With our Puppy Starter "Boot Camp" program, your pup is learning in our home instead of yours. As a result, the learning curve is a bit longer and the follow through on the dog parent's part is a bit more intense when they return home.

Puppy "Boot Camp" is a good choice if your home is under construction, you're in the middle of moving, or you just don't feel comfortable with the idea of a trainer coming to your home.

Please note that our Puppy Starter "Boot Camp" program is not the most effective protocol for potty training, as puppies are contextual learners and will always learn faster and more completely in their own environment. Dogs are "contextual based" learners. They learn best in relation to their own environment. Dogs learn through pictures, images and associations. When we remove them from their own home environment, we are handicapping the #1 way they learn, which is through association.

This program is also not advised for pups with any degree of separation anxiety or strong attachment issues to their human parents or children they may miss too much by being sent away. The last thing we want to do is increase the abandonment issues your dog may naturally have when you drop them off with us and have to watch you walk out the door.

If you think there's a possibility your puppy may feel like they have been "given away" when you drop them off with us, we would recommend either our Puppy Starter Boot Camp "Business Hours" program, our Puppy Starter "Happy Home" Intensive program or our "Full Immersion" program.