PUPPY CLASSES - under 20 weeks

For the last 8 years we have been training puppies in the local area.  With the global pandemic the last 2 years have been a challenge but taught us a lot – online classes worked to help owners get a head start with their training before we met in person.

We found that puppies had grasped the basics much more easily whilst being taught at home with fewer distractions, owners already had much more control when they joined the class and puppies were more interested in learning than doing their own thing. But we still needed to meet up in a class situation to put these new skills into practise and introduce the new distractions of other puppy’s and how to socialise correctly.

This year, we are now offering the ‘best of both’!  Our new course starts off with remote home learning, we can also start teaching puppies early, as soon as you get them home the training can begin,  (around 8.5 weeks of age is perfect).  This sets you up to succeed, in avoiding common pitfalls or just muddling through waiting for classes to start.

During weeks 1-3,  we cover everything from the first few weeks and settling them in to toileting training, learning to settle, to be alone, how to create a suitable routine with lots of rest and sleeping at night. We will discuss how dogs learn and how to expose them to new experiences for a positive outcome, we will introduce the collar or harness and lead, grooming tools and safe play.

By the time the practical classroom sessions come round your pup has the foundation learning in place to really hit the ground running.  Then, during weeks 4-6 you will be ready to train useful behaviours such as walking on lead, coming when called, sit, down, stay, leave it, drop and bed, all whilst learning appropriate social skills around others.

Our six week puppy course is available either online via Zoom or in person at our Didmarton venue

• 6 x 50 minute weekly lessons on Tuesday afternoons (3 virtual - 3 in person).
• Easy to follow programs for each exercise.
• ‘Real World’ scenarios, including teaching your puppy how to behave  in different scenarios, including Living Room, Kitchen, Vet/Grooming,  Outside Stroll and Café sessions.
• Essential life skills, including toilet training, sit-stay,  down-stay, come, walk to heel, how to play nicely, leave, drop, polite  manners and also common problem prevention.
• Access to our private Facebook group. A safe space with supporting videos, share and record successes or ask for feedback.
• Free puppy gift.

To reserve your place on the next course, follow the bookings link below.

Need help now?

If you are signing up for classes, but are in need of immediate advice, please contact us.

We can offer you a personal advice call at a discounted rate of £50 per hour.

Here we will have time to discuss specific issues you may be having  and ideas on how you can begin socialising your puppy right away.

For more information or to book a call back please call us on 07873 982392 or email admin@positivelydogs.co.uk