academy offers board-and-train alongside 5-week classes, private lessons and day training.
Off Leash K9 franchise serving Connecticut and Westchester. Offers 1- and 2-week board-and-train programs that end with a 2-hour owner transfer session.
Monmouth County training academy in the Eastpointe Plaza on Route 36. It offers a residential board and train option where dogs stay on site, along with puppy and obedience training packages.
'Learn & Stay' dog training in which the dog boards in a Signature Stable Suite at the pet resort at 790 Kings Hwy East, Atlantic Highlands, and receives daily tailored lessons using positive reinforcement. Includes a mid-training email update, enrichment activities and a follow-up training lesson; serves Middletown, Rumson and Holmdel.
Toms River-area academy offering board-and-train, private lessons and puppy programs.
Runs a 2-to-5 week Board & Train in which the dog stays at Precision Dog Sport and follows a customized daily training regimen. The program targets dogs with excessive bad habits, separation anxiety and aggressive behavior.
A Freeport pet boarding and grooming facility whose Malibu Doggie Training Camp runs 7 to 21 days in a home environment. Also offers 1-hour obedience lessons on site and in-home training.
Family-owned Long Island trainer serving Nassau and Suffolk counties, with classes at its Freeport location. It offers overnight dog training in a home environment as well as day school and in-home training.
Trainer serving New York City and Long Island from a Hempstead location (it also has an Atlanta office). It offers Board & Train programs where dogs live and train in a structured environment, plus behavior modification and puppy foundations.
Long Island trainer with over 30 years of experience serving Nassau, Suffolk and the five boroughs. It offers a 14-day Board and Train or 16 in-field sessions, without e-collars or treat training.
Small-intake residential dog school on Long Island taking a handful of dogs per month for multi-week board-and-train covering obedience through fear and aggression cases.
Nassau and Suffolk County trainer offering board-and-train alongside obedience and puppy training programs.
10-night Board & Train 'sleep away Camp' designed to lay a foundation for new puppies, with 1 year of follow-up consultations with the trainer.
Canine Training Camp is an all-inclusive program customized to the dog's behavior and training needs in a structured 'Lodge 'n Learn' (overnight) or Day Camp setting at the Morristown facility at 120 Sand Spring Road. Uses positive reinforcement to cover recall, no jumping, leash manners, leave it and impulse control; additional locations in Montville and Warren.
Canine center in Norwalk serving Fairfield County. Its Stay and Train "Bootcamp" includes an initial evaluation, daily individual training sessions, socialization and boarding.
Board-and-train of roughly 4 weeks for obedience and 4-6 weeks for reactivity, anxiety or aggression, serving lower Fairfield County.
Board and train programs run 3-4 weeks with dogs housed in enclosures at the facility, which has a large indoor play area and a fully fenced outdoor enclosure. Options include Basic, Extra, Intensive and Puppy Crate Training programs, with follow-up support after the dog goes home.
Overnight board and train camp for dogs and puppies on a 130-acre Hudson Highlands campus at Woods End, combining daily training, structured play and real-world socialization. Programs cover house training, house manners, basic obedience, leash walking and greetings, and include pickup/drop-off, a bath, at-home follow-up lessons and unlimited phone/text/email support.
Staten Island daycare, boarding, grooming and training facility at 35 Van Duzer St. It runs group classes and Board & Train programs, including a puppy course and a behavior-correction course that is priced after an evaluation.
Traditional Board and Train in which the dog lives in a trainer's home and receives daily positive-reinforcement lessons indoors, outdoors, around other dogs and at parks, usually for one to four weeks; also a Reverse Board and Train at the owner's home (5-14 days). Both include free in-home follow-up sessions and unlimited group classes for up to six months.
Offers 2-, 6- and 8-week Board & Train programs and an 8+ week behavioral program.
Daycare, boarding and grooming facility at 38 Morris Turnpike, Summit. Its trainer, Zev Benmorits, offers Board and Train and a VIP Bootcamp along with private training, including work on aggression and anxiety.
Franchise location just south of Toms River offering a two-week board-and-train with a hands-on owner turnover session.
Offers board-and-train at a renovated Long Island facility with individual kennels, indoor play area and outdoor run, led by a former NYPD K9 unit head trainer.
Boarding and training option in Suffolk County where the dog lives with trainer Brian at his residence for the duration of training, covering obedience, off-leash work and manners. Includes progress videos and follow-up lessons after the dog returns home.
