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PD360 AssessmentYour dog's personalized starting point Dog BoardingOvernight stays with trained care Snake AvoidanceRattlesnake safety training GroomingLow-stress bath, brush-out & nailsFoundational
Foundation Camp14-night basics + manners DaySchoolDaily training + structured enrichment Private Lessons1-on-1 coaching for you + your dog Group ClassesWeekly skills in a social settingCurriculum
Grade-Level Curriculum8 grades from Pre-School Puppy to Dogtorate Training JourneyWhat progress looks like, week by week Our MethodologyHow we train and why it lastsFoundation Camp · Board & Train
Your puppy or young dog lives and trains with our team for 14 nights and comes home with the obedience and manners you have been trying to build for months. Then we teach you how to keep it. A $100 deposit holds your dog's spot.
Foundation Camp is Partners Dog School's 14-night board-and-train program for puppies and dogs who need reliable obedience and everyday manners. Your dog learns Heel, Sit, Down, Stay, Come, Place, and Watch through two-plus structured sessions a day, then a transition lesson and group classes hand the training off to you. It's the focused reset that replaces months of inconsistent progress at home.
Family-owned since 1997. 70,000+ dogs trained. 4.8 stars across 2,000+ reviews. Two Arizona campuses, Scottsdale and Cave Creek.
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WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE CAMP
You have watched the videos, tried the treats, and repeated the cues until you are blue in the face. The pulling, the jumping, the not-listening-the-second-it-matters: it wears you down. Foundation Camp takes the daily grind off your plate. Your dog lives and learns with our trainers for fourteen days and comes home with the obedience that finally makes ordinary life calm again, walks, guests, mealtimes, the front door.
THE RIGHT FIT
A great fit: puppies from 20 weeks and fully vaccinated, adolescents with more energy than manners, and adopted adults missing the basics.Schedule Your Free Call
Watching the budget? Pre-School Puppy classes are the lighter-budget start, and camp already includes group classes in its follow-up.See Pre-School Puppy
Reactivity, fear, or aggression? Behavior Camp's longer 21-night stay goes after the root cause; the most serious cases start with Transform Camp.Compare Behavior CampCompare Transform Camp
Cannot be away for two weeks? DaySchool builds the same skills while your dog sleeps at home.See DaySchool
WHAT IS INCLUDED
WATCH
What you will see in this 4-minute look inside camp:
Fourteen nights of structure, filmed the way it actually runs. By the end you will know exactly what your dog's two weeks look like.
A DAY AT CAMP
Foundation Camp is built for puppies, adolescents, and any dog that needs everyday manners reset. Your dog trains on the floor, rests in a comfortable kennel between sessions, and earns play time as a reward. It is structure and warmth, not a warehouse.
SEE FOR YOURSELF
Take a walk through the same training floors and boarding suites your dog will live in. Foundation Camp runs at both Arizona campuses: Scottsdale at 8642 E Shea Blvd in the Pima Crossings Center at Shea and the 101, and Cave Creek at 4640 E Forest Pleasant Pl, one block north of Lone Mountain and Cave Creek Road.
Our Scottsdale campus on Shea, and our Cave Creek desert campus.
WHY PARTNERS
28 years and 70,000+ dogs. Family-owned since 1997, with a century of combined experience on the team.
Balanced, fair, and consistent. Clear expectations and accountability, matched to your dog's temperament.
Every shape, size, and problem. The plan is tailored to the dog in front of us.
90% of the job is training you. Lasting change means handing you the skills, so family lessons are built in.
HOW IT WORKS
Assessment and check-in. We start with an introductory lesson at our Scottsdale or Cave Creek campus. You meet us and see how we train, we meet your dog, collect vaccination records and history, and lock in your goals so training stays consistent.
Training and weekly demos. Your dog works structured sessions every day with a pro trainer and practices calm in a crate on the training floor in between, what we call modeling, plus supervised play. Once a week you come in for a 30 to 60 minute demo so you can see the progress and start learning the handling.
Transition to you. The most important step. Over a private lesson and your Pet Parenting classes, we teach you to maintain every behavior we built, so the calm comes home and stays home.
THE OUTCOME
Fourteen nights of structure come home as calm: a dog that settles, listens, and walks like a partner.
Real families, real dogs
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WHAT IT COSTS
Foundation Camp covers the assessment, fourteen nights of daily training blocks, and the built-in follow-up school that makes the manners stick. The complete before, during, and after program is one transparent price: $3,509.
