Our puppy classes are designed to provide the maximum amount of socialisation time with the other dogs and people present. This is essential for the future of your puppy. In the class you as a puppy owner will learn all of the skills needed to train your pup to: sit, down, stand, how to hold a lead and walk your puppy correctly, walk to heel on and off the lead, and most importantly, to come back to you. I must admit that I find the puppy classes the most fun. Most puppies arrive without bad habits and leave at the end of the course socialised, trained and giving their owners even more pleasure than they did already.

 

Sit.
Stand.
Down.
Sit-down-sit. (Puppy push-ups)
Sit-down-sit-stand-sit.
Visual signals for these obedience positions.
How to hold a lead.
How to walk a puppy correctly.
How to do a daily check of your puppy.
Re-call. The most important exercise that you and your puppy will learn.
Multi handling of the puppies. Being handled by the other course members-this ensures that as and when this takes place by a vet or practise nurse, that your puppy is familiar with being handled by others.
Many aspects of puppy welfare and general care, i.e. biting, chewing, housetraining etc.
Lots of socialisation with other puppies; in order to learn bit inhibition, as well as other course attendees.
Fun games and other mentally stimulating exercises.



In addition to the basic course, I do provide a home visit service as part of a puppy course. The home visit lasts about 1 ½ hours and allows for the resolution of challenges that sometimes occur with a new puppy such as:
Puppy nipping.
Chewing.
Housetraining.
Feeding.
Helping your puppy to settle in general.
Basic obedience skills.
Children and pups. (If applicable).
 
I strongly advocate that everyone with a new puppy undertake a good obedience and socialisation programme; however, I am aware that sometimes time constraints do not always allow for this, so alternatively if you are unable to attend a course, please contact us to arrange an individual home visit.

My approach to training is that of absolute positive re-enforcement and reward for the right thing. I do not believe in compelling a puppy to do something. It will respond far more readily and with a huge amount of eagerness, if it knows that there is going to be a positive result for it, such as food/treat, voice or contact praise, ideally all three.
I aim to teach the attendees to be able to teach their own puppies the following skills, amongst others: