Bow Wow Behavior Buddies – Dog Behavior & Training Specialists

Bow Wow Behavior Buddies is our premier dog behavior and training program! Behavior Buddies was created to help you modify your canine player's behavior issues, teach a new puppy the game, or make an already good dog an MVP!

Your Bow Wow Behavior Buddies trainer will design a game plan to get your pup to All Star status! Our trainers were taught by top national behavior experts with a focus on a variety of proven training methodologies. We combine our extensive knowledge of dog behavior with your willingness to create a great relationship with your pup to create a slam dunk!

Together we will coach your dog, and you, to a winning game through a program based on respect, rewards and results!

• Puppy Manners, Basic Obedience & Behavior Modification
• Board & Train Classes (while at Camp!)
• Training Options While Your Pup is at Day Camp
• Free Initial Consultation
• Game Plan Customized for Each Dog
• Group Lessons
• In-Home Private Training Sessions Available

Our dog trainer Carolynn is back from getting 3 weeks of additional dog training experience in Colorado!  Also we are now offering in home training services.  Email pghtrainer@campbowwow.com for more information.

Board and Train Program

Our Board and Train program is designed to jump start your dogs training in basic obedience , improve socialization skills, improve manners or work on any specific goal that you would like your camper to achieve. The program begins with a phone call between you and our trainer to discuss your expectations so that your program can be customized towards your unique needs as well as working on the basics. During your boarding stay, our Certified Dog Trainer will work with your camper throughout the day on behaviors such as walking nicely on a leash, not jumping up, sit, down, stay, come or any behavior you would like him to learn or improve upon. In addition, our camp counselors will use the commands that we are working on in the group play environment to reinforce the skills that are being taught by our trainer.

Our training program is a highly effective method of teaching your camper great behavior, but in order for your camper to retain this knowledge it is essential that you continue to use the skills that you both have learned after you return home. This is why we have also included one private training with you and your camper at camp, either at pick up or within the next two days. This session will give you a chance to work with our trainer and help you consistently utilize the commands as they were taught throughout the program. In addition you will receive one private in home session to take place within a month of your campers stay to discuss any training issues and to work with the whole family on any in home behavior problems you may be having.

Play and Train Program

With our Play and Train Program, your camper can spend the day with us learning and still go home with you at night for those evening cuddle sessions. Drop your dog off in the morning for 5 consecutive weekdays and your camper will learn the same good behaviors (and unlearn those bad ones) as the board and train program. In between training sessions, your dog will be playing with other the dogs in daycare.

You will also need to spend some time at camp with your dog and our trainer on the last day of training so that we can teach you how to reinforce all of the great behaviors he has learned in the program. In addition you will receive a private in home session to take place within a month of your campers stay to discuss any training issues and to work with the whole family on any in home behavior problems you may be having.

Standard Courses

Puppy Basics: Your puppy will be introduced to the obedience cues of focus, sit, sit/stay, down, down/stay, wait, come, loose leash walking, and leave it on leash, giving you a starting point to continue training at home. Cues will be taught with the use of food lures using small treats that the dog really likes positive reinforcement with the emphasis on making training and learning fun. The only corrections used with puppies will be verbal corrections and withholding treats or attention. Also puppies will be exposed to gentle handling of their bodies, ears, faces, and feet. Clicker training is also available.

Basic Manners: Your adult camper will be introduced to the obedience cues of focus, sit, sit/stay, down, down/stay, stand, wait, come, loose leash walking, and leave it on leash giving a starting point to continue training at home with better control over their dogs. Cues will be introduced using food luring techniques with positive reinforcement to make training fun and enjoyable for the dogs. Some verbal corrections and leash corrections will be used. Training collar options will be discussed with the owners during the introduction phone call. Clicker trainer is also available.

Advanced: This program works on improving and fine tuning the obedience cues of focus, sit, sit/stay, down, down/stay, wait, come, loose leash walking, and leave it while on leash and introducing distance and off leash control. Cues will be introduced using food luring techniques with positive reinforcement to make training fun and enjoyable for the dogs. Some verbal corrections and leash corrections will be used. Dogs must have knowledge in obedience for off leash training. Clicker trainer is also available.

*All campers attending in camp training must first pass our initial camper interview process.