No time to train your dog every single day? K9 Advanced takes dogs from Oakdale, NY 11769 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.
Oakdale sits between Sayville and Great River along Montauk Highway, with the Connetquot River State Park Preserve on the north side, the Idle Hour neighborhood and the old estate grounds to the south, and the river running through the middle.
More Oakdale owners ask about off-leash freedom than anywhere else we work, and it is absolutely achievable in the right order: on-leash obedience, then long line, then proofing against real distraction, then off leash. Skipping steps in a town bounded by water, woods and Montauk Highway is how dogs get hurt, which is why we will not do it no matter how quickly you want results.
The long-line work happens on quiet streets around Idle Hour, and the proofing moves toward the busier stretches of Montauk Highway once the dog has earned it.
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 Oakdale. Drop-off, updates during the stay and the go-home session are all scheduled around a normal working week.
You call, we listen. What the dog is doing, how long it has been going on, who lives in the house and what has already been tried. No charge and no pressure.
We watch how he moves through the space, how he greets a stranger and how he responds to you. Most of the diagnosis happens in the first fifteen minutes, and you get the honest version of it.
You get the program, the timeline and the exact cost before anything is booked. Nothing gets signed at the consultation.
Training the dog is half the job. We hand the standard to you and your family so the results outlast us, which is the only real measure of the work.
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 Oakdale, NY 11769 and all of Nassau & Suffolk County
Yes. Oakdale and the 11769 area are part of our regular service area, along with Sayville, Great River, Bohemia 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 Oakdale.
We cover Oakdale, NY 11769 in full, including the neighborhoods around Connetquot River State Park Preserve, the Idle Hour neighborhood and the old estate grounds along the river, the Montauk Highway, Idle Hour Boulevard and Vanderbilt Boulevard corridors, the streets near the Oakdale station on the Montauk Branch, and every address inside the Connetquot Central School District. From our East Islip base we also work daily through Sayville, Great River, Bohemia 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.