Puppy School – The first stage in your puppy’s development

Indoor classes where puppies learn all their foundation exercises and advice for owners about all aspects of puppy care.

This is a 6 week course for puppies under the age of 20 weeks. Puppies can join the course as soon as they have had their full set of vaccinations.

Advice is given on topics ranging from toilet training, mouthing and chewing, play biting, dental care, maintaining good health, handling and grooming, crate training, car travel, home alone and separation problems, identification disks, lost dogs and the law and importance of playing games with your puppy.

For 6 weeks puppies and owners concentrate on learning the following foundation exercises:-

• Come when called
• Sit, lie down, stand on command
• Walk on a loose lead without pulling
• Accept handling (including for vets and groomers)
• Wait
• 'Settle'
• 'Leave when asked
• Accept people near to food bowls, bones and chews
• Be sociable with humans and other puppies whilst on lead
• Greet people without jumping up

The puppy training exercises gradually progress from easy to more complex, building up your puppy's understanding and reliability each week.

Puppy Play – Although we will make every effort to allow your puppy to play with other suitable puppies that are in the class for short periods of time, we cannot guarantee the right mix of puppies on every course for this to be done safely. Consequently puppy play may not occur in every class.

This course will give you all the information and practical foundation skills you need to ensure your puppy is off to the best possible start in life.

Whilst Puppies can attend the course up to 20 weeks of age at the start of the course we recommend puppies start their training as soon as they are fully vaccinated.