Boarding & Training

Would you like a fully off-leash trained dog who can be calm on command and focused on you in any situation, but you don’t have the time to personally train your dog? If you travel often, have a busy schedule, or just too many obligations, let us do the heavy lifting for you. Our training retreats are the best solution to get you loving life with your dog. The Balancing Paws holistic training method establishes clear communication that teaches mindfulness, impulse control, and how to have a new kind of human/canine relationship.

Your dog leaves the setting of it’s past behavior and becomes integrated into our balanced pack to begin learning a new way of being from dogs that have mastered a balanced state of mind. This is an intensive lifestyle-training program, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It includes a daily routine of relationship building games, extensive training, structure, rules, socialization, supervised play, treadmill training, pack walking, calming exercises, and real world outings; such as parks, farmers markets, grocery stores, hardware stores, restaurants, coffee shops, and more. We pride ourselves on conditioning your dog to be confidently calm, focused, and obedient anywhere and everywhere under any kind of distraction. True real world training and rehabilitation.
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By simulating a job through obedience your dog will develop a sense of purpose and confidence that makes it easy for you to maintain the training when you’re reunited with your dog. In addition, by addressing the overall state of mind, your dog transforms beyond simply knowing a few obedience commands. Finally, by empowering you with the right communication tools and your dog with an understanding of expectations, you will experience peace of mind and a level of freedom that is truly life changing. The ultimate human-canine relationship.

Our Training Retreats include the following skills and commands:

• Walk politely with you (We will eliminate Pulling, Barking, Excitable Behavior)
• Sit/Stay
• Down/Stay
• Place Command
• Recall/Come
• Kennel up
• Waiting for Food
• Waiting at Thresholds (Doors, Car, Crate, etc.)

We will also focus on unwanted behaviors, such as:

• Jumping, Nipping, Mouthing
• Excessive Barking
• Counter-Surfing
• Marking in the home
• Pulling on leash
• Reactivity on leash
• Severe fear issues
• Separation anxiety
• Food or resource guarding
• Dog on dog aggression

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2 Week Fundamentals

Our 2 week program is intended for any dog with spastic goofball behaviors and for unruly puppies who need to learn manners as well as a solid on and off leash obedience foundation. It is not for dogs with serious behavioral issues such as high anxiety, fear, or aggression.

$2295

4 Weeks 
​Solidifying Habits

The 4 week retreat is our most popular retreat. The extra weeks gives us the time to guide dogs through behavioral problems without pushing them too soon. Each dog is unique. If we expect too much before our dog is ready for the challenge it puts extra stress on the dog that can hinder our relationship and set the dog back. We want to make sure our dog has a solid foundation of trust and clear communication so they are receptive to our guidance when we put them into situations they have struggled with in the past. The 4 week retreat allows us to rehabilitate anxiety, fear aggression, dog or human aggression, resource guarding, and leash reactivity.

$4195

6 Week
Behavior Makeover

In a perfect world we would suggest the 6 week program for everyone. The more time we have to fine-tune our dog’s training, the better habits they will form. 6 weeks is for all dogs from puppies to older dogs with any and all behavioral issues. This program is also mandatory for dogs with extreme behavior problems such as red zone aggression, severe separation anxiety, or any dog with a bite history. Extra weeks may be recommended depending on the severity of the unwanted behavior and the dog’s overall state of mind.

$6095

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** additional weeks $950
(Price includes prong collar, leash, place mat, e-collar & unlimited group training for 6 months.)

We typically book one to two months in advance so reservations are required.

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