Board and train for a real reset, with transfer lessons so the skills survive your kitchen.
Pavlov's Pooch Dog Training and Beyond comes to you throughout Greater Philadelphia. Call (267) 357-8109 to book a free in-home evaluation.
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Who it is for
Board and train at Pavlov's Pooch is for households that need daily repetition they cannot currently provide, and who will show up for the go-home work. New babies, travel, and adolescent chaos are common reasons families in Media, Wayne, and the wider suburbs choose a stay with James Whitaker. It is not a place to hide a serious bite case, and it is not a way to skip being the student. Good candidates are dogs who can live with a skilled trainer, sleep, eat, and learn without shutting down. Dogs with severe isolation distress, uncontrolled aggression, or medical needs that require a clinic are often better served another way. We decide that at the free evaluation, not in a sales script.
What happens
Your dog lives in a structured home environment, trains multiple times a day, and rests like an athlete. You receive video most days so the stay is not a black box. The curriculum is usually place, leash manners, crate rest, door defaults, and a recall on a long line. We are building habits James can hand back to you, not tricks that only work in his yard. The stay is half the program. Transfer lessons are the other half. Two-week packages include two go-home lessons. Four-week packages include three. This is where families either keep the work or accidentally untrain it in four evenings. We sit in your house, we run the door, we walk your block, and we make you do the cue. James will be friendly about it. He will not skip it.
Timeline
Two weeks can install defaults. Four weeks adds duration and more public proofing. Neither produces a dog who never makes a mistake. You should plan a quieter first week home, the same way you would after any intensive. If you want an immersive program near Greater Philadelphia with honest transfer work, call (267) 357-8109.
What you do while the dog is away
You watch the videos. You set up a place bed and a crate that match what James is using. You agree on door rules before pickup day. Households that skip this part are the ones who feel the stay “wore off.” The stay did not wear off. The house returned to the old pay scale. If you are comparing two-week and four-week stays, the extra time is for duration and more public proofing, not for a different philosophy. Call (267) 357-8109. We will tell you, after a free evaluation, whether a stay is even the right product for the dog in your Greater Philadelphia home.
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