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

Columbia, MD

Dog training in Columbia, with pickup.

Raja collects your dog in Columbia 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 Columbia.

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

Columbia pickup

Pickup from your Columbia door.

Raja provides door-to-door pickup and drop-off in Columbia. 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 Columbia

Training in Columbia

A walk through the village is its own training test.

Columbia's villages give dogs different everyday routes through neighborhoods and gathering places. A dog from Wilde Lake or Town Center may need calm leash work where people and dogs pass close by, while a dog from River Hill may need that same response to hold up farther from home.

Columbia DogPark offers a separate place for off-leash time, with its own access rules. The training question is what happens before and after the park: can your dog walk past another dog, return when called, and settle when the outing is over? The evaluation starts with the part of that routine that is difficult now.

Where we collect

Wilde Lake, Harper's Choice, Oakland Mills, Long Reach, River Hill, Town Center, and the rest of Columbia.

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

Columbia dog training questions.

Does Raja K9 have a Columbia branch?
No. Raja has no branch, office, or street address in Columbia. Training happens at the Mt. Airy farm.
Does Raja pick up dogs in Columbia?
Yes. Raja provides pickup and drop-off in Columbia.
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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