dog boarding in Austin
We’ll always keep a room open for your dog in a familiar home.
board in an austin trainer's home
Forget the typical boarding kennels, where it’s always different staff and your dog comes home with bad habits. Dog boarding at Austin’s finest!
Your dog can live the life of a trainer’s dog while you’re away – in a familiar home, with total training consistency and ever-better habits developing.
Dogs in Austin board with trainers Mara, Dalton, KT, and Sarah.
Looking for Board and Train in Austin?
For an intensive training stay, explore Austin board and train: the Study Abroad program. Your dog stays in a professional trainer’s home for a structured program with individualized goals, progress updates, and owner coaching.
Regular in-home boarding is aseparate service for eligible trained dogs, with optional training sessions. If you want your dog to learn new skills or address behavior during a stay, schedule a consultation to discuss Study Abroad. Compare program pricing and meet the Austin training team.
Dog boarding in Austin trainer’s homes is $89/day. This includes living in the trainer’s home full time like one of our own, with normal daily activities like walks and trips to the park. You can add optionally add training sessions at $65 per session.
Your dog will stay in the personal home of one of our trainers and will live as part of the family. Their crate will be used if we have to leave home without them as a way of keeping them safe.
We always use your dog’s basic obedience commands in real-life settings to keep their training consistent, but you can also add on dedicated training sessions if you’d like.
Dogs with behavior concerns or without crate training may do best at our specialized facility near the Austin aimport, Traction K9 Kennels. Almost all dogs can board with our trainers, given their unique ability to manage and work with challenging dogs.
We accept unaltered dogs, puppies, and anti-social dogs, as long as they are in training with us or have been through training to mitigate behavior concerns.
Your dog should also be comfortable sleeping in a crate and up to date on vaccinations.
If your dog doesn’t meet the behavior requirements, you can add training to their stay. This will be discussed with your trainer or during your boarding meet and greet.
No. Regular boarding provides care in a trainer’s home and maintains familiar skills, with optional training sessions. Study Abroad board and train is an intensive program built around training goals and owner coaching. A consultation helps determine the appropriate service.
get started
1. Schedule a phone consultation if you’re new to Traction, or submit a boarding request if you already train with us.
2. use our online portal to request dog boarding dates and update your dog's care information.
how to book a stay
In-home boarding is available to graduates of any of our training programs, or dogs trained elsewhere who can pass an evaluation.
If you’ve already trained with us, request dog boarding in Austin trainers’ homes at any time using our online portal.
New to Traction? Email us to get started.
