Board & Train Programs

At live a little dog training, we offer our busy eastern north carolina dog owners customized training…in our home!

What exactly is A Board & Train?

Your pup will come live and learn with our professional trainer in our home for a few weeks. This complete, immersive training style will help break up their pattern of behaviors to create a clear and reliable path of communication between you and your dog. We can cover everything from crate training for puppies to relaxation on command for anxious dogs. With all of our Board & Train program, you will receive educational updates to show you what we've been working on and how! Then, at the end of training, we give our owners an extensive lesson on how to maintain and continue to improve on everything they have learned in training. Let us know your goals and we can match you with the program that best fits your needs!

  • - Bikes and Beaches and Trails, Oh My! -

    This 3-4 week advanced, off-leash program is designed to give you freedom and control to bring your dog anywhere you can reasonably bring your pet…with or without a leash! We also add in ways to manage disobedience and nuisance behaviors like jumping, barking, and digging.

    What's included:

    • 5 Obedience Commands: Sit, Down, Place, Heel, and Come

    • Behavioral Calm and Management

    • Training Equipment: E-Collar, Prong Collar (or) Slip Leash, Place Cot

    • 2 FREE Boarding Days

    • Exclusive access to Graduate Classes

    • Lifetime Support!

  • - You get manners! And you get manners! EVERYONE GETS MANNERS!!! -

    We designed this 2-3 week on-leash program to focus on giving dogs leash, public, and greeting manners. This will make your walks, dinner parties, and breweries trips with your furry companion much more enjoyable. This program can also be adjusted to cover puppy foundations and crate training.

    What's included: 

    • Introduction to Obedience Commands: Sit, Down, Place

    • Name Recognition and Loosh Leash Walking

    • Behavioral Calm and Management

    • Training Collar/Leash and Place Cot

    • 2 Free Follow Up Lessons

  • - Have it Your Way, Your Goals! -

    This customizable option was created with you in mind. Pick your specific goals to target and how many weeks of training you would like. Mix and match highlights from both our standard programs to get the results you want most! We can work on simple luring and shaping for puppies -or- conditioning an E-collar to level up your on- to off- leash obedience -or- loose leash walking & neutrality for dogs that struggle with reactivity. The life you want with your dog is just a few weeks away! Bring on the off leash hikes!

Our Programs

Why choose a Board & Train for your training needs:

Our training professionals have years of experience spanning hundreds of dogs. We are able to lay the reliable foundation to the way you will communicate with your dog for the rest of their life. Your dog will encounter countless training opportunities during the day and we teach them how to be successful through each experience. Most learned behaviors, good or bad, are connected with a routine or association. When you choose a board and train, we break up that routine and create a new expectation inside previously stressful situations. Our board and train programs come with free continued support, graduate classes, and boarding.