Graduate Services
Boarding and daycare for dogs who have completed the course. Requested rather than booked online, because the trainer verifies graduate status first.
What improves: Gives graduates a safe, social place to stay where the commands they learned are reinforced rather than forgotten.
Who it suits
Owners who have completed a course and need care their dog already knows how to handle.
Some dogs get looked at first
Graduate status is verified before anything is confirmed. This is not a route into training.
Get my dog reviewedWhat you get.
- All-day access to a large, shaded yard with other graduates
- Indoors in a crate overnight
- Reinforcement of the commands learned in class
The details.
Everything you would otherwise have to ask on the phone, including the parts most trainers leave off the page.
- Full price
- $45 per day.
- Payment timing
- Confirmed with the trainer when a stay is agreed.
- Duration
- Per day, subject to availability.
- Format
- Confirmed with the trainer.
- Your time
- Owners provide the dog's food and a vet care form at drop-off.
- Location
- The venue is not published yet. It is shown on the class dates before you pay.
- Equipment
- Bring the dog's own food. A blanket is recommended so the dog has something familiar.
- Prerequisites
- Confirmed with the trainer.
Dates are arranged with you
This program runs to a schedule the trainer sets with you, so there is no calendar to click. Tell us what your dog does and you get the real dates, the venue and the full cost before anything is due. Graduate stays are requested rather than booked, because graduate status is checked first.
Before you decide.
Where are the classes held?
Outdoors at Vinland Park, 4695 E Gettysburg Ave, Fresno, CA 93726, in east Fresno. It is a normal neighborhood park, so there are other dogs, kids and joggers around. That is on purpose: a dog that only holds a sit in a quiet room has not learned a sit.
Is my dog suitable for a group class?
Most dogs are. Dogs with a bite history, guarding behavior, or serious aggression are reviewed by the trainer first. That is not a refusal, it is about whether a group class is the right place to start, and whether your dog would do better with private work first.
What methods do you use?
Training balances rewards, food, praise, affection, toys, with clear consequences for behavior you do not want, the way dogs correct each other in a pack. Classes are held in places with real distractions, other dogs, and other people, because that is where behavior actually has to hold. If you want to talk through the approach before booking, call and ask.
What happens if my dog needs reviewing first?
You send the details, the trainer reads them and contacts you directly to talk it through. A review request does not hold a class place and does not promise a particular outcome. You will not be asked to pay for a class seat while a review is still open.
Do I need an account to book?
No. You should not need to create an account simply to book a class or ask a question. Where a booking provider requires one, that trade-off will be stated before you start.
Next step
Send your dog's name and graduation date and the trainer will confirm directly.