Puppy Training Program – Start Your Pup Off Right!

Welcome to our positive, reward-based puppy training program designed to help you raise a confident, well-mannered, and happy dog. We offer two flexible training paths so you can choose what works best for you and your puppy:

Private Lessons

Perfect for young puppies or families who want personalized, one-on-one attention.

• Ideal for puppies starting as young as 12 weeks old

• Completely tailored to your puppy’s unique personality, breed, and your family’s lifestyle

• Focus on the most critical early skills: house training, crate training, nipping/mouthing, basic commands (sit, down, come, leave it), leash manners, and preventing common problems

• Flexible scheduling

• Safe, distraction-free environment so your puppy can learn at their own pace

• You’ll learn exactly how to communicate with and handle your puppy effectively

Group Puppy Classes

The perfect next step once your puppy is fully vaccinated.

• Fun, structured classes with other friendly puppies of similar age

• Proofing obedience around real-life distractions

• Controlled, positive socialization – the #1 way to prevent fear and aggression later in life

• Advanced skills, impulse control games, polite greetings, loose-leash walking, and more

• Ongoing trainer support and lifetime access to graduate classes (at most locations)

Many puppies start with a package of private lessons and then “graduate” into group classes for the best of both worlds!

Common Puppy Challenges We Help Solve

Our training effectively prevents or resolves:

• House training accidents

• Destructive chewing

• Play biting & nipping

• Jumping up on people

• Excessive barking

• Pulling on leash

• Fearfulness or shyness

• Poor socialization

With clear guidance and positive methods, you’ll enjoy a calm, well-behaved companion instead of a frustrated household.

Puppy Vaccine & Health Requirements (Your Puppy’s Safety Comes First)

Puppies are highly susceptible to serious diseases such as parvovirus (very common in our area), distemper, and bordetella. To keep every puppy in our program safe, the following are required before any group class or socialization:

• Minimum of 3 rounds of Distemper/Parvo combo vaccine (typically given at 8, 12, and 16 weeks)

• Bordetella (kennel cough) vaccine

• Negative fecal exam

• Rabies vaccine (once age-appropriate, usually 16 weeks+)

Important: Vaccines must be administered by a licensed veterinarian. We cannot accept vaccines given at home, from tractor-supply/farm stores, or by breeders.

Until your puppy is fully vaccinated, we recommend avoiding high-risk areas (dog parks, pet stores, grooming salons with group play, boarding facilities) be avoided. Private lessons are the safest way to begin training during this vulnerable period.

Have questions about whether your puppy is ready? Just give us your vet records – we’re happy to review them and let you know the soonest safe start date.

Ready to get started? Contact us today to schedule your puppy’s first private lesson or reserve your spot in our next puppy class series!

We can’t wait to help you and your new best friend build a lifetime of good behavior and joy together. 🐾