
BOARD & TRAIN

The Ultimate Board & Train Program in Surrey, BC
The fastest, most effective way to fast-track your dog's education. Your pup moves into our structured home environment for intensive daily training, turning reactivity, anxiety, and poor manners into calm obedience while you get a beautifully behaved companion.“You drop off a reactive, stressed dog. You pick up a balanced, focused companion. I do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to.”
🏆Our Elite Board &Train Experience
Skip the stress and fast-track your dog’s progress. Your dog will live in my structured home environment as an exclusive guest of our established pack. Unlike traditional board-and-train programs, your dog will socialize with a permanent, highly controlled daycare pack—never a rotating group of strangers.
You don't have time for a second job as a dog trainer. Send your dog to my bootcamp. I handle the thousands of repetitions, install the boundaries, and hand you back a balanced, reliable companion.
I teach you how to maintain it with 3 rules to follow daily. How easy is that?
Combining intense 1-on-1 training and customized behavioral therapy with 21 years of professional handling experience, this program builds real-world results on a foundation of consistency, safety, and trust.
What’s Included in Every Program:
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A premium 1-hour, intense assessment where I diagnose the root cause on the spot.
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Customized Daily Training: Focused, 1-on-1 coaching every single day targeting your dog’s specific challenges like reactivity, leash pulling, and anxiety.
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Real-World Socialization: Supervised, structured exposure to outdoor environments, distractions, and friendly pack mates.
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Premium In-Home Boarding: Safe, cage-free home environment with 24/7 professional supervision and care. If your dog is crate trained, bring your crate.
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The "Go-Home" Handover Session: A 1 or 2-hour private lesson where I hand you, the owner, 3 concrete rules to implement that day. No fluff, just immediate relief. Be consistent!
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Post-Program Support: Includes 2 weeks of follow-up support and 1 complimentary follow-up of a 1 hour virtual lesson to guarantee lasting success.
Choose Your Program Duration:
Behavioral Calibration & Foundation Building
The Puphaus 2-Week Board & Train Program
This accelerated 14-day residency program is engineered for dogs exhibiting mild reactivity, early-stage frustration, or minor environmental sensitivities. We focus on proactive behavioral conditioning. We build a rock-solid foundation of focus and impulse control before minor issues escalate into deep-rooted behavioral habits.
Our evidence-based protocol targets four distinct foundational pillars:
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Trigger De-sensitization: Controlled exposure to common environmental stimuli to neutralize early-stage over-arousal.
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Impulse Control Mastery: Intensive training in emotional regulation to help your dog choose focus over frustration.
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Proactive Boundary Setting: Establishing clear, structured behavioral thresholds for seamless navigation of daily life.
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Routine Optimization: Streamlining your communication patterns and daily habits to ensure long-term consistency at home.
This high-impact program provides the critical preventative reset your dog needs. We transition them from a state of hyper-arousal to a baseline of attentive compliance and impulse control.
Investment: $2,100 + GST
Behavioral Modification & Threshold Management
The Puphaus 3-Week Board & Train Program
This intensive 21-day residency program is engineered for dogs exhibiting moderate reactivity, generalized anxiety, and established defensive behaviors. We focus on targeted behavioral modification. We actively reshape the dog's default coping mechanisms when they face stressful or triggering environments.
Our evidence-based protocol targets four distinct intermediate pillars:
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Active Counter-Conditioning: Shifting the dog's underlying emotional response from defensive anxiety to neutral compliance.
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Threshold Management: Systematic exposure therapy to gradually shrink their reaction zones and increase environmental confidence.
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Stress Tolerance Conditioning: Targeted cognitive exercises designed to help the dog recover quickly from unexpected triggers.
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Mid-Level Environmental Restructuring: Modifying household cues, walking routines, and handler mechanics to sustain balanced behaviors.
This comprehensive program provides the targeted intervention your dog needs. We transition them from an unpredictable, reactive state to a reliable baseline of psychological safety and handler focus.
Investment: $2,950 + GST
Behavioral Rehabilitation & Lifestyle Restructuring
The Puphaus 4-Week Elite Board & Train Program
This premium 4-week residency program is engineered for dogs exhibiting severe reactivity, deep-rooted generalized anxiety, and complex deficits in stress tolerance. We specialize in comprehensive behavioral modification. We do not just mask symptoms; we alter the dog's internal emotional response through 28 days of immersive, clinical intervention.
Our evidence-based protocol targets four distinct clinical pillars:
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Neurological De-escalation: Systematic counter-conditioning to reduce hyper-vigilance and eliminate explosive reactivity.
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Fear-Boundary Optimization: Precision threshold management to respect and safely expand your dog's physiological comfort zones.
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Cortisol & Stress Reduction: Targeted behavioral therapies designed to alleviate systemic, chronic anxiety.
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Total Environmental Overhaul: A complete restructuring of the dog's daily routines, cues, and household dynamics to sustain long-term behavioral health.
