Board & Train Program
Our most complete transformation. Your dog lives, eats, and trains with us on the 18-acre Newsoms farm for one to four weeks. Drop off a dog, pick up a companion.
Buck's Virginia has the right training option for your dog
We don't just train dogs, we transform them — and Board and Train is where it goes furthest, because we control the whole environment your dog learns in.
Multiple structured sessions every day, meals and sleep in a clean supervised environment, and pack walks and off-leash work across 18 acres. Away from the home patterns and distractions that broke training the first time, your dog learns new habits that stick.
Balanced training built around your dog's specific case. We assess on day one, then layer obedience, behavior modification, and real-world generalization across the program. Our team rotates handlers so your dog learns to respond to people, not just one trainer.
Every effective, humane tool — slip lead, prong, e-collar, food, structure. We explain every choice on the consult so you understand exactly what your dog is learning and why.
CATCH CCDT, AKC CGC Evaluator, Pet First Aid, and NePoPo® Gold School graduates, plus a dedicated Service Dog Coordinator for ADA-compliant work.
We do not stop until your dog reaches the goals we write down together at the start. The result is the deliverable — not a fixed number of sessions.
Starting at $2,500, with 1-to-4-week programs. We recommend the right length on the free consult based on your dog — never on which one we want to sell.
7 days residential
14 days residential — most popular
Choose how to start: a free 15-minute phone call to assess your dog's needs, or an in-person 30-minute evaluation at our facility or your location.
Free phone consultation. Initial assessment of your dog's needs and goals.
Free 30-minute one-on-one meeting at our facility or at your location.
One to four weeks depending on your dog. Foundational is 1 week, Transformational is 2 weeks (our most popular), Behavior Modification is 3 weeks, and there is a dedicated 2-week Puppy program. We recommend the right tier on the free consult.
Yes — the 3-week Behavior Modification program is built for severe reactivity, aggression, and separation anxiety. Any bite history must be disclosed in writing on the program agreement.
You see daily updates throughout, and the go-home lesson transfers the methodology to you. Sustained results depend on you applying it — and the included in-person refreshers and lifetime trainer chat are there for the inevitable drift.
An outcome guarantee on the goals set at drop-off, daily photo and video updates, daily training notes, a structured go-home lesson, tiered in-person refreshers, and lifetime trainer chat access for the life of the dog.
Walking trails, a frisbee field, nosework area, agility yard, and saltwater swimming pool in Newsoms, VA give your dog room to move, focus, and generalize what it learns.
Trusted across Suffolk, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, and Franklin throughout Hampton Roads and Southern Virginia.
Daily updates during the program and a structured go-home lesson at the end mean the training transfers to you — not just to us.
21 days residential — severe cases
14 days residential — puppies 4+ months