Puppy Training
Start your puppy with structure, exposure, crate training, socialization, and early obedience.
Bolder Dog Training
Practical, relationship-focused dog training for puppies, obedience, reactivity, board and train, structured boarding, and everyday behavior challenges in Kenmore, WA.
Bolder Dog Training helps dogs and owners in Kenmore, WA build calmer, clearer, more reliable relationships through practical, real-world training. Whether you are raising a puppy, working through reactivity, preparing for AKC evaluation, or looking for structured boarding and board and train options, our programs are built around your dog, your household, and your daily life.
Training Programs
Start your puppy with structure, exposure, crate training, socialization, and early obedience.
Build better manners, leash skills, recall, place, impulse control, and reliable household behavior.
Support for reactivity, fear, frustration, overexcitement, and more complex behavior challenges.
Preparation for CGC, Advanced CGC, Urban CGC, and practical obedience testing goals.
A safe, structured place for your dog while you are away, with routine and thoughtful care.
Immersive daily training designed to accelerate progress toward your dog’s goals.
Puppy Foundations
Set your puppy up for life with early structure, confidence building, appropriate socialization, crate training, potty training support, and practical obedience skills.
Real-World Skills
We focus on useful obedience that translates into your home, neighborhood walks, parks, public spaces, and the moments where your dog’s behavior matters most.
Custom Support
For dogs who need a more specialized plan, we build training around your dog’s behavior, triggers, environment, and your goals as the owner.
Services & Pricing
A 90–120 minute intake where we get to know you, your dog, your goals, and your training plan.
One-on-one coaching for obedience, puppy foundations, and behavior challenges.
Safe, structured boarding with experienced trainers and daily routine.
Daily hands-on training designed to accelerate progress toward your goals.
Common Challenges
Training is not about quick fixes. It is about building clearer communication, better habits, and a calmer home.
Why Bolder Dog Training
More than a decade of hands-on experience working with dogs of different ages, breeds, and temperaments.
We focus on training that fits into real life, not just polished exercises that only work in one environment.
Based near Kenmore and serving surrounding North Seattle and Eastside communities.
Every dog is different, so each plan is built around your dog, your goals, and your household.
About The Trainers
Bolder Dog Training is built around practical coaching, clear communication, and long-term success. We help owners understand what to do, when to do it, and why it matters, so progress continues long after the lesson ends.
We also work with dogs and families throughout the surrounding area.
FAQ
Yes. Bolder Dog Training serves Kenmore, WA and nearby areas including Bothell, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park, Woodinville, Shoreline, and the surrounding Eastside/North Seattle area.
We offer puppy training, everyday obedience, behavior modification, reactive dog training, AKC evaluation prep, structured boarding, and board and train programs.
Yes. We work with dogs struggling with reactivity, fear, frustration, overexcitement, and other behavior challenges using customized training plans.
Our intake assessment is $150, single private sessions are $100, structured boarding is $100 per night, and board and train is $150 per night.
Yes. Puppy training can include crate training, potty training support, socialization, early obedience, confidence building, and household manners.
Yes. Board and train is available for dogs who need more immersive daily structure and training support.