The Training Retreat by Barks and Recreation

Immersive Training in a Real Home Setting

Our facility is set up to replicate a real home setting which provides a more practical and effective foundation for everyday obedience and behavior. Dogs learn to adapt to familiar daily surroundings, and owners gain hands-on experience in managing and reinforcing positive behavior.

Training a dog in a real home setting provides a more natural and effective environment for learning than a traditional training facility. Our facility is a real home environment, allowing dogs to learn in an authentic setting with real-world distractions, furniture, noises, and daily routines. This ensures they adapt more easily to their actual living conditions and develop good behaviors in a space that feels familiar and comfortable.

Benefits of Training a Dog in a Home Setting

1. Real-Life Situations:

Dogs learn behaviors directly in the environment similar to where they live.
Commands like "sit," "stay," and "leave it" are reinforced in practical situations such as mealtime, visitors arriving, and household noises.

2. Fewer Distractions from Other Dogs:

Training in a traditional facility often means being surrounded by noises and unrealistic distractions which can be overstimulating.
A home setting allows for focused training with controlled distractions.

3. Personalized Training Approach:

Trainers can work with owners to tailor lessons to the dog's specific needs and behavior in an actual living space.

4. Comfort and Familiarity:

Dogs feel safer and more relaxed in a real home, which enhances learning and reduces anxiety.
Training in a replicated home environment strengthens their ability to retain lessons.

5. Better Socialization:

Dogs are exposed to everyday situations like guests visiting, doorbells ringing, home cleaning tools, outdoor walks, etc which helps them adjust to real-life encounters.
They can interact with other dogs and a cat, making obedience training more natural and consistent.

6. Consistency:

Lessons can be replicated in various areas of the house, ensuring consistency in different environments and easier generalization of skills when they return home.

Because our facility is a real home environment, dogs receive the most authentic and effective training experience possible. This approach provides a practical foundation for everyday obedience and behavior, helping dogs adapt seamlessly to real-life situations. Owners also gain hands-on experience, ensuring they can continue reinforcing positive behaviors long after training sessions end.

2 Week Puppy Camp

$1,499

Puppies aged 10-20 weeks

Early training helps set the stage for lifelong good behavior, confidence, and socialization.

*Puppies must have received their second set of shots*

Core Program Highlights:

Focus on a potty training routine, intro to leash walking, foundation on obedience, socializing.

Secondary focus on nipping, appropriate play, proper use of the crate, and any specific behaviors identified by you.

Also includes: a private lesson at pickup, written report card, and a follow up lesson once the pup is settled back into your home.

2 Week Basic Camp

$1,850

Dogs aged 5 months to 4 years

Gives your dog a "jump start" on training.

Core Program Highlights:

Focus on basic commands, house manners, leash walking, and any specific problem behaviors identified by you.

Also focus on proper play, jumping, and nipping, and other everyday home scenarios.

Also includes: a private lesson at pickup and a follow up lesson once the pup is settled back into your home.

3 Week Standard Camp

$2,799

Dogs over 5 months old

Our most popular program, tackles common adolescent behaviors

3 Week Add-Ons

Core Program Highlights:

Basic obedience, leash walking, house and public manners, any specific problem behaviors you identify.

Also addresses crate and potty training (see add-ons), socializing to new places, dog interactions, and introduction to "place."

Includes a private lessonat pickup, a written report card and two follow up lessons once the pup is settled back into your home.

4 Week Premium Camp

$3,999

For older dogs, extreme cases, or advanced/special training

Addresses aggression, extreme fear, separation anxiety, and/or other difficult behaviors

A trainer will help determine if the 4-week camp is needed.

Core Program Highlights:

Behavior assessment, advanced training and behavior modification, potty/crate training for dogs one year and older.

Specialized training that's tailored to your dog’s individual needs.

Also includes a private lessonat pickup, a written report card and two private in-home training sessions once the pup is settled back into your home.

Private Training

Our experienced trainers provide hands-on training and develop customized leadership exercises to teach your dog the basics of obedience & leash walking, as well as quickly address specific problem behaviors where they are happening at home. A crash course on how to speak “dog” and encourage better life-long habits. Follow-up sessions are scheduled on an as needed basis.

Private Training Packages Available: Combining in-home coaching with immersive training in our real-home environment.

Through a personalized mix of in-home and immersive training in our cozy, real-home environment our trainers create a plan for your dog's individual needs. This unique approach ensures that your dog learns essential obedience skills, leash walking, and proper house manners in the very places where they matter most—your home and ours.

Using customized leadership exercises, we help you effectively communicate with your dog, creating better lifelong habits and addressing specific problem behaviors as they occur. Whether it’s house training, leash reactivity, excessive barking, or socialization struggles, our trainers work with you to tackle these challenges head-on in real-life settings.

This private training option is ideal for puppies, adolescents, and dogs in need of tailored support as they grow and their training needs evolve. Not sure which option best fits your goals? Contact us, and we’ll help design the perfect training plan for you and your pup!

PRIVATE TRAINING SESSION ($250)

Includes 1 in-home session

Quickly address home related issues such as potty/crate training, door manners, barking, counter surfing, leash manners, dog/dog or dog/kid interactions and any other behaviors identified by you.

Follow-up sessions can be scheduled on an as needed basis or you can easily transition into our Private Leadership Package.

PRIVATE PUPPY SESSION ($250)

Includes 1 in-home session

Topics include potty/crate training, proper play manners, and introduction to the leash.

Focus is on puppy management, the importance of daily routine, and how to love your new pup with leadership.

Follow-up sessions can be scheduled on an as needed basis or you can easily transition into our Private Leadership Package.

PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PACKAGE ($595)

Includes 4 sessions designed to provide a balanced mix of in-home and immersive training in our real-home environment.

2 In-Home Sessions – Your first and final sessions take place in your home, focusing on real-life application, assessment, and progress evaluation.

2 Day Camp Sessions – Your dog will spend time in our immersive training home, working on obedience, leash manners, and addressing specific behaviors identified in the assessment.

This program is designed to build a strong foundation in obedience, improve home and public manners, and help you learn how to love your dog through leadership and structured daily routines.