Does Raja K9 have a Sterling branch?

No. Raja has no branch, office, or street address in Sterling. Training happens at the Mt. Airy farm.

Does Raja pick up dogs in Sterling?

Yes. Raja provides pickup and drop-off in Sterling.

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.

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.

Sterling, VA

Dog training in Sterling, with pickup.

Raja collects your dog in Sterling 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 Sterling.

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

Sterling pickup

Pickup from your Sterling door.

Raja provides door-to-door pickup and drop-off in Sterling. 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 training Boarding and care pickup in Sterling

Training in Sterling

A long walk does not teach a dog how to handle company.

Sterling has river trails and large parks, but no official off-leash dog park inside the community. Many dogs here are exercised well and still have little structured practice around other dogs.

That gap shows up differently from a simple energy problem. A dog may walk for miles through Cascades or Potomac Falls and still bark, pull, freeze, or lose its owner the moment another dog gets close. Training adds structure around the exercise you are already doing.

Where we collect

Cascades, Potomac Lakes, Lowes Island, Countryside, Potomac Falls, and the rest of Sterling.

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

Sterling dog training questions.

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