1:1 In-Home Lessons

Dog Obedience

PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PACKAGE ($595)

  • Includes 4 sessions designed to provide a balanced mix of in-home and immersive training in our real-home environment.
  • 2 In-Home Sessions – Your first and final sessions take place in your home, focusing on real-life application, assessment, and progress evaluation.
  • 2 Day Camp Sessions – Your dog will spend time in our immersive training home, working on obedience, leash manners, and addressing specific behaviors identified in the assessment.

This program is designed to build a strong foundation in obedience, improve home and public manners, and help you learn how to love your dog through leadership and structured daily routines.

PRIVATE PUPPY SESSION ($250)

  • Includes 1 in-home session
  • Topics include potty/crate training, proper play manners, and introduction to the leash.
  • Focus is on puppy management, the importance of daily routine, and how to love your new pup with leadership.
  • Follow-up sessions can be scheduled on an as needed basis or you can easily transition into our Private Leadership Package.

The Training Retreat by Barks and Recreation

Immersive Training in a Real Home Setting

Our facility is set up to replicate a real home setting which provides a more practical and effective foundation for everyday obedience and behavior. Dogs learn to adapt to familiar daily surroundings, and owners gain hands-on experience in managing and reinforcing positive behavior.

Training a dog in a real home setting provides a more natural and effective environment for learning than a traditional training facility. Our facility is a real home environment, allowing dogs to learn in an authentic setting with real-world distractions, furniture, noises, and daily routines. This ensures they adapt more easily to their actual living conditions and develop good behaviors in a space that feels familiar and comfortable.

2 Week Puppy Camp - $1,499

Puppies aged 10-20 weeks
Early training helps set the stage for lifelong good behavior, confidence, and socialization.

*Puppies must have received their second set of shots*

Core Program Highlights:

  • Focus on a potty training routine, intro to leash walking, foundation on obedience, socializing.
  • Secondary focus on nipping, appropriate play, proper use of the crate, and any specific behaviors identified by you.
  • Also includes: a private lesson at pickup, written report card, and a follow up lesson once the pup is settled back into your home.

2 Week Basic Camp - $1,850

Dogs aged 5 months to 4 years
Early training helps set the stage for lifelong good behavior, confidence, and socialization.

Gives your dog a “jump start” on training.

Core Program Highlights:

  • Focus on basic commands, house manners, leash walking, and any specific problem behaviors identified by you.
  • Also focus on proper play, jumping, and nipping, and other everyday home scenarios.
  • Also includes: a private lesson at pickup and a follow up lesson once the pup is settled back into your home.

3 Week Standard Camp - $2,799

Dogs over 5 months old
Early training helps set the stage for lifelong good behavior, confidence, and socialization.

Our most popular program, tackles common adolescent behaviors.

Core Program Highlights:

  • Basic obedience, leash walking, house and public manners, any specific problem behaviors you identify.
  • Also addresses crate and potty training (see add-ons), socializing to new places, dog interactions, and introduction to “place.”
  • Includes a private lessonat pickup, a written report card and two follow up lessons once the pup is settled back into your home.

4 Week Premium Camp - $3,999

For older dogs, extreme cases, or advanced/special training.
Addressesaggression, extreme fear, separation anxiety, and/or other difficult behaviors.

A trainer will help determine if the 4-week camp is needed.

 

Core Program Highlights:

  • Behavior assessment, advanced training and behavior modification, potty/crate training for dogs one year and older.
  • Specialized training that’s tailored to your dog’s individual needs.
  • Also includes a private lessonat pickup, a written report card and two private in-home training sessions once the pup is settled back into your home.