Puppy Socialisation & Early Learning

Six Week Early Learning Classes for Puppies - held in the lovely Wittersham Village Hall, The Street, TN30 7ED

Next Start Date: Sunday 11th May 2025 10am to 11am

From as early as possible puppies need to be making happy associations with everything in their environment. They need to learn to enjoy being handled to help make those inevitable visits to the vets and groomers a stress-free occasion.

Puppy mouthing/nipping often needs specific and thoughtful attention through redirection and instructive play.

Teaching puppies, from an early age, to come away happily from play and other interesting stuff, rewarded and then being allowed to go back to what they were doing can build great foundations for an obedient adult dog. Puppies are not allowed to rough play but learn how to behave, ignore and play nicely with other puppies (off lead socialisation is not always possible as it is dependent on puppies individual personalities, age, and size, etc.).

The importance of positive association is always high on the agenda, whilst also acknowledging the need for the pups have a safe opportunity to feel a little 'stress' at times therefore enabling them to habituate and or build coping strategies for the events that will happen in every-day life.

While teaching your puppies is important, my primary goal as your instructor is to equip you, their caregivers and lifelong friends, with the skills to effectively train your puppies to respond to essential cues. By applying canine learning theory, we can ensure that these exercises are both enjoyable and positive for your dog.

A kind and rewarding introduction to basic obedience as early as possible will start your puppy on the road to becoming a happy and obedient family pet.

Cost: £95

To book: Please complete the Registration Document in the top right tab and press send. You will then be sent the class information and payment details so you can save you puppy's space.

PUPPY SOCIALISATION CLASSES - Next Start Date: Sunday 11th May 25

In our 'Puppy Socialisation Classes' we introduce:

Socialisation – the bigger picture
Bite inhibition
A positive introduction to novel environments.
Basic obedience - Sit, Down, Stand, coming when called, leave, off etc.
Appropriate interaction with other dogs/puppies.
Undesirable Jumping up, mouthing, help with the 'Witching Hour!'
Weekly Handouts for help with common puppy 'problems' and training.

You are encouraged to bring along family and friends especially children so that the puppies get used to being around as many different people as possible. We also use a 'scary sounds' cd, playing quietly in the background to habituate the puppies to sounds they could become sensitive to as an adult.