Yes. Beaufort is an established service area for us and we train dogs from Lady’s Island, Port Royal, Habersham, Dataw, Cat Island and the base communities at Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort. Training happens at our 20-acre academy in Dorchester, SC, and your dog lives on campus for the length of the program.

Beaufort sits outside our complimentary pickup area, so it works one of two ways and you pick on the discovery call. We can quote you transport and handle the drive both directions, or you can bring your dog out yourself. A lot of Beaufort families choose to drive out once, walk the 20 acres, meet the staff, and hand over the leash in person. Either way the cost is settled before you commit — there is no surprise on the invoice.

Yes, and it is a large part of why Beaufort families call us. Deployments, TDY and PCS windows are exactly the situations where Board & Train earns its keep — the dog comes back to you with structure already installed instead of absorbing the stress of the move. Bring your timeline to the discovery call and we will build the schedule around it rather than the other way around.

Yes. Historic downtown Beaufort is a genuinely hard environment for an untrained dog — narrow sidewalks, restaurant patios, tourists, other dogs at close quarters, no room to create distance when something goes wrong. We teach social neutrality, which means your dog stops treating every passing person and dog as an event. Then we proof it under pressure so it holds on Bay Street and at Waterfront Park, not just in your yard.

That is the off-leash conversation, and it is one of the most common goals we get from Beaufort. Reliable recall is not a trick — it is a relationship plus a lot of proofing against real distraction. We build engagement first, then obedience, then we test it against wildlife, other dogs, bikes and open space until it holds. That is what makes a trail or a beach enjoyable instead of stressful.

Six weeks is our standard and what we recommend for most dogs. Four-week and custom lengths are available when the dog and your goals call for it. We do not run two-week programs. Under four weeks there is rarely enough time to build reliability that survives contact with real life, and we would rather tell you that now than hand you back a dog that regresses in a month.

Board & Train starts at $4,726. Private coaching is $400 per session. Transport from Beaufort is quoted separately since you are outside the complimentary pickup area. Financing is available and we will walk you through it on the call.

Yes. Behavior modification for aggression, severe reactivity, fear-based responses and anxiety is a large share of what we do, and a fair number of our dogs arrive after another trainer turned them down. Be straight with us about bite history on the call so we can scope the program honestly.

Your puppy needs to have finished the vaccination series, which usually lands around 16 to 17 weeks. There is no upper age limit — we have turned around plenty of eight- and nine-year-old dogs.

You get a turnover session where we put the leash in your hands and walk you through the entire system — what to say, when to say it, and what to do when your dog tests you on day three. Qualifying programs include lifetime support and alumni group classes. We do not hand you a trained dog and vanish.

Yes, and graduates get priority. Your dog already knows the campus, the staff and the routine, which is a meaningfully different experience from a boarding kennel they have never seen. For Beaufort families facing a deployment or a long trip, that matters more than it sounds.

All of it — downtown Beaufort, Lady’s Island, Port Royal, Habersham, Cat Island, Dataw Island, Battery Creek, Burton, Shell Point, and the housing communities serving Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort.