About Adventure Bound Canines

A mobile training and lodging business

Adventure Bound Canines describes itself on its services page as "a fun, professional dog training and lodging business that comes directly to you and tailors each training package to fit your schedule, budget and your dogs needs." The two halves – training that travels to the client, and day camp or overnight lodging at the owners' farm – are sold together.

What is offered

The services page lists them plainly: "Free Puppy Consultations, Obedience Training, Off Leash Reliability, Specialty Training, Solutions For Behavior Problems, Including Aggression, Private In-Home Lessons, Field Trip Group Classes That Provide You And Your Dog With The Opportunity To Work Through Real World Distractions, Day Camp and Over Night Lodging That Provides Your Pet With Individual Custom Care Including Field Trips And Interactive Play Time, Adventure Pack Hikes, Pet Photography." The field-trip framing of group classes is the distinctive part: classes are run where the distractions are, not in a quiet room.

The trainers

The about page names both owners. It says "Anna is a certified professional dog trainer with 14 years of experience" who "has helped many dog owners provide their canines with manners, off leash reliability and adventures," and that alongside training she "focuses on helping her clients understand healthy dog nutrition as well as dog and pack psychology." Her route in is described as starting as a kennel assistant in high school, then attending "the National K-9 School For Dog Trainers," then "9 years in the field as a kennel Manager and Assistant Trainer," during which the site says she "worked with hundreds of dogs, specializing in Service Dogs and Handicap Assistance Dogs." She is listed as a member of the National K-9 Dog Trainers Association and a Professional Member of the International Association Of Canine Professionals, and the page says she "continues to regularly give Service Dog Talks, Dog Training Demos, and Dog Safety Talks with her dogs at Universities and Grade Schools across the Tri-State area."

Jessica Pickel is described as part owner who "has assisted Anna and been a part of the business from the start" and "has helped with the training and care of the dogs." The page says the two "bought a beautiful four acre farm" where the camp side runs, and describes the goal as "A safe, fun environment were dogs can be trained, do tricks or just be dogs."

Location note

The business is in Hazel Green, in the far southwest corner of Wisconsin near the Iowa and Illinois lines – well outside the Madison beltline – so travel arrangements are worth confirming before booking.