Structured
DAYCARE
Dog Daycare is a structured, low-stress experience designed to support your dog’s emotional balance, confidence, and overall well-being throughout the day. Through calm guidance, intentional enrichment, and balanced social interaction, we help each dog develop stability, better behaviour, and a more relaxed state of mind.
This daycare is perfect for owners who want more than just supervision, they want their dog to be supported, understood, and guided in a consistent environment that reinforces positive behaviour and healthy routines. Small group sizes ensure individualized care, with a focus on quality attention, structure, and daily progress.
Day Train
Program
Day Train is a focused, relationship-centered program designed to create lasting behavioural change.
Over four structured days, we guide your dog to develop calm confidence, impulse control, and reliable manners through rewards-based methods, clear communication, and calm leadership.
Each session strengthens understanding between dog and handler, helping your dog learn how to make thoughtful choices and respond consistently, building skills that endure long after the program ends.
LEASH CAMP
program
2-Day Leash Camp is designed to reset your dog’s relationship with the leash and build clear, calm communication. Drop your dog off for two focused training days and pick them up with practical, real-world progress you can feel right away.āØāØWe focus on loose leash walking, engagement around distractions, impulse control, and teaching your dog how to regulate their emotions outside the home.
This isn’t just about “not pulling”, it’s about creating a dog who can move through the world with you in a calm, connected way.āØāØThis program is perfect for owners who want fast, targeted results without committing to a longer stay, while still gaining the skills to continue the work at home.
3 day
Board & Train
The 3-Day Board & Train is a focused training stay designed to build foundational skills, strengthen engagement, and create a clearer connection between you and your dog.
Over three structured days, we work on obedience, leash skills, place, impulse control, engagement, calm behaviour, and everyday manners while introducing your dog to appropriate distractions and new environments.
This program is a great starting point for building better communication and creating a foundation you can continue developing together at home.
5 day
Board & Train
The 5-Day Board & Train is a comprehensive training stay designed to build consistency, strengthen foundational skills, and give your dog more time to work through challenges such as reactivity, anxiety, overexcitement, and difficulty settling.
Over five structured days, we build on obedience, leash skills, recall foundations, impulse control, engagement, and calm behaviour while gradually increasing distractions and practising skills in different environments.
With additional time for repetition and reinforcement, this program helps create more reliable habits, clearer communication, and practical skills that can carry into everyday life at home.
7day
Board & Train
The 7-Day Board & Train is our most comprehensive training stay, giving your dog additional time to build skills, work through challenges, and develop greater consistency across different environments and distractions.
Over seven structured days, we build on foundational obedience, leash skills, recall, impulse control, engagement, calm behaviour, reactivity, anxiety, confidence, and everyday manners while providing repeated opportunities to practise and reinforce new skills.
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More time means more opportunities for learning, repetition, and consistency. The goal is to help your dog develop skills that can continue to be supported and strengthened long after they return home.
ALPINE K9 Programs
Every dog learns differently, and every relationship deserves the right start. At Alpine K9, each program is designed to meet your dog where they are, then guide them forward with clarity, calm, and purpose. Led by Grayson Butler, my approach is grounded in structure, consistency, and real-life application, building dogs that can think, respond, and settle with confidence in everyday environments. Each program is intentionally built to support both dog and owner, creating clear communication, strengthening trust, and developing habits that carry into everyday life.
Day Train
Ideal for puppies, young dogs, or owners looking to refine foundational skills.
My Day Train program is designed to build strong habits and clear communication through focused, structured training. You drop your dog off for the day, and I work through targeted sessions that support leash manners, focus, impulse control, and foundational obedience, while also helping your dog learn to stay calm through real-life distractions.
This program offers a consistent, supportive training rhythm without overnight stays, giving your dog the opportunity to learn, practice, and progress in a structured environment, while I guide both of you toward clear communication and lasting results.
DayCare
Ideal for owners who want peace of mind knowing their pup is safe, calm, and progressing in a structured, supportive environment.
The daycare at Alpine K9 is a balanced, enriching space led by Grayson Butler, Certified Trainer and owner. I’ve designed this environment around structure, calm energy, and intentional care, guiding dogs through training-based games, enrichment activities, healthy socialization, and nervous system regulation to support overall well-being, not just physical exercise.
I keep groups small and focused, with a maximum of five dogs, so I can provide individualized attention, personalized care, and consistent reinforcement for every dog in my care.
Leash Camp
Ideal for dogs who struggle on leash, pull, react, or get easily overstimulated on walks.
My 2-Day Leash Camp is designed to reset your dog’s relationship with the leash and build clear, calm communication. You drop your dog off for two focused training days and pick them up with practical, real-world progress you can feel right away.
I focus on loose leash walking, engagement around distractions, impulse control, and teaching your dog how to regulate their emotions outside the home. This isn’t just about “not pulling”, it’s about building a dog who can move through the world with you in a calm, connected way.
This program is perfect for owners who want fast, targeted results without committing to a longer stay, while still gaining the skills to continue the work at home.
Puppy Foundations
Ideal for puppies who need a strong start with confidence, engagement, foundational skills, and the everyday habits that support success as they grow.
My Puppy Foundations program is designed to give your puppy a strong foundation through structured, age-appropriate training. Over four full training days, I focus on engagement, foundational obedience, confidence-building, socialization, environmental exposure, and essential life skills.
I focus on building focus, communication, and emotional regulation through training games, enrichment, and structured rest. You’ll also receive progress updates and personalized homework to help carry your puppy’s learning into everyday life.
BOARD & TRAIN PROGRAMS
Ideal for dogs who benefit from dedicated training, structure, and consistency, and for owners looking for focused support while their dog stays in a comfortable home away from home.
My Board & Train programs (3, 5 or 7 day) are designed to give your dog focused training throughout their stay, with each program tailored to their individual needs, behaviour, and training goals. Whether you’re working on leash skills, engagement, impulse control, foundational obedience, recall, everyday manners, or more complex challenges like reactivity, anxiety, or overstimulation, I build the training around what your dog needs.
With dedicated time, structure, and repetition built into their stay, your dog gets the opportunity to learn without the distractions of everyday life. They return home with new experiences, stronger foundations, and a clearer path forward for you to continue building on together.
1:1 Training
Ideal for dogs of all ages who need personalized support with behaviour, communication, and real-life skills, and for owners who want clear, hands-on guidance tailored to their specific goals.
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My 1:1 private training sessions are designed to meet you and your dog exactly where you’re at. Each session is fully customized, whether you’re working on leash manners, focus and engagement, impulse control, foundational obedience, or more complex challenges like reactivity or overstimulation.
I focus on building clarity, consistency, and practical handling skills that carry into everyday life, not just during training. This is structured, one-on-one coaching where I guide you in how to communicate effectively with your dog, creating lasting progress, stronger connection, and more confident handling moving forward.
