Single day
Private training service
Day Training
A Day Train is a private training day for your dog. Mitchell picks your dog up at home, trains in real-world places for four or eight hours, then brings your dog home and shows you what was taught.
Fully insured professional training. No payment today—Mitchell texts first to learn about your dog.
Not board-and-trainYour dog sleeps at home every night.
Day Training at a glance
Choose the level of training your dog needs.
Single day
8-Hour Day Train
Starting at $550One full training dayView single-day options →Four-week program
Day Train Program
Starting at $3,5008 training days · typically 2 days/weekView multi-day training →Four-week intensive
Day Train Intensive
Starting at $5,50012 training days · typically 3 days/weekView multi-day training →Extremely limited
Most advanced
Advanced Canine Training Intensive
Starting at$10,000
Advanced obedience + specialized skillsTracking skills for search and rescueService-dog-style task trainingCustomized skills for real-life goals
Explore the intensive →Why Day Training works
Professional repetition without sending your dog away.
01Consistent professional handling
Mitchell can build and reinforce skills through concentrated training blocks.
02Real-world proofing
Training moves through environments connected to your dog’s actual goals.
03The skills come home
Your dog returns after each training day, followed by owner transfer and instruction.
Multi-Day Day Train Programs
Real progress comes from repetition.
For dogs that need more than a single training day, I offer customized programs built around consistent training two to three days per week. This allows us to build new skills, reinforce them before they fade, and gradually increase difficulty across different environments.
Programs are created after an evaluation based on your dog’s goals, behavior, stamina, training history, and the amount of professional handling needed.
Starting prices cover the program structure. Final pricing may change based on pickup distance, training locations, schedule, and desired outcomes.
- Typically 2–3 training days per week
- Home pickup and drop-off
- Real-world training
- Structured rest between training blocks
- Progressive exposure to distractions
- Owner transfer and handling instruction
- Customized schedule and duration
Extremely limited availabilityAdvanced custom training
Most comprehensive program
Advanced Canine Training Intensive
A highly customized training program for owners who want advanced obedience, real-world reliability, and specialized skills beyond standard pet training.
Starting at$10,000
Apply for the Advanced IntensiveEvery dog must complete an evaluation before acceptance. Applying does not guarantee enrollment.Your dog is picked up from home multiple times per week and trained across real-world environments. Frequency, professional handling, transportation, progressive proofing, and a custom skill curriculum make this the most involved program offered.
Skills included
- Loose-leash walking
- Recall
- Heel
- Place
- Sit and down stays
- Distance commands
- Impulse control
- Advanced obedience
- Distraction proofing
- Confidence building
- Environmental neutrality
- E-collar conditioning when appropriate
- Emergency recall
- Emergency stop or down
- Off-leash foundations
Program includes
- Home pickup and drop-off
- Multiple training days per week
- Real-world training environments
- Owner transfer sessions
- Training equipment when appropriate
- Progress videos and updates
- Continued support after the program
- Customized advanced-skill curriculum
Optional specialized curriculum
Advanced Training Tracks
One or more tracks may be incorporated when appropriate for the dog and owner goals.Track 01
Tracking & Scent
- Tracking foundations
- Trailing foundations
- Scent discrimination
- Search games
- Indication behaviors
- Object search
- Nose-work style exercises
Track 02
Advanced Companion
- Advanced public manners
- Directional commands
- Extended place and stays
- Advanced retrieval
- Send-away and place behaviors
- Emergency commands
- Neutrality around people and dogs
- Real-world environmental proofing
Track 03
Task Training
- Customized retrieval behaviors
- Carrying or retrieving specific objects
- Directional work
- Targeting
- Sustained positions
- Useful task-style behaviors based on the dog and owner goals
This is not board-and-train.
Your dog continues to live at home and is picked up and returned on each training day. Training may work toward advanced reliability and off-leash foundations.
Protection and bite work are not offered.
Final program length, schedule, and pricing depend on the individual dog, training goals, behavior history, location, and transportation requirements.
What the day can include
Training that moves through the real world.
The exact day is built around your dog. We may travel between quiet parks, busier public areas, pet-friendly stores, outdoor restaurants, homes, events, veterinary environments, malls, or other places connected to your goals.
Parks and trailsPublic placesPet-friendly storesOutdoor restaurantsHomes and guestsEvents and crowdsVeterinary practiceMalls and busy areas
The part board-and-train often misses
Your dog comes home. The training transfers to you.
At drop-off, I walk you through what we trained, show you how to use the skills, and coach you through the handling. You get the benefit of concentrated professional work without your dog living in a kennel for weeks.
Your dog sleeps at homeNo multi-week kennel stay.
You learn the systemClear handling and practice for life after the session.
The work fits your lifeTraining happens in places where you actually need it.
Who this is for
Professional training without sending your dog away.
Day Trains are designed for owners who cannot spend hours traveling to lessons or doing every repetition themselves—but still want their dog home, involved in everyday life, and trained in real environments.
- Your dog is handled by an insured professional dog trainer—not an informal pet-transport service.
- You are short on time but want meaningful progress.
- You do not want a traditional multi-week board-and-train.
- Your dog needs practice in several real-world locations.
- You want concentrated training plus a clear owner handoff.
Start with a conversation
Tell me what you want your dog to be able to do.
Mitchell will text to learn about your dog and recommend the right Day Train length or ongoing plan. No payment today.
Dogs are living individuals, and training results can vary. No specific behavior or outcome is guaranteed.