Expert Dog Boarding and Training Services in Monroe, MI

We offer comprehensive solutions to transform your relationship with your dog. From private, personalized lessons and foundational obedience to advanced board-and-train programs and dedicated boarding care, our goal is lasting companionship and obedience.

All training is conducted using balanced, LIMA-based methods—Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive. The focus is on creating lasting, positive relationships between dogs and their owners through structure, guidance, consistency, and fairness.

Service Overview

  • Foundational & Advanced Obedience Programs
  • Personalized Private Lessons
  • Comprehensive Board and Train options
  • Drop-In Care & Small Breed Boarding

Service Guide and Client Benefits

Dog Psych Board and Train offers free consultations so you can discuss your dog’s needs, behavior, goals, and ideal next step before booking.

Additional benefits include:

Referral credit: Earn a $25 credit toward future services with each referral that books

Free consultations for new training and care inquiries

Multi-dog discount: 15% off boarding or daycare for each additional dog from the same household

Foundational Training

Puppy Foundations Program — For Puppies 8–16 Weeks Old

The Puppy Foundations Program gives your puppy the best possible start during one of the most important learning stages of life. This program focuses on confidence, trust, structure, and early communication while helping owners prevent bad habits before they become long-term problems.

Your puppy will work on:

  • Name recognition and handler focus
  • Potty training and crate conditioning
  • Confidence-building through new environments and handling
  • Leash introduction and polite following
  • Basics of sit, down, and place commands
  • Socialization with dogs, people, sounds, and textures
  • Prevention of nipping, jumping, and chewing
  • Owner education on routines, communication, and boundaries

Includes five one-hour sessions and post-program follow-up.

Price: $199 per program

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Foundational Obedience Training — For Dogs 4 Months and Older

This program builds strong communication, structure, and trust between dog and owner. It is ideal for dogs that need more consistent manners, improved focus, and calm behavior in daily life. The program teaches essential obedience skills every dog and owner should know while setting the foundation for future training.

Training includes:

  • Reliable sit, down, place, stay, and recall
  • Heel and loose-leash walking in low-distraction settings
  • Impulse control
  • Crate and household structure
  • Controlled greetings
  • Threshold manners
  • Improved attention and handler focus
  • Building handler confidence and timing

Includes five one-hour sessions and post-program follow-up.

Price: $275 per program

Specialized Training & Enrichment

Advanced Dog Obedience Training

This program is for dogs that have completed Foundational Obedience or a Board & Train program. It takes your dog’s training to the next level by increasing reliability, precision, and focus in more challenging real-world environments. It is ideal for owners seeking off-leash reliability and calm, responsive behavior under distractions.

Training includes:

  • Precision sit, down, place, stay, and recall under distraction
  • Reliable recall in real-world settings such as parks and stores
  • Heel precision
  • Public manners proofing and neutrality around dogs and people
  • Long-duration stays and impulse control
  • Calm behavior in high-distraction environments

Includes six one-hour sessions and post-program follow-up.

Price: $329 per program

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Trick Training & Enrichment Program

This fun, mentally stimulating program helps build confidence, focus, and a stronger bond between dog and owner through creative learning.

Dogs can learn tricks such as:

  • Shake or high five
  • Spin or twirl
  • Bow
  • Play dead
  • Roll over
  • Speak and quiet

Trick training is available as private lessons or as an add-on to any obedience program.

Price: $59 per session or $39 add-on

Specialized Board and Train Programs

Our immersive board and train programs offer a transformative approach to dog ownership, with your dog living and training with our expert in an at-home environment.

Immersive Board and Train Program — 3-Week Program

This focused immersion program allows your dog to stay with Andrew for hands-on training multiple times per day. The 3-week board and train program covers foundational obedience, leash work, and impulse control while your dog lives in a structured home environment.

The program includes progress updates, detailed transition support, and post-program follow-up so you understand how to maintain your dog’s training after pickup.

Price: $1,899 per program

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Advanced Board & Train — 4-Week Program

The Advanced Board & Train program is ideal for dogs needing more structure or owners seeking off-leash reliability and stronger public manners. This program builds on obedience foundations and introduces real-world distractions and advanced obedience work.

It includes progress updates, detailed transition support, and post-program follow-up to help your dog’s training carry over into everyday life.

Price: $2,499 per program

Drop-In Visits & Alternative Care

Standard Dog Boarding

Standard Boarding includes an overnight stay with structured care, daily walks, and individualized attention. Each dog follows a calm, consistent routine that includes outdoor exercise, enrichment, supervised play, and downtime throughout the day.

Dogs also enjoy a clean indoor rest space to help them stay relaxed and comfortable during their stay.

Price: $59 per night
Puppy fee: $10

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Drop-In Dog Visits

Drop-in visits are one-hour in-home visits available between 8 am and 7 pm. They include meals, potty breaks, and playtime, making them a practical option for owners who work long hours or need mid-day check-ins.

Price: $35 per visit + travel fee
Puppy fee: $10

Training Services

Along with boarding and care, Dog Psych Board and Train offers private lessons, puppy training, obedience programs, trick training, and immersive board and train options. These services help improve communication, structure, leash manners, impulse control, recall, and real-world obedience.

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Service Area

Based in Monroe, Dog Psych Board and Train regularly works with dog owners across Downriver and Southeast Michigan, including Trenton, Grosse Ile, Woodhaven, Flat Rock, and parts of Metro Detroit. Because residential programs require travel mainly for drop-off, pickup, and follow-up, clients also come from Temperance, Dundee, and Toledo-area suburbs.

Call today to discuss your dog’s needs and schedule a free consultation.

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