Puppy Basics - 6 Week Course

Our Puppy Training course is designed to help you understand your puppy and build the foundations for the dog you want to live with in the future.

Puppies can join us from around 12 weeks old once they have completed the vaccinations required for attending class.

What really lights your puppy up?

Understanding what motivates your individual puppy makes training clearer, easier and much more enjoyable.

Across the course we work on practical foundations including:

• Recall

• Loose-lead walking

• Focus and engagement

• Sit and down

• Waiting

• Calmness

• Confidence

• Learning to cope with distractions

• Play and motivation

We also help with the normal challenges of puppyhood, including:

• Puppy biting

• Jumping up

• Frustration

• Overexcitement

• Difficulty settling

• Building confidence in the world

You will learn different ways of teaching your puppy, including luring, capturing and shaping behaviours, as well as how to use rewards effectively.

We use lots of concept games throughout the course. These help develop some of the underlying skills puppies need, including confidence, focus, calmness, self-control and the ability to disengage from distractions.

Our puppy classes are friendly, supportive and non-judgmental. Class sizes are kept small, with a maximum of six puppies, so you and your puppy can receive individual help throughout the course.

Support Between Sessions

Every course has its own WhatsApp group, which you can opt in to join. This gives you access to your trainer and assistant between sessions for additional support.

You can use the group to ask questions, share any difficulties you are having with homework and let us know how you are getting on. We also use it to share useful video content and additional guidance to support your training at home.