About Highland Haven Dog Training

Highland Haven Dog Training is a residential board-and-train operation branded to Westchester and running four defined programs.

The four programs

The site publishes a program overview and then splits it into a Basic program, an Extra program, an Intensive program, and a separate Puppy Crate Training program. That laddering means the intake conversation is about which tier your dog's problem sits in rather than about how many sessions you want to buy.

The facility

The site describes a brand-new facility with secure, comfortable enclosures, a large indoor play area, and – in its own words – a couch. For a board-and-train that detail matters: the dog lives there for the duration, so how it is housed between sessions is part of what you are buying.

Who runs it

The site names Sara and Sophie as the trainers, states that Sophie has supervised eighty to a hundred dogs a day in dog daycare since 2017, and that she took a bachelor's degree from Franklin Pierce University in 2021. It names CPDT-KA and CCPDT as credentials held in the business, and mentions the pair keep Australian Shepherds of their own.

Problems it names

The examples on the site are leash pulling, jumping on visitors and stealing from counters, leash reactivity toward other dogs, and puppy house training and biting.

One thing to check

The town the site names – Putnam Valley – is where the trainers live rather than where the facility sits, so ask for the facility's address. Confirm the drive before you book.