The Raja Private School for Dogs
Dog Training, Daycare & Boarding across the DMV. We come and get your dog.
- Daycare and boarding with training
- Pick up and drop included
- Behavior work and off-leash training
- Puppy foundations
- Onboarding your dog starts with an evaluation
$125 at your home, $50 at the farm. Your full evaluation payment is credited toward your first purchase.
2-minute evaluation quiz
For daycare and boarding, it helps us see whether the group routine is the right fit. For specialized training, it gives us a baseline for a custom plan.
Learn more about our evaluation5.0
23 Google reviews
10+
Years training dogs
1 hour
For the first evaluation
2 ways
At your home or at the farm
Why private school
Every dog is admitted, taught, and handed back with a plan.
Every dog is evaluated before it joins. Basic training is part of every daycare and boarding day. Dogs that need more get an individual track, and Michael shows the owner what changed and what to keep doing at home.
See how the training levels workThe van
You never drive to us.
We collect your dog from your door, work with it at the farm, and bring it home. Pickup and drop off are included in the rate.
“My pup Lucy absolutely melts with excitement as soon as she sees the doggy van pull up to whisk her away to the farm to play with her friends...”
Boarding and daycare
A full day at the farm, not a room to wait in.
Training is in every day here, at no extra cost. Pickup and drop off are in every rate below.
Daycare
A full day at the farm with training built in, and we collect.
Daycare with training
The same day, plus focused work on a plan built around your dog.
Overnight boarding
Your dog stays on the property, in the routine it already knows.
Boarding with training
A stay built around one training plan, adjusted as your dog responds.
The day
Your dog comes home tired and settled.
Open ground in the morning, a group that teaches, and somewhere calm to lie down when the running is done.
Outside is for play. Inside is for settling. That is the one most owners notice at home first.
A day here, hour by hourTraining
Every dog here is being trained. The level sets how much.
Basic comes with every boarding and daycare day. The other two add one on one time and a plan built around your dog.
Basic
IncludedIncluded with every daycare and boarding day.
Foundational
One-on-one sessions on top of the day.
Specialized
Built around one thing you name.
Behaviour Rehabilitation
Reactive, fearful and aggressive dogs.
Off Leash
Dogs that are reliable on leash and ready for more.
Where everyone starts
Not every dog is a fit. We find out first.
For daycare and boarding, we need to know whether the van, the group and the daily routine suit your dog. We also establish where your dog is now, what you want to improve, and whether regular care or specialized work is the right place to start.
Book my dog's evaluationIf you move forward with training, daycare, or boarding, your full evaluation payment is credited toward your first purchase.
Reviews
Mostly rescues. Mostly dogs that were hard work.
5.0 from 23 Google reviews
“He boarded and trained our 4 year old dog who had reactivity issues. We are amazed with how much progress he made with her in just one week. She now comes when we call and is able to play with other dogs!”
“We've taken our Shepard mix to Michael for just over two years and have seen a tremendous improvement. Our dog had been trained in the past in a way that exacerbated his timid nature and lack of confidence but Michael completely turned that around.”
The founder
Your dog comes home. The training has to come with it.
Michael Kelly has trained dogs for over ten years, most of it behaviour work. He shows you what he did and what to keep doing. At-home follow-up can be added after the program when it would help the result hold.
“Michael didn't just train our dog—he trained us to be the kind of owners our dog needed.”
Where we collect
Most of Montgomery County and Northern Virginia.
The farm is in Mt. Airy. Our clients mostly are not. Pick your town for pickup times and what we run there.
Questions
The things people ask before they book
- Do I have to start with an evaluation?
- Yes, every dog. For daycare and boarding, it checks whether the shared van and group setting suit your dog. It also gives us a baseline for any training you want to work on.
- What does the evaluation cost?
- $125 at your home, $50 at the farm. If you move forward with training, daycare, or boarding, your full evaluation payment is credited toward your first purchase.
- Do you really pick up and drop off?
- Yes. We collect your dog from your door and bring it home. Pickup and drop off are included in the daycare and boarding rates.
- Will you take an aggressive dog?
- Often, yes. Most of the dogs we work with are reactive, fearful or rescues. The evaluation decides it, not the label on the dog.
Start with the evaluation.
An hour with your dog, in your home or at the farm. You will know what it needs and whether we are the right people to do it.
$125 at your home, $50 at the farm. Your full evaluation payment is credited toward your first purchase.