A well-behaved puppy will bring many years of joy and many moments of laughter! A well-mannered and well-socialised puppy makes an easier managed well-behaved adult. Puppy preschool helps you help your puppy put the right paw forward.

Why join puppy school? Puppies have a sensitive period of development known as the socialisation period. It occurs from three weeks to three months of age. The experiences the puppy has during this time will affect later behaviour. If puppies are to develop into happy, friendly and confident adults, they need to be regularly handled and exposed to many new and novel situations in a non-threatening way. Puppies that are not exposed to other dogs during the socialisation period or have unpleasant experiences are more likely to develop aggression or fearful responses to other dogs later in life. Pups also need to have contact with people other than their family. This helps them develop into well-mannered members of the community.

Aims of puppy classes:

• To teach you about pets in society
• Celebrate the bond you share with your puppy
• Explain normal canine behaviours
• Teach appropriate training principals, enabling you to train your puppy
• Provide information on nutrition, vaccinations, neutering, dental care, bathing, grooming, external and internal parasites and a whole lot more!
• Give puppies the change to socialise in a safe and controlled situation
• Teach puppies to accept gentle handling by different people
• Educate you and your puppy on good puppy manners
• Help resolve issues such as house-training, biting, jumping, chewing etc.
• Encourage ongoing training.

During this course your puppy will:

• Socialise with other puppies and people. (Socialisation is teaching puppies that other people and dogs exist and how to behave appropriately around them.)
• Develop confidence and learn how to behave with different people, loud noises, other dogs, children and novel stimuli. This is presented in a fun and non-threatening manner. (Some puppies may need an individual program of exposure to these items.)
• Learn to respond to verbal and visual cues such as sit, drop, stay and come.
• Learn to settle (do nothing) and be rewarded for doing so.
• Be taught to respond to you appropriately in a variety of settings.

A well-behaved puppy will bring many years of joy and many moments of laughter! A well-mannered and well-socialised puppy makes an easier managed well-behaved adult. Puppy preschool helps you help your puppy put the right paw forward.

Why join puppy school? Puppies have a sensitive period of development known as the socialisation period. It occurs from three weeks to three months of age. The experiences the puppy has during this time will affect later behaviour. If puppies are to develop into happy, friendly and confident adults, they need to be regularly handled and exposed to many new and novel situations in a non-threatening way. Puppies that are not exposed to other dogs during the socialisation period or have unpleasant experiences are more likely to develop aggression or fearful responses to other dogs later in life. Pups also need to have contact with people other than their family. This helps them develop into well-mannered members of the community.

Aims of puppy classes:

• To teach you about pets in society
• Celebrate the bond you share with your puppy
• Explain normal canine behaviours
• Teach appropriate training principals, enabling you to train your puppy
• Provide information on nutrition, vaccinations, neutering, dental care, bathing, grooming, external and internal parasites and a whole lot more!
• Give puppies the change to socialise in a safe and controlled situation
• Teach puppies to accept gentle handling by different people
• Educate you and your puppy on good puppy manners
• Help resolve issues such as house-training, biting, jumping, chewing etc.
• Encourage ongoing training.

During this course your puppy will:

• Socialise with other puppies and people. (Socialisation is teaching puppies that other people and dogs exist and how to behave appropriately around them.)
• Develop confidence and learn how to behave with different people, loud noises, other dogs, children and novel stimuli. This is presented in a fun and non-threatening manner. (Some puppies may need an individual program of exposure to these items.)
• Learn to respond to verbal and visual cues such as sit, drop, stay and come.
• Learn to settle (do nothing) and be rewarded for doing so.
• Be taught to respond to you appropriately in a variety of settings.