Dog Boarding School | MuttSchool | Kansas, US

What is boarding school?

It's like summer camp for your dog!

Our boarding school program is designed for people who do not have the time, knowledge or desire to train their dog but still want a well-behaved family pet. MuttSchool trainers will instill proper manners, offer enrichment opportunities plus help expose your dog to many new people, objects and environments that they might not have had the opportunity to experience before.

During boarding school, your dog will attend MuttSchool's day school, Monday-Friday. At night, you can choose one of our boarding options:

Boarding at Muttschool — Your dog will receive extra attention in the evening from one of our trainers in the form of an extra training session or enrichment/confidence building exercises. Your dog will wind down it's day with a special bedtime treat like a stuffed kong or chewy. The cost is an additional $50/night.
Boarding with a MuttSchool trainer (for puppies under 6 months of age) — In the evening, the trainer will work specifically on house manners, crate training and eliminating outside. The cost is an additional $50/night.
Boarding at WildCat Pet Resort — If you choose this option, you will need to arrange boarding with WCPR.

Schedule Boarding School

The problem with traditional board and train programs is that the dog will learn how to work with the trainer but struggle to generalize the taught behaviors when they go home. To prevent this from happening, MuttSchool wants to make sure you are educated with how we trained your dog so you can reinforce the behaviors at home. That is why during your dog's boarding school stay, we want you to follow up each week with a private lesson and take your dog home for the weekend to practice. If this is not possible due to travel distance or you are away from home during your dog's stay, we can also arrange online lessons or a set of 6 weekly lessons after the dog goes home! Schedule your private lessons here:

Schedule your Private Lessons | Foundation Skills

Boarding School is a 6 week program for each of our 5 grade levels. Drop your dog off on Monday for five days of training. Pick up your dog Friday afternoon. Make sure you schedule a private lesson with your dog's trainer so you can practice what your dog learned during training over the weekend. Return your dog to MuttSchool the following Monday and repeat until your dog graduates from first grade! You can continue this through all 5 of our grade levels if you wish.

If you can't pick up your dog on Friday, you can pre-arrange boarding over the weekend.

You can also get the same results utilizing our day school program and private lessons if you don't need to board your dog overnight!

Learn good behaviors and reduce bad habits
Using scientifically-based methods, your dog will establish a system of lifelong communication through building behaviors and strengthening skills. Training can reduce bad habits which means you have less frustration and will be able to enjoy spending time with your dog more.

Save you time
Training your dog takes time and consistency. If you don't have the time and expertise to do the training, MuttSchool CCPDT-certified trainers can take this task off your to do list.

Method of training

MuttSchool follows the LIMA approach for dog training and DOES NOT use training equipment that imparts pain, fear or intimidation on your dog. We DO NOT use choke chains, pinch collars or shock collars during training.

Transition to home
To make the transition from boarding school to home go smoothly, we include private lessons with all of our packages. This is so you can learn what we have taught the dog and can continue to reinforce it when the dog returns to your home.