What it costs
A luxury suite at Partners Dogs in Scottsdale or Cave Creek has a three-night minimum, so a five-night trip is priced as five full nights before anything else is added, and a full week runs that same rate times seven. A bath and brush or a day of DaySchool training on top of that push the total higher than the nightly rate alone suggests, and the pricing page carries today's exact numbers for both. For one calm, house-trained dog on a short trip, a three-night stay with no add-ons is the simplest plan and the lowest total.
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Three tabs open, three different answers: one site quotes a nightly rate, one quotes a flat weekly package, and one just wants a phone call before it tells you anything. None of that helps if you are trying to work out what a five to ten night stay costs before your flight leaves. This piece uses the current, live numbers for boarding in Scottsdale and Cave Creek, shows the total stay math most quotes skip, and says plainly when a short stay with no add-ons is all your dog needs.
The dog boarding cost in Scottsdale and Cave Creek is a flat nightly rate for a private, climate-controlled luxury suite, with a three-night minimum stay; see the pricing page for today's rate. That rate covers daily rotations, feeding and medications on your dog's schedule, wellness checks, and photo updates so you are not guessing what your dog's day looked like while you were gone. It is a glass-and-stainless-steel suite, not a stacked kennel run, and it is staffed by professional dog trainers rather than kennel attendants.
Dogs with a bite history or other special needs board under senior-instructor care at a higher nightly rate, one that reflects the extra supervision, not a markup for the sake of one. Check the pricing page for that rate if your dog has been turned away from a standard kennel before.
A nightly rate by itself does not tell you what a trip costs. The math that matters is nights times the current rate, plus whatever add-ons you book, and that second part is where most quotes go quiet. Here is how the pieces stack for the length of stay most travelers are pricing out; the pricing page carries the exact nightly rate and add-on costs:
| Length of stay | Suite only | + one bath and brush | + daily DaySchool add-on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 nights (the minimum) | 3 nights at the nightly rate | + one bath and brush, added once | + DaySchool, added for each of the 3 days |
| 5 nights | 5 nights at the nightly rate | + one bath and brush, added once | + DaySchool, added for each of the 5 days |
| 7 nights (one week) | 7 nights at the nightly rate | + one bath and brush, added once | + DaySchool, added for each of the 7 days |
| 10 nights | 10 nights at the nightly rate | + one bath and brush, added once | + DaySchool, added for each of the 10 days |
The one-week row is marked because it is the length most families book, and it shows the full spread: a plain suite stay for a week is priced at the nightly rate alone, and the same week with a bath at pickup and training every single day costs meaningfully more. Neither number is wrong. They are just different products, and a quote that only states the nightly rate is simply leaving out which one you are buying.
Every add-on to a boarding stay is optional and priced separately. None of it is bundled into the nightly rate, including the exit bath, so budget for it on purpose instead of assuming it is included. Here is what is on offer, and who it is worth it for:
A Scottsdale reviewer summed up the value of stacking add-ons this way: It gives us peace of mind knowing they are very well taken care of and stimulated while they are there.
Patty M., Scottsdale Families who board several times a year sometimes come out ahead on a membership plan instead of paying add-ons one stay at a time, since membership tiers include a member discount of 10 to 30 percent on boarding, grooming, and add-ons. That math only works if you board often enough to use it, so run your own numbers before assuming it is a savings.
Here is how to keep the cost small, stated plainly instead of buried: for one calm, house-trained dog on a short trip, a three-night stay in a standard suite with no add-ons is the simplest plan and the lowest total. A dog who does not need training and does not get anxious alone does not need the senior-instructor rate or the DaySchool add-on. The nightly rate covers daily rotations, feeding and medications on your dog's schedule, wellness checks, and photo updates; the pricing page carries the current number.
The calculation changes for a different dog. A dog with separation anxiety or reactivity around strangers needs more structure and company than a bare suite stay provides, which is where a PD360 Assessment and DaySchool days help. One Cave Creek family boarded both of their dogs for that reason, one dog-reactive and the other insecure around unfamiliar people, because both needed more supervision:
"We rarely board our dogs but use a sitter that stays at our home."
Ramona V., Cave Creek
Adding DaySchool to a boarding stay is not the same thing as a board-and-train program built to change a specific behavior. That is a different service at a different price point, and it is a mistake to compare the two on cost alone; one adds structured days to a stay you were already paying for, the other is a dedicated behavior program from the ground up. The boarding-guest DaySchool add-on, priced below the drop-in rate, pays for itself fastest for a dog that is already mid-training and just needs the routine to keep going while you travel, rather than a dog starting from zero.
One Scottsdale reviewer described the value this way: They gave me great peace of mind while I was away.
Craig M., Scottsdale That is the actual return on the add-on for a dog in an active training plan: less backsliding at pickup, not a finished, fully trained dog. For a dog with no active training goal, skip the add-on and let the stay be what it is, rest.
The three-night minimum exists for a reason beyond pricing: it gives a dog enough time to settle into a routine instead of spending the whole visit unsettled by a new place. Booking a shorter stay to save money is simply not offered, so plan trips of at least three nights if boarding is the plan.
Holiday timing changes the price you pay in a different way. Thanksgiving and Christmas stays fill up months ahead at both the Scottsdale and Cave Creek campuses, and booking late does not mean paying a higher rate, it means risking no suite at all and scrambling for a worse, more expensive option elsewhere. On the other end, every reservation requires a deposit, and the deposit applies in full to your stay. If you need to reschedule, that deposit becomes store credit on your account rather than a cash refund. Plan around that if your travel dates are still soft; the deposit amount is on the pricing page.
Prices shown reflect 2026 rates and can change; see the current pricing page for today's numbers.
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Partners Dogs carries a 4.8-star average across more than 2,000 reviews, a track record built one stay at a time rather than one ad at a time, which is part of why families keep coming back with the same dog for years running. We are not the cheapest boarding option in the Valley, and we are not trying to be one; every dollar goes toward real supervision from professional trainers, not a markup for its own sake.
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Boarding is priced per night for a private luxury suite at either the Scottsdale or Cave Creek campus, with a three-night minimum stay; see the pricing page for the current rate. That rate covers feeding, medications, wellness checks, and daily photo updates. Add-ons like DaySchool and a bath and brush are priced separately.
Yes, three nights. That minimum gives a dog enough time to settle into the daily rhythm of the campus, rather than spending a short visit unsettled by a new place.
Three optional add-ons: a bath and brush, the DaySchool boarding-guest add-on, and a private training session. None of these are included in the nightly rate, so a week with the bath and daily training added costs noticeably more than a plain suite stay; see the pricing page for the exact numbers.
For a calm, house-trained dog on a short trip, a three-night stay in a standard suite with no add-ons is the simplest plan, and the pricing page carries the current rate. The picture changes for a dog with separation anxiety, reactivity, or a bite history. That dog may need DaySchool days, senior-instructor care, or a PD360 Assessment, and the total rises.
Yes. Dogs with a bite history or other special needs board under senior-instructor care at a higher nightly rate than the standard suite, so dogs most standard kennels turn away still have a safe, supervised place to stay. See the pricing page for both rates.
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