Patrick Canine Training

Patrick Canine offers board and train programs designed for owners who lack time or ability to train their dogs. The cost is per week, with a $100 non-refundable deposit required. Programs are tailored based on the dog’s age, previous training, and background. Daily status is logged, and weekly report cards with command grades and trainer comments are provided.

At the end of the program, owners must attend a cross-training workshop to learn how to continue their dog’s training and establish a new working relationship. Lifelong Canine Tech Support is offered via email and telephone.

Programs include:
* **Puppy Basic Obedience Foundation (Age: 4-8 months, Duration: 2 weeks)**: Focuses on developing intellect, confidence, self-control, and motivation with command language, establishing proper human-leader relationship, and teaching household manners. Commands taught include Sit, Down, Sit Stay, Down Stay, Heel, Lets Go, Move, Go to Spot, Come, Leave It, Back, Wait, Off, Up.
* **Youngster Intermediate Obedience Foundation (Age: 8-12 months, Duration: 3 weeks)**: Sets higher command performance goals, integrates time, distance, and distraction proofing into basic commands, and uses positive desires for motivation. Unwanted behaviors are corrected with alternative behaviors encouraged. Commands taught are the same as Puppy Basic.
* **Adult Advanced Obedience Foundation (Age: 1 year+, Duration: 4 weeks)**: Teaches extensive on-leash obedience and the off-lead “come” command from a distance. Establishes the human as the alpha leader. The first two weeks are on-premises for learning and reinforcement, while the final two weeks involve proofing and polishing in urban and rural settings for socialization and performance under distractions. Commands taught are the same as Puppy Basic.
* **Adult Off Lead Advanced (Age: 18 months+, Plus Prior Training, Duration: 3 weeks)**: This program is for off-lead control and reviews previously learned commands. It requires completion of the four-week adult program. Dogs learn to stay close, change direction, come when called from a distance, and the importance of “leave it” off-lead on the ninety-acre premises. Commands taught include This Way, Close, Wrong Way, Come, Leave It, Stay, Wait, Say Hello, Nice, Halt, Lets Go.

Pricing Summary

Boarding is $42.00 per night for a single dog and $38.00 per night for additional dogs, with a 10% discount for 28+ days. Training programs are $600.00 per week, requiring a $100.00 non-refundable deposit. Refresher sessions are $65.00 for 45 minutes. Custom One-on-One sessions are $85.00 for the first hour and $65.00 for consecutive hours, plus mileage. Drop-in group sessions are $20.00 per hour by appointment.

Optional exercise services include Play (30 min) for $22.00, Trail Hike I (20 min) for $16.00, Trail Hike II (40 min) for $24.00, Group Swim Trip (1 hour) for $25.00, Private Swim Trip (1 hour) for $28.00, Hike & Swim Combo (1 hour) for $28.00, and Beach Trip (2 hour) for $50.00.

Departure baths range from $20.00 to $30.00 depending on dog size. Departure grooming ranges from $14.00 to $38.00 based on dog size and hair length. Medication administration is $1.00 per single administration (maximum $4.00 daily per dog), injections are $8.00, and extra care is $8.00 per day.

Transportation services (each way) range from $30.00 for Petaluma to $120.00 for Palo Alto, with non-fixed locations charged at $1.25 per mile, rounded up to the nearest ten.

Policies

A $100.00 non-refundable deposit is required for training programs.

Patrick Canine Training, located at Coastal Hills Resort in Two Rock Valley, Petaluma, California, is a professional dog training and instructional boarding kennel established in 1978. The facility is situated on a ninety-acre ranch in the coastal range of western Sonoma County, offering a peaceful, modern, and immaculately maintained environment that is completely fenced and secure. It features large ventilated, heated, and cooled indoor dens and outdoor porch runs.

Their founding vision is to provide dogs with a social, fun, caring, interactive, instructional, and healthy environment where they can learn to become obedient, communicative, and responsive canine citizens. They offer professional board and train programs designed for owners who lack the time or ability to properly train their dogs, with daily status logs and weekly report cards provided to owners. A cross-training workshop is required at the end of the program to prepare owners for lifelong maintenance, and continued support is offered via email and telephone.

Patrick Canine also provides social instructional boarding, offering one of the longest socially interactive and instructional days for boarding dogs, from 7 AM to 9 PM daily. Dogs get multiple opportunities to play and socialize in supervised play areas determined by age, size, breed, temperament, and activity level. Additional services include private exercise sessions, beach trips, swimming trips to their one-acre lake, trail hikes on groomed trails, and a canine swim center. They also offer reliable pick-up and delivery transportation services.

Accomplishments

Patrick Canine was established in 1978 on a ninety-acre ranch. Over the past thirty plus years, they have successfully graduated thousands of canine students. The staff are described as professionals, carefully selected for their dedication and commitment.

How to Get Started!

Prospective clients are encouraged to call to set up a tour appointment of the facility. For transportation services, clients should call for details and rates. Drop-in group sessions are by appointment only. At the end of a training program, owners are required to attend a cross-training workshop. Continued support is offered through lifelong Canine Tech Support via email and telephone communications.