When your puppy boards and trains with me, they're not going to a facility — they are coming home with me and my family. I'm a multi-certified trainer, and every puppy in my care gets the same love, structure, and training my own dogs receive.
This isn't boot camp. Your puppy will spend most of the day out of the crate or pen — playing, learning, and part of daily family life. The crate and pen are only for rest and decompression, not where your puppy lives.
Over the course of time they are with me, I'll work with your puppy on foundation behaviors using positive reinforcement — plus enrichment, socialization, and field trips to safe environments to build real confidence in the world.
A premium, in-home Board & Train program exclusively for puppies under 6 months of age. Because setting your puppy up for success shouldn't mean compromising on positive reinforcement.
Foundations Built on Safety, Love, and Real-Life Skills.
Puppy Board & Train Long Beach
To ensure the best environment and foundation for young puppies, our Board & Train program is strictly tailored for puppies under 6 months of age.
If your dog is 6 months or older — or if you’re working through specific behavioral concerns, fear, or reactivity — we’d love to help you through our personalized Private Training, Reactive Dogs program, or Fearful & Anxious Dogs sessions. We'll work directly with you in your dog's everyday environment to build real, lasting results.
Is Your Pup Over 6 Months Old?
Most board-and-train programs take place in loud, stressful kennel facilities. But puppies don't live in kennels—they live in homes.
Your puppy will live directly with me as a part of my family. They will learn how to navigate a real household, settle during dinner, and socialize safely in the real world.
Why a "Puppies Only" In-Home Board & Train?
- Customized Training Plans
- Real-World Socialization
- Enrichment & Decompression
- Home Lifeskills
- Bridging the Gap (Transfer Sessions)
What's Included: A Holistic Approach to Puppyhood
Before training starts, we talk. About your life, your family, and what you're hoping this dog becomes part of — soccer games, travel, service dog, paddle boarding, café dog, or just a solid road dog. We also talk about what worries you (house training, jumping, whatever keeps you up at night) and what you're simply not willing to live with. From there, I build a plan for their training around the future you actually want with this puppy — not a generic template.
Customized Training Plans
Socialization starts before your puppy's paws ever hit the ground. If they're not fully vaccinated, I carry them safely — in a baby bjorn, stroller, or the car — into cafés, stores, and neighborhoods, so they're building confidence around the world without the risk. I can also keep up their socialization at a local puppy kindergarten class if that's a good fit. Once they're fully vaccinated, we go further — daily adventures, new environments, new experiences, introducing them to the world!
Real-World Socialization
A new puppy has to learn two things most people don't think to teach: how to stay busy without getting into trouble, and how to actually relax when things aren't calm. Enrichment meets their daily needs and builds problem-solving skills, which builds confidence. Decompression is the other half — teaching your puppy to settle on walks, in the car, in a pen or crate, instead of staying wound up. Both are essential, and both take real teaching.
Enrichment & Decompression
This is the everyday stuff: being okay with confinement — crates, pens, baby gates — and being able to exist calmly in a room with people, dogs, or cats without losing it. Resting during meals instead of begging. Waiting instead of jumping, barking, grabbing, or stealing. I teach this by rewarding the behavior I want instead of punishing the behavior I don't — so instead of constantly correcting a puppy for what they're doing wrong, they learn that the pushy behaviors simply don't work, and stop offering them. The result is a polite, well-mannered puppy who knows exactly what's expected — without harsh methods.
Home Lifeskills
Every board and train includes one transfer session on drop-off day — a full hour where I walk you through everything we've worked on, hands-on, with your puppy. You'll also get a detailed recap email covering what I did, how I did it, and video of the training in action. Additional sessions are available if you want more hands-on time before you're on your own.
Bridging the Gap (Transfer Sessions)
Our Most Popular Customization: Want the best of both worlds? We can customize your puppy’s program so they spend the week training with us and come home to spend the weekends with you!
(369 daily) $7,750
3 weeks |
(385 daily) $5,400
2 weeks |
(400 daily) $2,800
1 weeks |
We limit the number of puppies we take to ensure every single one receives individualized, round-the-clock family care and attention.
Board & Train Packages
- Remote consultation (1 hr)
- A training plan and program built around your puppy and your life
- Multiple one-on-one training sessions every day
- Daily enrichment activities, customized to your puppy
- Love, attention, and family time throughout the day and evening
- Multiple walks (for vaccinated puppies)
- Comprehensive foundation training — obedience (sit, down, up/off, touch, recall, leave it, drop it), loose leash walking, polite greetings, crate and barrier training, independence, and more
- One transfer session included to walk you through everything we've worked on — additional sessions available if you want more hands-on time
- Pick up and drop-off (out-of-service-area travel fees apply)
- A detailed schedule before your puppy comes home — sleep times, potty breaks, best times for training, when to expect the naughty puppy phase — so you know exactly what to do from day one, no guessing, no accidents
What is included:
ALREADY GRADUATED? BOARDING FOR LIFE.
Boarding
Once your puppy has completed board & train with me, they're always welcome back. Any time you're out of town, your dog can board with me — not at a kennel, in my home, as part of the family they already know.
Boarding is $150/24 hours, and includes everything: attention, enrichment, walks, and continued training to keep their skills sharp while you're away.
To qualify for boarding-only, your dog needs to already be relaxed and comfortable with confinement, routines, and life in my home. If a dog isn't quite there yet, I'll keep them on as board & train until they are — so every dog who boards with me is genuinely settled, not just tolerating it.
Book Your Puppy Consultation
Is Your Puppy Ready to Join the Underdogs Family?
Because we prioritize quality, safety, and individual care, our board-and-train spots fill up significantly in advance.
Due to the highly specialized nature of our behavioral work, all programs begin with a comprehensive remote consultation ($275) to map out your puppy’s specific plan and ensure we are the absolute perfect fit for your family's needs.
Please note that our Board & Train spots are exclusively for puppies under 6 months of age at the start of their program. If your dog is older than 6 months, please check out our Private Training services to explore the best options for your team!
