Safe and positive interactions with people and other puppies sets your dog up for a lifetime of great behaviour at home and around the neighbourhood.  We focus heavily on your puppy learning to be calm and friendly around other dogs rather than over excitable, frustrated and inevitably out of control.  We also spend some time explaining how to appropriately habituate your puppy to new environments and experiences, however this can be further addressed in one-on-one consults if needed.

Our team are with you all the way.  Often our client’s also book an initial one-on-one, in-home consult to help them address their individual issues or questions in their puppies own environment.  Although this isn’t necessary, many clients find this to provide clarity and the continuity they are after.  Your private trainer is only a call, text or email away on an ongoing basis, if you have questions.  They will also be present at our classes on Sunday’s for the ongoing support.  Your class instructor will be available to help you with any questions or concerns you have, as will the several floating instructors in your class.  You have the option of booking additional in-home consults with your private trainer, or booking a private 45min session at Kew with any of our trainers, if needing additional help.  We also have an online Facebook group including our instructors and clients where you can share your training journey and to discuss your questions if needed.

Sit – teaching the puppy to stay in the sit for a period of time, while you move away and while distractions are happening around him.

Down – teaching the puppy to stay in a down for a period of time.

Manual handling – ensuring your puppy is comfortable with vet checks and being gently guided into a sit and stand position.

Recall – learning to come when called with some distraction and introducing various rewards for this.

Mat training – teaching your puppy to go to their bed and to calmly stay there.

Leave it – not to touch various items.

Social walking – building the time your puppy can nicely walk beside you, with increased distractions.

Heeling – learning the foundations of a formal heel.

Proper use of equipment and fitting alternative equipment if needed.

Introduction to positive reinforcement marker to communicate to your puppy when they have done the correct behaviour and earned a reward.

Focus and engagement exercises to build your puppies willingness to work and interact with you.

Socialisation exercises to develop your puppies social behaviour.

Tricks and Questions and Answers.

Sit – continue to build the duration, distance and distraction of the sit to build reliability.

Down – continue to build the duration, distance and distraction of the down to build reliability.

Stand – introduce teaching your puppy to ‘stand’ on command and stay here until released.

Recall – teaching your puppy to come back when called with distraction and when they are a distance away.

Formal recall – teach your puppy to sit nicely in front of you at the end of a recall.

Mat training – to learn to stay on their bed calmly when distractions are around. Handy to apply at home in various situations.

Leave it – proofing not to touch a variety of items.

Social walking – teaching your puppy to stay by your side and on a loose lead at all times.

Heeling – continuing to work on the foundations of heeling.

Socialisation exercises – continuing to build on your dog’s social skills.

Focus and engagement exercises to keep your dog pushing you for more!

Questions and answers.