Raise a fearless puppy
Develop their confidence
Build up their social skills
Feel safe when your puppy is out in public
Build a strong bond
Overview: This signature professional training program is ideal for new and experienced puppy owners. It’s meant to help new parents understand their puppies’ behaviour, teach them best practices around key topics such as biting, house training and walking in order to raise a fearless, friendly, confident and social dog.
Learning Objectives:
Teaching your puppy how to be soft mouthed and not bite a person’s hand hard
Providing you with key knowledge on how to house train
Teaching your puppy basic commands to start developing their confidence
Providing you with best practices around their nutritional needs and healthy foods
Desensitizing them to loud noises and scary objects to reduce fear and anxiety
Teaching you best practices on how to get your puppy to walk with you
Modules:
Module 1 - Puppy Biting, Teething and House Training
Educating puppy parents on common puppy biting behaviour
Teaching techniques and going through live exercises on how to get your puppy to be soft mouthed and avoid hard bites around a person’s hand
Providing guidance on safe chew toys for this age
Helping puppy parents understand their puppy’s needs and what they can expect at this age
Discussing best practices around house training including how to set boundaries, how to crate train and how to set up your puppies’ schedule
Module 2 - First Aid & Basic Commands
Discussing household safety and informing new puppy owners on how to tell if you’re puppy is in trouble
Going over best practices on what to do and how to react when your puppy is in trouble
Educating puppy parents on how to teach their puppy to read their verbal and body language so their puppy understands when they tell them basic commands
Providing best practices and guidance on how to teach these basic commands and going through live in-class exercises
Module 3 - Nutrition, Health & Grooming
Educating participants on what to feed their puppy and how
Discussing healthy food versus food they may have come with and how to safely transition them onto healthy food
Reviewing nutritional requirements for growing puppies
Demonstrating and doing in-class exercises that condition them to be handled for grooming including going over how to put a comb through their fur the proper way and desensitizing them at a young age
Demonstrating how to safely pull the digits out on their toes to get them use to getting their nails trimmed and desensitizing them
Module 4 - Socializing and Spook Proofing
Providing best practices on how to spook proof your puppy to get them use to noises and desensitizing them to both noises and objects around them
Going through in-class exercises with real-life situations
Teaching you how to give them positive reinforcement when they are nervous
Demonstrating and discussing how to reduce fear and anxiety in your puppy caused by loud noises and objects
Module 5 - Neighborhood Walking
Additional education on how to desentize your puppy to loud noises
Providing best practices on how to get your puppy use to wearing a leash outside
Teaching techniques to encourage your puppy to walk with you when you take them out
Going through practical exercises and a neighborhood walk with guidance
Module 6 - How to Settle Your Puppy, Dealing with Jumping, Recap & Graduation
Providing you with best practices on how to get your puppy to settle down when they are rambunctious
Introducing steps and best practices on how to get your puppy to not jump up and going through in-class exercises that work through how to do this
Conducting a recap of module 1-5
Graduation ceremony
Class Structure:
Play session and socialization (shy puppies go first)
Knowledge transfer and live exercises
Question and answer period
Program Cost:
Regular In Person Cost - $249.99
Virtual Online Cost - $199.99
Length: 90 minutes per class
Upcoming Start Dates: Our Puppy Essentials classes start every 3 weeks.
Contact us directly to find out when our next class starts and to get the admission process going.
(416) 769- 0861
[email protected]