This intensive, high-value program provides the profound lifestyle reset your dog needs. We transition them from a state of constant defense to a baseline of psychological safety and compliance.
Investment: $3,850 + GST
(My premium, highest-ticket offer. For busy owners with tough cases who want the heavy lifting entirely done for them. This includes the 2 hour hand over lesson and an extra virtual hour for follow-up)
Which Program Fits Your Dog?
A Pre-Qualification Checklist
Analyze your dog's current behavior to determine the appropriate clinical tier for their intake application.
🟢 The 2-Week Program Candidate
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Behavior: Pulls on leash, barks out of excitement or frustration, or struggles to focus around distractions.
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Recovery Time: Recovers almost instantly once the distraction passes.
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History: Behaviors are relatively new or have not escalated into aggression.
🟡 The 3-Week Program Candidate
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Behavior: Fixates, growls, or lunges at specific triggers (e.g., other dogs, strangers) from a distance.
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Recovery Time: Takes several minutes to calm down after a reactive episode.
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History: The defensive behaviors are established habits, but the dog can still function calmly in low-stress environments.
🔴 The 4-Week Program Candidate
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Behavior: Explosive outbursts, extreme hyper-vigilance, panic-induced flight or fight, or severe fear boundaries.
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Recovery Time: Stays stressed, panting, or shut down for hours or days after a triggering event.
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History: Chronic, deep-rooted anxiety that impacts their daily quality of life and requires a complete lifestyle overhaul.
Program Comparison Matrix
Explore our diverse dog training programs tailored to meet your pup's needs. Each program focuses on essential skills and positive reinforcement techniques for effective learning.
FEATURE
2 WEEK PROGRAM
4 WEEK PROGRAM
Target Behavioral Profile
Primary Clinical Focus
Environmental Tolerance
Residency Duration
Outcome Baseline
Mild Reactivity & Frustration
Impulse Control & Focus
Low-level sensitivity
14 Days
Attentive compliance
Moderate Reactivity & Anxiety
Counter-Conditioning
Established defensive habits
21 Days
Reliable threshold management
Severe Reactivity & Complex Anxiety
Neurological Rehabilitation
Hyper-vigilance & fear boundaries
28 Days
Psychological safety & lifestyle reset
The Puphaus Clinical Intake Process
Your Path to Behavioral Rehabilitation Begins Here
Because our residency programs are highly intensive and tailored to specific stress profiles, we utilize a strict, systematic intake process to ensure safety and therapeutic success.
Step 1: Submit the Comprehensive Intake Application
Complete our digital behavioral profile. This gives Mimi exhaustive data on your dog's history, current triggers, stress recovery times, and your specific household goals.
Action: Click [Apply for Board & Train Intake] to begin.
Step 2: Behavioral Evaluation & Clinical Case Review
Mimi reviews your application data. She will schedule a mandatory clinical evaluation to observe your dog's thresholds, baseline anxiety levels, and structural needs in person or via video review. This ensures we assign your dog to the correct residency timeline (2, 3, or 4 weeks).
Step 3: Itinerary Selection & Residency Reservation
Upon approval, you will receive your dog's customized training curriculum and behavioral targets. Secure your drop-off date with your residency deposit to lock in your dog's dedicated stay at The Puphaus' - PackLeader Academy.
Step 4: Environmental Transfer & Check-In
Bring your dog to our specialized home for their intake drop-off. We transition them smoothly into our structured routine, beginning their neurological reset immediately on Day 1.
Ready to Restore Calm to Your Household?
Space in our clinical residency programs is strictly limited to ensure individual attention and optimal safety protocols. No other dogs will be boarding/board& train during your dog's residency stay.

Calm Dogs
Confident Owners
Balanced Lives
Frequently Asked Questions:
How does a board and train program in Surrey work?
Our premium board and train program is an all-inclusive, intensive solution where your dog lives full-time in my structured home environment. Unlike commercial facilities with rotating staff, your dog receives dedicated, consistent 1-on-1 daily training, customized behavioural therapy, and real-world socialization with a stable, members-only pack.
How do I know I can follow up with the training when the dogs comes back home?
I don't just train the dog; I do a mandatory live handoff session to transfer the control to you in under 2 hours. No complex homework required. Just 3 simple rules.
Will my dog socialize with safe dogs during training?
Yes. This is the only program of its kind in the Surrey area where your dog integrates into a controlled, permanent daycare pack. Because we do not accept random, public dogs into this daycare group, your dog learns naturally from a balanced, solid pack under my direct supervision.
Do you offer behavioural therapy for reactive dogs?
Absolutely. With 21 years of experience as an expert handler and trainer, I specialize in custom behavioural modification. Whether your dog struggles with leash reactivity, anxiety, or boundaries, our structured environment establishes a solid trust system to build real-world, lasting results.
