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Puppy Preschool

The benefits of this class
will last a lifetime.

Please see our home page for current class calendar.

Puppy Preschool gives you and your small pup the foundation to be the well-adjusted, dog of your dreams!

Puppyhood only comes around once.

Research shows that birth to 20 weeks is considered the "golden learning window" during which a puppy's owner has an opportunity to positively affect the development and future behavior of their puppy.

Puppy Preschool helps people make the most of that important time with early imprinting, socialization and training your puppy to be a well mannered, and acceptable dog in today's society.

This course covers:

  • Socialization & Play
  • Basic Skills: Sit, Down, Name Recognition, Attention, Come
  • Training for problem behaviors: housebreaking, puppy nipping & mouthing, barking & jumping
  • Handling & grooming
  • Confidence-building exercises
  • How puppies learn
  • Building a stronger bond with your pup
  • Encouraging good behaviors and avoiding bad behaviors
  • How to communicate and train effectively to achieve reliable results.

What sort of things should you socialize your new puppy to? Everything! Your puppy should experience a bit of cold, funny noises, strange hats, interesting textures, calm restraint, new dogs (your own dogs are not enough!) and many other things. Puppies should also learn to stop mouthing, gradually. All of these things are discussed in a good puppy socialization class. Start exposing your puppy to new things now.

This class give you the critical knowledge you need to make the most of these formative months and prepares your puppy for Family Dog Manners I class.

 - For healthy pups under 5 months old
 - Veterianrian approved
 - 2 DHLPP or DHPP vaccines & worming req'd

Class Policies

For Puppies ages up to 20 weeks (5 months) old.
REQUIRED: Proof of 2 combination (DHPP or DHLPP) vaccines and a worming.

Step 1: Register Online
Step 2: Pay via PayPal, Call with Credit Card or Mail Check
Step 3: Download & Read Getting the Most from Your Training Classes

Dr. R. K. Anderson, DVM Article
Puppy Vaccination and Socialization
Should Go Together

"People are often afraid of the bacteria that their puppy might encounter when they are out in the world, but the major killer of dogs in the U.S. is not disease, it's behavior. Under socialized dogs are all to often given up for adoption or euthanized. For most of the dogs, that could have been changed with early socialization and puppy training."
-- Ian Dunbar, DVM


Many people bring family members to Puppy Classes.

Continuing Education:
Family Dog I

Family Dog II

 

Puppy Handling Exercises
"Sandi worked with me and our puppy through innovative and compassionate methods to give both myself and my puppy a wonderful experience.

For those who are thinking "my dog is too young" for the puppy classes I found that my pup learned more than I could have imagined and we had tons of fun doing it! We cannot wait until our next class.

Thank you Sandi!"

Jennifer Garcia and
Mattie, the Dogue De Bordeaux (aka "Hoochette")

Winter Classes are indoors


Buck started Private Puppy Kindergarten
as a 7-1/2 week old pup...

...and graduated from Intermediate Class
at 7 months old.

 

 

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