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Puppy Socialization Services
The Board Hound offers a variety of puppy-specific solutions to your puppy-specific problems in an enriching and supportive environment. Our services are designed specifically for you and your new puppy to build confidence, play, and learn in an environment that enriches your puppy’s social development.
Here’s how to get registered for our Puppy Socialization Services:
All new clients must first complete and submit their New Client Registration Form. Once that form has been submitted, please register for Puppy Party and/or Puppy Kindergarten at the bottom of this page.
You may also schedule a Daycare Evaluation, if your puppy is ready for adult-dog socialization. If the daycare evaluation page is password protected, please email training@theboardhound.com for info on how to get your puppy registered for daycare and boarding services.
Puppy Party Workshops
Puppy Party Workshops
50-minute session – $10
Puppy socialization opportunities for pups up to 16 weeks old (puppies over 16 weeks old require an invitation to participate). Puppy Party is held on Saturdays at our Old Town Location as a drop-in style class. Your puppy’s first session is free!
Puppy Kindergarten Workshops
Puppy Kindergarten Workshops
50 minute session – $45
Curriculum in each class follows positive experience socialization, name recognition, healthy play, voluntary attention, and exposure to new experiences. Each individual class focuses on a unique topic to help puppy owners with common speed bumps in puppy-raising. The course is designed to help owners with puppy problem solving, and customized recommendations for your puppy’s unique needs.
Each class covers one of our rotating topics from the list below:
Chew This, Not That: Chewing & Biting
The House is Not a Toilet: House Training & Crate Training
Shots Equal Lollipops: Handling Tolerance & Socialization
Patience is a Virtue: Impulse Control
To view the Puppy Kindergarten schedule, please view The Board Hound’s calendar.
The Puppy K curriculum is designed with flexible schedules to accommodate owners and the needs of each puppy, with a drop-in style class every Saturday 3pm-4pm For shy, timid, or very young puppies, it is welcomed and encouraged to attend as many sessions as you and your puppy need.
To schedule any of our Puppy Socialization Workshops, please use the portal below:
At The Board Hound, our daycare was established to enrich the lives of the dogs in our community through healthy outlets for play and socialization. Our smaller play groups come with individual care and attention, while providing a low-stress, safe, daycare environment at our location in Alexandria, Virginia. Since safety is our first priority, we start with providing a high staff to dog ratio of about 1 to 10. This personalization ensures that your dog is always closely monitored.