Your dog lives and trains full-time with Aaron, then comes home steady on and off leash. Daily video, hands-on handoff, so it holds at your house.
Your dog comes and lives with Aaron for the length of the program, trains every day in real situations, and comes home steady on and off leash. You get a daily video showing the real work, and a hands-on handoff so you can run the same handling Aaron does.
A board and train is for any owner who wants Aaron to do the hands-on training. There is a lot of skill involved in dog training, and with 11 years of experience working with dogs every day, Aaron gets your dog where you want them to be faster when he is the one doing the work. If you have a busy schedule, you may not have time to take your dog to parks, dog-friendly stores, and downtown St. Louis every day. That is when Aaron does the work your dog needs that you may not be able to offer. It is a lot easier to maintain an already-trained dog than it is to train one from scratch.
Your dog is not sitting in a run waiting for a training slot. Aaron works your dog through short, clear sessions across the day, then takes the training into the real world: the neighborhood, stores, public spaces, and situations with other dogs and people. Bishop, a board and train graduate, trained in places like Home Depot and Busch Stadium. You get a daily video showing exactly what changed.
No, your dog will not be kenneled the whole time. Kennel training is an important part of the process, but your dog never spends more than three hours in the kennel at a time throughout the day. The rest of the day we are working them at home, at parks, at dog-friendly stores, and in every environment the St. Louis area has to offer.
Aaron builds the handoff into the program on purpose. When your dog comes home he walks you through every command in person, and you keep the session videos for reference. You get the same handling Aaron used plus follow-up support, so the training holds in your house and on your walks, not just at his.
A real board and train runs six to nine weeks: the six-week program lays the foundation, and the nine-week Complete Package fully conditions it. Which one fits your dog gets settled on the free phone consultation. Knox’s owner sent him for six weeks and was glad he did. Aaron gives you a straight timeline before anything starts.
Aaron runs board and train for families on both sides of the river, from Fairview Heights, Belleville, O’Fallon, and Edwardsville to St. Louis, Kirkwood, Webster Groves, and Chesterfield, so a proven program is close by. Tell him what your dog is doing and he will tell you straight whether board and train is the right call.
Start with a straight phone call. Tell Aaron your dog’s real problem, his temperament, and what you need out of daily life. You get an honest recommendation and a plain answer on what it costs. No bull.
Engagement first, then the drills, built one clear step at a time and matched to your dog. You get a short video every day, so you can watch it come together.
Aaron takes it into the places that matter: backyard, park, Home Depot, Busch Stadium. The training holds under real pressure or it doesn’t count.
You get a hands-on handoff, your videos to keep, and the follow-up support to keep it solid at home. You walk away the handler, not a spectator.
One idea drives the whole thing: build engagement and recall first, then prove it in harder and harder places until it holds in real life. Every phase is earned, never rushed, and measured against one question, does your dog choose to engage, or check out?
Build the foundation every other behavior depends on: relationship, engagement, recall, leash skills, and confidence. It starts in the home and backyard, then works out to parks, stores, and busy real-world spaces.
Build the bond and a daily routine, and start the recall that every later skill is built on. Food, movement, and play make being near Aaron the best thing going.
Take that recall to a new place and lay the leash foundations, with platform and settle drills back home so the basics keep building.
Move the familiar drills into dog-friendly stores and hold engagement around brand-new sights, sounds, and smells.
Work near entrances and checkouts, start off-leash where it’s safe, and teach your dog to settle and watch the world go by.
Take everything to the loudest, busiest real-world places and build neutrality to crowds, other dogs, carts, and noise.
Revisit every environment, find the spots where it breaks down, and shore up the weak links until nothing is left to chance.
Training isn’t finished when the fundamentals click. This is where a learned skill becomes a conditioned habit, repetition and reinforcement until the behavior is automatic, and then the leash goes to you.
Run the full circuit again and strengthen the foundation through repetition and exposure, hunting down anything still soft.
Keep repeating what works until the behavior is automatic and dependable, consistency over novelty every session.
Lock in long-term reliability, fine-tune the last weak spots, and hand you the leash and a plan to keep it going at home.
By graduation, your dog has gone from basic engagement at home to steady in the real world. The goal was never perfection. It’s a dog that chooses to engage, understands what’s expected, and can handle everyday life with confidence.
Three board and train graduates, straight from Google. Named dogs, named results.
We sent our Weimaraner, Bishop, for the board-and-train program and could not be happier. The daily videos of Bishop training in places like Home Depot and Busch Stadium gave us so much confidence. Bishop is awesome on and off leash and we feel confident taking him anywhere.
Aaron is awesome! My pup was very young, 12 weeks old when I dropped him off for Aaron’s boarding and training. Fast forward, Bodhi is a joy to work with on my own.
We sent our golden doodle Friday to Marmon Family Dog Training when she was around 9 months old. I told Aaron, when I call my dog, I want her to come to me.
Your dog trains with Aaron 4 to 5 hours a day, comes home with a hands-on handoff and three in-home follow-ups, guaranteed for life. Financing available, next-day approval.
Lifetime guarantee on the training, in writing, from the man who did the work.
Start with a free consult. Aaron tells you straight whether board & train is right for your dog, what it takes, and how long it runs. No sales pitch.
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