Home-office board-and-train with five packages from puppy (9-12 weeks) through off-leash remote-collar 'Dream Dog', with car service available.
Board and train camps where the dog lives in a trainer's home with up to two other camp dogs, typically 2-4 weeks combined with private lessons; puppy camps run about 2 weeks.
Runs immersive board-and-train programs on Long Island, typically 3 weeks for mild-to-moderate issues and 5+ weeks for serious behavioral cases.
Edison trainer offering private lessons, Board & Train, a combined private lessons plus Board & Train package, and Raise and Train. The site describes its programs as balanced training.
'Camp + Coaching' combines a positive-reinforcement board & train camp of 1-3 weeks, with the dog staying in the home of a professional Instinct trainer, and collaborative owner coaching sessions. Not intended for potty training or separation anxiety goals; serves Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Morris and surrounding NJ counties.
Board and train programs: 3-week puppy program (sit, down, come, heel, stay, place), 4-week behavior modification for jumping, mouthing and counter surfing, and 6- and 8-week intensive programs for aggression, bite history, resource guarding and separation anxiety.
Steve Del Savio's Pack Leader Residency is a four-to-eight-week board-and-train stay at The Maddie Ranch, an eight-acre estate in Northern New Jersey, with weekly owner sessions; a shorter Puppy Residency is also offered. The business began as a Hoboken dog walking and training company.
Two-week immersive board-and-train on a private 12-acre campus with climate-controlled kennels and a hands-on owner turnover session.
3-, 4- and 5-week board and train programs for aggressive and reactive dogs in which the dog lives on the main floor of the trainer's home in Jackson, NJ rather than a kennel. Daily work includes personalized training, structured walks, sessions with balanced dogs and real-world outings, ending with owner integration training and continued support.
Board-and-train program that in most cases runs 30 days and covers on- and off-leash obedience plus aggression, reactivity and resource guarding.
Stay & Train program in which the dog boards overnight at the resort for 10- or 15-day packages with daily play sessions and multiple training lessons per day, plus a departure lesson with the owner and ongoing phone support.
Intensive Board and Train (minimum 4 weeks) at the on-site facility covering advanced obedience and reactivity/aggression work, followed by four private lessons; a Basic Board and Train (weekend to week-long stays with daily manners sessions) is available to current students. Dogs must be crate-trained at home.
Board and Train option on Long Island where the dog lives with its designated trainer for several weeks during the preliminary training phase, then returns home with follow-up lessons included. Also offers puppy training, obedience and behavior modification.
Positive-reinforcement Board & Train and Puppy Camp programs where dogs live in the home of a certified trainer on Long Island. Standard stays are 7 nights.
Blunt K9 runs multi-week Board & Train programs in which the dog lives in a structured training environment, plus a separate Puppy Board & Train for dogs 2–6 months old. Programs include a 2–3 hour owner transfer session, and the 5+ week program adds e-collar off-leash work.
Board and train in which the dog boards at Wags Doggie Daycamp and Boarding in Newtown and receives over two hours of positive-reinforcement training daily from CPDT-certified trainers, followed by three private follow-up lessons.
Board and train in which the dog stays with the trainer for 3 weeks working on everyday obedience, manners, confidence building and socialization, followed by a private pick-up lesson and two semi-private follow-up sessions.
Board and Train is a two-week program where the dog stays with the trainer and learns potty training, crate training, basic obedience and leash walking. Pricing is by phone.
Force-free trainer in Peekskill. In its Board & Train program the dog lives full-time at the trainer's Peekskill home for two to six weeks, one dog at a time. The program ends with a handoff session for the owner.
Customized board and train programs from one to eight weeks or longer, with dogs staying at The Hydrant facility at 845 Raynor Avenue in Riverhead. Training is run by the Maximum Canine division led by trainer and behaviorist Joseph Secreti and covers obedience and behavior modification.
Overnight Academy board-and-train where the dog lives with a trainer in a home environment with 24/7 supervision, plus a separate puppy overnight track.
Puppy Camp board-and-train for puppies 9-20 weeks runs 1-4 weeks, with the puppy living in the home of a professional Instinct puppy raiser. Includes daily training, socialization outings, progress tracking, private coaching sessions for owners, and lifetime alumni class access.
Board and train is offered for puppies under 5 months only, with a two-week minimum; the business also runs day training with weekly transfer sessions for the owner.
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 93 programs across 43 listed cities in the New York Metro area — Brooklyn, New York, Queens, Manhattan. 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.
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