A black Labrador retriever dog sitting on dry grass, holding a training dummy in its mouth, with a green barrier in the background.

Board & Train

The Board & Train Program is available for puppies 24 weeks and older. While staying at Riptide Thunder Kennels, your dog becomes part of our family. They’ll be comfortably housed inside our home in a secure kennel and receive multiple individualized training sessions each day. Outside of training, your pup will enjoy plenty of playtime—both indoors and outdoors—and spend their downtime relaxing in comfort of our home, enjoying a calm, family-like environment. This program builds on the basic obedience skills taught in the Puppy Head Start program and adds important everyday commands such as walking on a leash, heel, wait, leave it, and off. Puppies are introduced to both slip leads and e-collars in a safe and positive way, while continued socialization helps reinforce confidence and adaptability. For those interested in developing a hunting companion or preparing for hunt tests, the program also includes training with bumpers, birds, whistles, holding blinds, decoys, gunfire, bird boy-thrown marks, winger-thrown marks, water marks, and force fetch. All training is fully customizable based on your goals, and the duration of the program will depend on your puppy’s needs and progress.

This program is not exclusive to retrievers. The Board & Train Program is open to all dog breeds and sizes.

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A black Labrador puppy with a blue collar sitting on a portable gray dog step stool on a grassy lawn with trees in the background.

Two dogs, one sitting on a raised platform and the other sitting on grass, outdoors in a grassy area.

A happy brown Labrador retriever puppy sitting on a golf cart with a red water bottle near its paw, wearing a tan harness, outdoors during sunset.

A woman stands on a grassy field with her dog while setting up a training or agility obstacle course on a sunny day, with trees in the background.

A black puppy sitting on a raised platform in an outdoor grassy area, sticking out its tongue with a background of trees and bushes.

A woman with long blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a gray t-shirt, and denim shorts, crouches next to a brown dog with an orange collar in an open grassy field under a partly cloudy sky.

A brown dog with a pink collar sitting outside a brewing company's entrance, with a large circular sign reading 'Steel Hands Brewing' above the doorway. The building has brown, ribbed siding and an open door leading inside.

A man in camouflage clothing and a cap standing in a grassy field with a black dog sitting beside him on a leash, surrounded by trees and a foggy landscape.

A brown dog sitting on grass at a baseball stadium, looking towards the field with empty seats and floodlights in the background.

Black Labrador puppy sitting on a metal platform outdoors on grass, looking at the camera with its tongue out.

A playful brown puppy lying on green grass, holding a tennis ball with its paw, in a backyard with plants and a brick house in the background.

Dog with brown fur and a red collar sitting outside, looking toward people by a lake and trees on a sunny day.

A brown dog sitting on green grass next to a realistic decoy of a mallard duck.

A woman with sunglasses and a brown dog sitting on a platform in a grassy outdoor area with trees, a pond, and a bridge in the background.

Woman walking a dog near a pond with trees in the background.