Doggy Bootcamp Victoria - Alpha Boarding School For Dogs

Training over 10,000 dogs over the last 25 years, Alpha Boarding School For Dogs takes a practical, relevant, and realistic approach to address a wide range of canine needs, from small problems to aggression.

If you’re dealing with a disobedient pet, we go beyond food-reward methods and support even the most challenging canine behaviours into effective outcomes through expert training techniques. Explore our training programs and give us a call..

The trainers here are working boarding school dogs within close proximity to their own dogs who are all in off lead drop stay. These boarding school dogs all began their courses with different behaviours issues & goals. Ranging from fear based aggression, anxiety around new people and dogs, aggressive behaviour towards other dogs on lead, to over excitement and uncontrollable behaviour when there was something more interesting to do than listen to their owners.

Boarding School for Dogs (Also Called Doggy Bootcamp) in Victoria: Comprehensive Training Solutions

Do you want your dog learning to learn and learning to listen under distraction? From aggression and anxiety to poor recall and excessive barking at night, we help you with these undesirable behaviours.

Whether you’re looking for a dog boarding school–also called doggy bootcamp–for Ballarat, Bendigo, or Geelong dog owners, we give you a calm environment that facilitates effective learning outcomes.

In our purpose built manners room – learning to wait for an invitation though a doorway

“Every interaction with your dog is important so the methods used to teach them must be practical, positive and relevant to all real-life scenarios”.

Boarding School for Dogs (Also Called Doggy Bootcamp!): Why Enrol Your Dog?

How does our boarding school for dogs in Victoria make sure that your dog will be safe, happy, and well-cared for? Here is why you can trust us with your dog:

Personalised Training Programs: Each canine participant is assessed and given a tailored training regime that addresses specific behavioural issues. Our methods work and help with the prevention or rehabilitation of serious canine behavioural problems.
Expert Trainers: Our trainers have decades of cumulative experience in canine behaviour and training techniques suited for real-life scenarios.
Faceted Learning Approach: Utilising various proven methods like the Pattern Learning Training Method and Canine Cognitive Tonal Conditioning, we cater to different learning styles.

These dogs are waiting to be invited through the gate. Once individually invited they come through on command.

We train your dogs to be responsive and reliable under realistic distraction and then demonstrate their new skills and good behaviour in your scheduled three hour handback session!

All training is practical and effective and you will learn to train your dog using relevant methods that actually work, hands-on and in real-time.

We will teach you practical skillsets that we will clearly demonstrate to be relevant to any behavioural issues affecting your dog. It is these skills that will allow you to teach your dog to learn to learn and to learn to listen to you at home, not to just us here at the training kennels.

This dog is working on her off lead manners and obedience in our manners room – under the distraction of one of our resident Kitty Cats Jensen.

These dogs live in an apartment so their owner is using boundary training to assist with safely traveling in the elevator.

This dog is learning self control & overall manners around food on a coffee table.

Dogs of all ages can learn not to barge out an open gate – in this picture the Beagle is 3 months old, the Kelpie is 1 year old and the Rottweiler at 10 years old.

The trainers dogs are waiting at the gate for their turn to be invited through. They help the trainers throughout the day teach the other dogs to listen under distraction.

Alpha Boarding School for Dogs: Advanced Rehabilitation Training Methods

Techniques such as the Canine Good Behaviour Shaping and the Precedential Learning Principle are integral parts of our strategy. These methods help establish a foundation for good behaviour by reinforcing effective behaviours in multiple contexts.

Our focus on cognitive tonal conditioning helps dogs adjust their responses to commands under different levels of distraction—a critical skill for every pet. We maintain an emphasis on creating learning experiences that mirror real-life situations.

Boarding School for Dogs (Also Called Doggy Bootcamp) in Victoria: Enrol Today!

Whether you’re dealing with disobedience, aggression, or wish to refine your dog’s manners, our “doggy bootcamp” for Victorian pet owners helps you with dedicated programs and comprehensive support.

Call (03) 8756 8900 (option 2) to see improvements in your dogs’ behaviour and obedience, ask questions, or request pricing. We’re always happy to discuss your dog’s issues over the phone!

Thank you for visiting, please take the time to read all the information on this site, it is part of the overall process of openness that we use to educate owners as to how and why our service can help you with your dog’s specific problems.

This dog is demonstrating calm controlled behaviour and manners under high distraction of both the cat wandering past and the child having a meal nearby.

She is also demonstrating a calm wait for permission to enter the lounge area (internal house boundary) without the need for a commonly used “baby gate” room divider.

This dog is also demonstrating calm controlled behaviour inside the home whilst the baby is playing nearby.