The Raja Private School for DogsThe Raja Private School for Dogs - Dog Training, Daycare & Boarding

Bethesda, MD

Dog training in Bethesda, with pickup.

Raja collects your dog in Bethesda and trains at the Mt. Airy farm. Start with an evaluation.

Dogs at The Raja's property in Mt. Airy, Maryland
Raja dogs at the Mt. Airy property. This photo was not taken in Bethesda.

The training choice

Choose the right training path for your dog.

Basic training is included with every daycare and boarding day. If your dog needs more individual time, focused work can be added to daycare or boarding.

Everyday skills and reliability

Work can cover recall, loose-leash walking, place, waiting at doors, greeting without jumping, and staying responsive around distractions.See the three training levels

A specific behavior problem

Fear, reactivity, guarding, separation problems, or a dog that cannot settle need a plan built around the real behavior.See how behavior rehabilitation works

Bethesda pickup

Pickup from your Bethesda door.

Raja provides door-to-door pickup and drop-off in Bethesda. Regular daily collection has a 78-minute one-way planning ceiling. General pickup has an approximately 90-minute one-way ceiling. Neither is a promised travel time.

How pickup and drop-off work

Care with focused work

Compare a training day with an overnight stay built around the same individual plan.

Compare daycare with training and boarding with trainingBoarding and care pickup in Bethesda

Training in Bethesda

Bethesda asks for calm in close quarters.

Chevy Chase, Edgemoor, Kenwood, Wyngate, and North Bethesda mix busy sidewalks, trails, visitors, and frequent close passes with other dogs. Good behavior has to work while life keeps moving around it.

Loose-leash walking, waiting at doors, settling in public, and ignoring a dog across the pavement are not showpiece skills here. They are what make the ordinary day easier. The plan begins with the part of that day your dog cannot handle yet.

Where we collect

Chevy Chase, Edgemoor, Kenwood, Wyngate, North Bethesda, and the rest of Bethesda.

What the work can cover

From a first foundation to harder behavior work.

Puppies and foundations

House manners, crate comfort, leash walking, recall, confidence, and a calmer start around people and dogs.See puppy training

Off-leash reliability

Recall is built in steps, with the environment made harder only after the response is ready.See off-leash training

What owners say

Training that comes home with the owner.

“Michael didn't just train our dog—he trained us to be the kind of owners our dog needed.”
Jung, Google review
“They also gave me techniques to use should they crop up again.”
Alex Brandon, Google review
Read all Raja reviews

Questions

Bethesda dog training questions.

Does Raja K9 have a Bethesda branch?
No. Raja has no branch, office, or street address in Bethesda. Training happens at the Mt. Airy farm.
Does Raja pick up dogs in Bethesda?
Yes. Raja provides pickup and drop-off in Bethesda.
Can Raja work with reactive or fearful dogs?
Yes. Raja often works with fearful, reactive, aggressive, and rescue dogs.
What does focused training cost?
Focused work is priced after the evaluation. Confirmed care-with-training prices are listed with the boarding options.
What happens first?
Every dog starts with an evaluation. You leave knowing whether Raja's services fit your dog and what should happen next before pickup, group care, a stay, or training begins.

Leave the evaluation knowing what comes next.

Your evaluation gives you the recommended starting plan, the price for focused work when needed, and the collection plan. No result, training timeline, availability, pickup slot, or travel time is promised in advance.

Book an evaluation

Prefer to ask first? Call (347) 322-3607

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