Residential Training
Why Choose Residential Training?
Residential training is a great way to kick start your dog’s training and build the foundations needed for long term success. Your dog will live within a home environment while we work on obedience, engagement, confidence and overall behaviour in a structured but realistic environment.
Training isn’t limited to the training field. Your dog will be properly exposed to everyday life including walks, public spaces, new environments and real world distractions to help create reliable behaviour that transfers into day to day life.
Whether you are struggling with behavioural issues or simply want to create a calmer, better behaved dog, residential training allows me to work consistently with your dog while also helping guide you through the process once they return home.
Build Strong Foundations
Perfect for puppies, adolescent dogs, or owners wanting to create better structure, engagement and obedience from the start.
Behavioural Rehabilitation
Suitable for dogs struggling with reactivity, anxiety, aggression, over-arousal, fearfulness or poor impulse control.
Break Through Training Plateaus
Ideal for owners who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated after trying multiple approaches without seeing lasting progress.
Reliable Off Lead Freedom
Develop better recall, engagement and responsiveness both around distractions and in real world environments.
Lead Walking & Public Behaviour
Turn stressful walks into something enjoyable through clearer communication, better lead manners and calmer behaviour around distractions.
Calmness Inside the Home
Residential training also focuses heavily on household behaviour including crate training, place training, boundaries and switching off properly indoors.
Confidence Around Dogs & People
For dogs lacking confidence or struggling socially, training can help improve neutrality, calmness and more appropriate interactions.
Structured Exposure to Real Environments
Dogs are gradually introduced to parks, public spaces, cafés and other busy environments to help generalise their training.
Proper Introduction to Training Tools
Where appropriate, I can help condition and introduce tools such as slip leads, prong collars and e-collars in a fair and structured way.
Ongoing Owner Support
Training doesn’t stop once your dog goes home. Handover sessions and continued support help owners maintain and build on the progress made during the stay.
How it works
Step-by-step of a residential stay with Balanced Dog
Pre-stay consultation
Welcoming chat to discuss your expectations
In-depth handback
plus writen report and training plan
Initial handover
lasts around 60mins
Follow up sessions
2 follow up sessions included
The stay
Structured daily training sessions
Keeping in touch
lifetime message support
Residential Training Programs:
Core Foundation Training:
2 Week - £2350
A comprehensive Introduction to basic obedience commands and essential foundations for your dog. Recommended for dogs who need a little boost forward in their training.
Intermediate Training:
3 Week - £3250
4 Week* - £3950
Builds on core foundations with additional training, exposure and proofing. Recommended for taking training and socialisation to higher levels! Also suited to dogs who suffer from fear based behaviours such as reactivity.
* Week 4 spent going even further with exposure and proofing of behaviour.
Advanced Behaviour Modification:
6 weeks - £5850
An in-depth program focusing on comprehensive behaviour modification and extensive exposure to diverse environments. Best suited for dogs with more complex behavioural challenges such as extreme fear.
*Any cases with a bite history will require 4 weeks minimum stay.
**Charges may be added depending on distance travelled if you require collection and drop off.
What Clients Say
Julie K
"We sent out 18 month old Vizsla boy for 3 weeks of training with Ben. Prior to training, our boy was extremely anxious, we were unable to leave him alone for more than 15 minutes, he was reactive to children and strangers, sometimes lunging at people walking past us. We were at breaking point.
Ben created an incredible bond of trust with our boy, initially focusing on the basics (crate training, lead training and boundaries), at the end of the 3 weeks, we met a totally new dog, he was calmer, able to be left alone for 3 hours, not reactive to strangers & children (but still incredibly goofy and fun!)
This has been life changing for us and our boy, we’re able to ‘have our life back’ and also enjoy our puppy without fear of reactivity. Ben is an incredibly gentle person who really understands each dog's personality, he showed so much care during and after the training. We received detailed guidance and instructions so we can continue the training. We are so grateful and fully recommend to anyone struggling. Don’t leave it too late! "
