While your dog is young it is the best time to work on becoming the most important person in your puppy's world so you can form a great bond together. 

You want to train your puppy in the right way to set them up for being a confident and sociable adult.  That means using positive reward-based training.  To give you and your puppy a relaxed and fun introduction to dog training we offer 4-week basic obedience courses and 6-week puppy foundation agility classes.                            

Young Dog Basic Obedience Course

Our 4-week courses teach you and your dog training techniques for basic obedience - sit, down, wait, leave and how to get a reliable recall.  In order to ensure your training is useful in the "outside world" we also cover how to maintain your dog's obedience when distractions are present. 

Puppy Foundation Agility Classes

These classes are available for puppies and young dogs aged 5 to 15 months old.  They are an introduction to agility for you and your puppy, but using groundwork to ensure your puppy's joints are not put under any innappropriate pressure while they are still developing. 

The classes run in 6 week blocks and as there are other dogs of a similar age in the class, it is a great opportunity for your pup to meet other dogs and handlers in an outdoor setting.

The classes cover how to get a controlled start (sit and wait) in addition to a quick release (ready, steady, go!).  We teach your puppy about co-ordination, balance and rear-end awareness and how to react to your body language.  These skills will be especially beneficial if you wish to do agility with your dog when they are an adult. 

Basic equipment such as jump wings, poles and contact equipment (a-frame and dog walk) are introduced at ground level, so your puppy can familiarise themselves with how the equipment looks and feels.

For both our Basic Obedience Course and our Puppy Foundation Agility Classes, we ensure that you and your puppy will be given the opportunity to have fun together.  This is mainly achieved through the use of toys and treats.  However, it is also important that your pup is rewarded through interacting with YOU - the most important thing in your puppy's life!

To find out more about our Basic Obedience Courses and Puppy Foundation Agility Classes and the next available courses, please Contact Us.