About $11 an hour of care and training, all in
$3,509
Go home with a dog you can actually live with, everyday manners that hold up without you managing every moment.
| Before camp: PD360 assessment + custom plan | included |
|---|---|
| During camp: 14 nights training + luxury suite | $2,170 |
| During camp: video demo + transition lesson | included |
| After camp: 16 DaySchool follow-up days | $899 |
| After camp: 8 Pet Parenting classes | $440 |
| Built-in savings vs buying separately | $1,747 |
| Your investment | $3,509 |
Reserving is simple: a $100 deposit holds your spot, 50% is due at check-in, and the balance is paid at pickup. A standard kennel option is available at our Cave Creek campus. And if we are not seeing trajectory after the first 30 days, we adjust the plan at no extra cost or issue store credit on the unused portion.
OUR COMMITMENT
Health and safety first. Vaccinations verified for every dog, pet CPR trained staff, and some of the strictest cleaning protocols in the valley.
You stay in the loop. Weekly demo sessions and progress updates so you always know how your dog is doing and what comes next.
Watched over around the clock. Low staff-to-dog ratios, overnight on-site staff in Scottsdale, and an owner living on the Cave Creek property.
We finish the job. The transition lessons and follow-up school are built in because our work is not done until the training is yours.
THE SMART MOVE
Pair Foundation Camp with a membership and the membership covers your follow-up school, 16 DaySchool Days, a $899 value, while your tier discount brings the camp itself down to as little as $1,669.
About $5 an hour of training time
$199/mo
Keep the progress going every week, without booking a single extra appointment.
About $50 a DaySchool day or $100 a DayCamp day with your plan. Extra days after your credits run out: $58.50 a DaySchool day or $103.50 a DayCamp day at your 10% member rate, vs $65 and $115 standard.
About $5 an hour of training time
$399/mo
Twice the reinforcement, so good habits stay the default, not the exception.
About $50 a DaySchool day or $100 a DayCamp day with your plan. Extra days after your credits run out: $52 a DaySchool day or $92 a DayCamp day at your 20% member rate, vs $65 and $115 standard.
About $5 an hour of training time
$599/mo
The most training time and the deepest discount, for dogs and families who want it all handled.
About $50 a DaySchool day or $100 a DayCamp day with your plan. Extra days after your credits run out: $45.50 a DaySchool day or $80.50 a DayCamp day at your 30% member rate, vs $65 and $115 standard.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
Five quick questions, two minutes, no commitment. You get the program plan built for your dog.
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Every essential obedience command: Heel, Sit, Down, Free, Stay, Come, Place, and Watch, plus loose-leash walking, polite greetings, and everyday manners.
Foundation Camp is $3,509, one transparent price for the full 14-night program. That price includes the board and train stay itself, about $155 a night of the total, a PD360 assessment and custom plan, 3.5 hours of private family lessons, 16 DaySchool reinforcement days, and 8 Pet Parenting classes. A $100 deposit holds your dog's spot, and members pay less through their plan.
Foundation Camp is a 14-night stay for puppies from 20 weeks (fully vaccinated), energetic adolescents, and adult dogs who need reliable obedience and everyday manners. Behavior Camp is a longer 21-night program that goes after the root cause of reactivity, fear, or aggression. If the main issue is pulling, jumping, and not listening, Foundation Camp is the fit. If your dog struggles with reactivity or aggression, start with Behavior Camp or Transform Camp.
Your dog works two or more structured training sessions across the day with a pro trainer, and practices calm in a crate on the training floor in between, which we call modeling. Repetition is what makes the obedience hold. Supervised play is earned as a reward, and your dog rests in a comfortable suite overnight. It is a full day of structure and warmth, not a kennel that sits idle between walks.
Yes. You get daily Pupdates with photos or video and a short note describing what your dog practiced and how they did. Once a week you also come in for a 30 to 60 minute demo so you can see the progress in person and start learning to handle the new behaviors yourself.
For most dogs, no. The structure itself is calming: a predictable routine, a trainer guiding every session, and a quiet suite to rest in makes the stay easier than an unstructured kennel. Building a settled off switch is part of the work. If your dog carries deeper separation anxiety, that shows up in the PD360 assessment first, and we build the plan around it rather than hoping the stay goes fine.
Camp does not end at pickup. Your dog goes home with a transition lesson so you can practice the cues, leash handling, and home routines under a trainer's eye. Over the following weeks you use the rest of your 3.5 hours of private coaching, 16 DaySchool days, and 8 Pet Parenting classes to lock the skills into real life. After any camp, Pet Parenting classes stay $10 for your dog's lifetime, so you always have a place to keep practicing.
