BOARD & TRAIN DOG TRAINING FOR GREAT RIVER
No time to train your dog every single day? K9 Advanced takes dogs from Great River, NY 11739 for a two-week or four-week intensive program, then hands back a dog who listens, along with the instructions and the coaching to keep him that way.
Over twenty years of training Long Island dogs. A limited number of dogs are taken at a time, because a board and train program running twelve dogs at once is a boarding kennel with a better name on the sign. The consultation is free.
Great River is a small wooded hamlet between East Islip and Oakdale, bounded by the Connetquot River, with the Bayard Cutting Arboretum grounds, Timber Point and River Road defining it. Properties run larger here and the streets stay quiet.
Quiet property tempts owners into dropping the leash long before the recall has been proofed. Great River backs onto water and woods, and a dog that will not come when called near a river full of deer and waterfowl is a dog you will eventually lose. Off-leash freedom here is built in stages and earned. It is never assumed just because the block is quiet.
We build the recall on a long line first, then proof it near the river, the wooded edges and the roadways, in that order and no other.
Your dog trains in short repeated sessions throughout the day with structured downtime in between. Repetition spread across a whole day is what builds a habit. One class a day and twenty-three hours in a run does not.
Two weeks covers manners, obedience and leash control. Four adds supervised off-leash work and real-world outings. We will tell you which one your dog actually needs, including when the honest answer is that in-home sessions would serve you better.
A trained dog handed back to an untrained household reverts inside a month. Before your dog leaves we teach you the commands, the timing and the household rules, and we are direct with you about what happens if they get dropped.
We are in East Islip, a short drive from Great River. Drop-off, updates during the stay and the go-home session are all scheduled around a normal working week.
One phone call, no script and no sales pitch. We want the history, the triggers and the timeline before we say anything about what it will take.
The first visit is mostly watching. Where the dog puts himself, what he guards, who he listens to and who he ignores. That tells us more than any questionnaire.
You get a written plan, a realistic timeline and a firm price. Nothing starts until you have all three and have decided you want it.
The last stage is always the family. Same commands, same timing, same standard, held by everyone who lives with the dog.
Board and train is a flat rate for the two-week or the four-week program, and the number depends on your dog's age, size and what genuinely needs correcting. We do not publish one price because the honest answer is that a nine-month-old lab who jumps is a different job from a four-year-old shepherd who guards. Call, describe the behavior, and you will have an exact figure and a start date before you commit to anything.
Tell us what your dog is doing and we will tell you honestly what it takes to fix it, before you spend a dollar.
Serving Great River, NY 11739 and all of Nassau & Suffolk County
Yes. Great River and the 11739 area are part of our regular service area, along with East Islip, Oakdale, Islip and the rest of Suffolk County. We also take dogs from across Nassau County.
The two-week intensive covers greeting people without jumping, sit, down, place, stay and recall, loose-leash walking and heel, socialization with other dogs and household manners. The four-week program includes all of that and adds off-leash work in weeks three and four, plus supervised outings into real-world distraction so the obedience holds away from home.
Your dog lives in a home environment with structure, supervision and genuine downtime between training sessions rather than sitting in a kennel run waiting for the next class. Ask on the phone and we will walk you through the daily schedule.
You will get updates while your dog is with us. Visits are handled case by case, because an early visit can undo a week of progress with a dog who is still settling into the new structure.
Your dog's regular food, his bedding and current vaccination records. Keep the food the same. A diet change on top of a new routine is how you end up with an upset stomach in week one.
It holds when the household holds the line, which is exactly why the go-home lesson is built into the program instead of sold as an extra. You get the commands, the timing and the rules, and we are candid about what happens if they get dropped.
Only a limited number of dogs are taken at a time, so spots fill and the calendar moves. Call 631-405-4220 for the next available start date.
Would you rather be hands-on and do the work yourself? See our in-home training program in Great River.
We cover Great River, NY 11739 in full, including the neighborhoods around the Bayard Cutting Arboretum grounds, Timber Point and the Connetquot River, the River Road, Montauk Highway and Timber Point Road corridors, the streets near the Great River station on the Montauk Branch, and every address inside the Connetquot Central School District. From our East Islip base we also work daily through East Islip, Oakdale, Islip and the rest of Suffolk County, and across all of Nassau County.
My techniques are proven and ensure that having a dog or puppy in your family can be an enjoyable experience for everyone.
At any canine age, I can work with any or all family members to housebreak your puppy, avoid destructive chewing, and teach basic commands such as come, sit, off and leave it.
Using a positive approach, I will display proper play techniques to avoid any aggression issues and get your puppy used to a leash and having food and toys taken away. A must for families with young children.
Don't have time to work with your dog every day? Not even sure how to get your dog to obey simple commands? That is where we come in.
Don't have time for in-person services? This convenient course series is a master class in canine behavior techniques that is user-friendly, highly effective and fun.
Please call now to schedule a FREE in-home consultation where we can discuss what training method and program works best for you.
