About D.O.G. Board N’ Train

Who they are

D.O.G. Board N' Train works out of Ghent and does one thing centrally: takes dogs in residence and sends them home trained. The trainers named on the site and repeatedly in its client reviews are Amber and Francine. Alongside the training side there is a day camp and boarding, and the site runs a client portal and a boarding request page.

What they offer

Three board-and-train programs, tiered by the dog's age, are the core; the site tells you to check the programs page to see which tier fits. Obedience programs and day camp sit alongside them. The stated end point is off-leash obedience — the site's framing is that the world becomes the dog's playground once recall is reliable, and it lists hikes, town walks and travel as the things it wants to make possible. It is explicit that this is not a fix-and-forget arrangement: the copy talks about "rock-solid, reliable listening skills" rather than temporary fixes, and the reviews it publishes say the same thing in the owners' words.

How the programs run

What comes through the published client accounts is the communication cadence and the handover. Owners describe twice-weekly or weekly updates with photos, videos and written progress notes while the dog is in residence. One review describes talking the e-collar decision through with Francine before committing to a month-long structured program. Another owner's summary of the handover — "she's the exact same dog we sent to camp but is now trained and so are WE" — is the clearest statement on the site of what the program is trying to achieve.

Who it suits

The published cases skew toward high-energy adolescent dogs whose owners are out of ideas: a red fox Labrador that pulled hard and could not be managed outdoors, a Pitbull-Lab mix whose adopters had begun to consider rehoming, an eight-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer with no recall. One family drove from northern Virginia. The site is candid that the cost is significant and that the owner has to keep reinforcing the work at home.

Getting started

The published route in is the contact page — tell them about the dog, and they come back to discuss which program fits. Phone is 518-821-2023.