THE DOG EXHAUSTER
Exercise + training + enrichment to the point of happy exhaustion | AUSTIN, TX
AUDREY & ADOLFO are a professional insured pair who have been working with dogs since 2009, offering intensive exercise, training, and boarding in our adventure school for high energy dogs.
———— SERVICES & RATES ————
Daycare
Adventure Pack
Let your dog spend the day running, exploring, and playing in a structured pack environment instead of traditional daycare. We rotate through trail hikes, leashed pack walks, and off-leash open play while reinforcing core obedience—come, sit, down, stay—even around major distractions.
Throughout the day, dogs practice healthy social skills: reading other dogs, setting boundaries, engaging in healthy play, and greeting new friends politely.
We also focus on threshold training, leash manners, and teaching dogs how to settle. Many high-energy pups don’t naturally know how to rest, so we help them recognize fatigue, disengage appropriately, and feel confident relaxing.
$55 per day
+ $45 per additional dog
(10% package discount for 2x/week daycare + 2x/month private training)
Overnight Boarding
Give your dog a true vacation. Dogs staying with us live like family in our cozy home. Every overnight guest joins the daily pack adventures included in daycare.
We maintain extremely consistent structure, reinforcing great behavior and eliminating annoying habits.
$75 per night (for our daycare regulars)
+ $65 per additional dog
Training
PRIVATE TRAINING
(In Your Home)
Focused, individualized sessions to help you and your dog build better communication, manners, and problem-solving skills right where it matters most — at home.
$90 per hour
(10% package discount for 2x/week daycare + 2x/month private training)
BOARD & TRAIN BOOT CAMP
Intensive training designed for dogs who need foundational work before joining Adventure Daycare, or for owners looking to jump-start their dog’s manners, behavior, or social skills.
All programs include follow-up training in your home so that your family can keep up your dog’s new great habits.
—— Transformation: $160/night
For dogs needing deeper behavioral work and problem-solving, or new puppies building good habits from the start:
• Crate training
• Potty training
• Sleeping through the night
• Separation anxiety
• Excessive whining or barking
• Destructive tendencies
• Aggression or reactivity
• Behaviors that interfere with a safe, peaceful home environment or ability to sleep through the night
—— Foundation: $120/night
For dogs needing essential obedience + social manners:
• Loose-leash walking & heel
• Obedience foundations: sit, down, stay, place
• Off-leash recall
• E-collar training
• Safe, respectful dog-dog interactions
• Threshold training
Not sure which tier is right for your dog? Reach out and we’ll help you find the best fit with a free Meet N Greet assessment.
———— OUR PHILOSOPHY ————
We care about dogs feeling safe in a confusing human world. That means confidence first. A dog who understands their own body, like when they’re overstimulated, when they need to rest, when to advocate for themselves and when to defer to their human. A dog who can watch the world go by without feeling entitled to engage with every piece of it. They don’t get to greet every dog, every stranger, every squirrel. But through healthy pack dynamics, they learn consent and boundaries — in both directions — and trust that their pack has their back. They can relax at the park, sit with you at a cafe, decompress at home. That’s the goal.
We also believe a truly enriched dog has healthy outlets for their natural instincts, whether they’re a hunting breed with a high prey drive, a herding dog that needs to chase and track movement, or a high drive working breed that needs real challenge. A tired dog is a happy dog, but exhaustion alone isn’t the goal. Full enrichment and excellent behavior is.
We treat the leash as a communication tool, not just a tether. We work with a variety of tools like crates, slip leads, prong collars, and e-collars. We’re firmly against treat bribery. We’re equally against punishment or inflicting pain. We believe in structure, natural consequences, and clear communication.
We don’t subscribe to any single training methodology. We don’t label ourselves with dominance theory, R+ positive reinforcement only, or balanced training. They are limiting frameworks that fail to address the full complexity of a dog’s psychology. Every dog is different. Every family is different.
Our training approach is more like a meditation practice than a curriculum. It requires presence, consistency, discipline, and real relationship between dog and handler.