K9 Caring Angels Dog Training

WHAT IS A BOARD AND TRAIN?

A board and train is a program where your dog lives with a trainer in their home, and they do all the work for you. The trainer experiences all of the behaviors that you do. They work with your dog daily on your goals, doing training sessions and real-life training. What is real life training? Having your dog place on a dog bed while company enters their home and working on their greetings. Or taking them to a soccer game or parade. Or letting them hangout while their family cooks and eats dinner, and working on counter surfing at the same time. Your dog is socialized with other dogs and gets play time as well. The trainer sends you daily pics and videos of your dog training, so you’re always in the loop! This full emersion program works very quickly, and your dog is trained and ready to go home within weeks! The trainer teaches you how to maintain your training in a return lesson, and also does a follow up lesson a week later to make sure everything is still working. These programs are great for the busy families, or people traveling who are going to board their dog anyways. They are very successful as long as you remain consistent.

Here are our Board and Train programs.

Basics Package for nuisance behavior

This 1-week dog Obedience Training program is for owners who are looking to fix a couple major issues. They may want their dog to stop jumping, nipping, barking excessively, or work on recall. It takes about a week to accomplish this and will help you have a well-mannered dog at home in a short amount of time. This program is great for people who don't plan to take their dog places and just want manners at home. Our basic package starts at $1650 and includes 7 days of boarding with a trainer in their homes, 1 trainer's group class, 2 additional private lessons, ongoing support, and all of our client perks. We also offer payment plans.

Wiggle Butts Package

Does your dog need help with greetings and manners on the leash? This 10-day package for you! This dog obedience training program will cover the nuisance behavior such as jumping, nipping, excessive barking and potty training. The also work on crate training, recall, placing, staying, socialization, boundary training, loose leash walking, and eventually teaching your dog to heel on the leash. Your pup will learn how to properly greet both people and dogs. They will have some public exposure as well. This package is great for clients who want their dog to learn manners at home and be introduced to public settings as well. Their dogs come home well mannered, but still have that adorable wiggle butt that we all love! Our wiggle butts package starts at $2,000 and includes 10 days of boarding in a trainer's home, at least 1 trainer's group class, 2 private lessons, ongoing support, and all of our perks. We also offer payment plans.

Advanced Obedience Package

This is the 14-day dog training package for people who want advanced training, both in home and in high distraction enviroments. It covers everything in the Basics and Wiggle Butts packages, but also includes a week of public outings. On their daily adventures, they will work on car manners, store manners, door manners, and meet and greets with strangers. They will be exposed to new places, people, smells, and dogs, and learn how to behave, even though they are excited. This package is great for the client who want a very well-trained dog, excellent leash manners, including some off leash control, building confidence in an anxious dog, or if they want to be able to take their dog places with them. This is one of our most popular packages. This package starts at $2600 and includes 14 days of boarding in a trainer's home, at least 2 trainer's group classes, 3 private lessons, ongoing support, and all of our client perks. We also offer payment plans.

K9 Caring Angels ESA, Therapy, and Service Packages

Do you want to take it to the next level? We can help you train your dog to become an ESA (Emotional Support Animal), Therapy Dog, or Service dog. These 14–21 day dog training packages include everything in the Advanced Obedience training, plus CGC (Canine Good Citizen) testing, Therapy testing, P.A.T. (Public Access Testing), therapy vests, IDs, certifications, and additional one on one lessons for assistance in training in public places and practicing the tests. These are for serious owners only and require a lot of commitment and consistency. Your dog will not yet be certified and will still need to pass all of the tests with you as their handler. These packages range from $3500-$6,000 and include 14-21 days of boarding in the trainer's home, the costs of all the tests and certifications, at least 3 trainer's group classes, 4-5 private lessons, ongoing support, and all of our client's perks. We also offer payment plans.

Private Lessons Package

Don't want to part with your pup? Private lessons are where a trainer shows you how to train your dog. In the 1st lesson, you will learn how to get your dog's attention, loose leash walking, recall, sitting, stopping nuisance behavior such as jumping, nipping, chewing, digging or barking. After completing your first lesson, you will have daily homework with your dog. If you can work with your dog for 20-30 minutes, 2-3 times a day, the private lessons will work. The next week, you will do a review of previous commands. Then you will learn how to place your dog, how to make them stay, work on greetings, impulse control, distraction training, quiet command, and how to release them for break. A week later is the 3rd lesson. After reviewing everything from the 1st 2 lessons, the trainer will introduce another dog. You will work on leash manners and greetings in the presence of another dog and learn how control your pup. You will even learn to place your dog, and have them stay, while you greet another dog! You will end the lesson with a little training on public manners. After that your dog will graduate, and you will be able to start attending group classes. You will still have 2 additional lessons to use. You can use them to work on anything you need help with. This package requires a high level of commitment from the owners to do daily homework exercises, and remain consistent at home, even when they are not actively training. This package is not good for a household where the family is extremely busy, works long hours, lacks consistency in the house with commands. This package is great for someone who doesn't want to part with their pup, wants to put in the work themselves, and has the time to do it. Lessons take place in Culpeper County and Warrenton. These packages start at $1100 and include 5 private one on one sessions, ongoing support, and all of our client's perks, including group class! We also offer payment plans.

Boarding with our pack

We don't JUST do dog training! We also board!
Going out of town and need someone to watch your furry friend? We will take them into our home with our dogs and treat them like members of the family. Our 2.5 acre property has 3 large fenced in yards for them to get plenty of exercise and socialization. We will also send you daily pictures and videos of them enjoying their vacation and 24/7 play date. ***Boarding is only offered to clients with dogs who have been through our training program, and is based on availability.

Peak Boarding & Training Periods

Peak Times for 2025

If you plan to train or board your pups with us while you are traveling. Keep in mind our busier times do book up, and it's wise to reserve your spot as early as possible to secure it.

Here are our expected peak periods for 2025:

Easter/Spring Break: 04/11-04/28

Memorial Day: 05/23-05/27

Summer: 06/20-07/02

Fourth of July: 07/03-07/07

Labor Day: 08/29-09/02

Thanksgiving: 11/24-12/01

Christmas/New Years: 12/19-01/05

To reserve time for us to be with our families there will be

NO PICKUPS OR DROP OFFS on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day.

Certifications

Canine Good Citizen Certification

CGC Tests are done at different locations throughout the year. Your dog must listen to you without the use of treats, prong collars, or electric collars. There are 10 tasks your pup must be able to do. Once they have passed the test and are atleast 1 year old, they are eligible to test for therapy or service dog certification.

Therapy or Service Dog Certification

Does your dog have a higher calling? We can help you achieve your therapy or service dog goals. Whether you want to share your pup with the world, or have them become your personal service dog, we can show you the way. We can administer your testing, and help get them certified! Need a little help getting them to that level of obedience? We can help with that too.