Puppy School - Dates
Upcoming Puppy School Dates Across Sydney
Most people come to us a few weeks in. They've tried a few things, watched some videos, maybe bought a book. Some of it's worked, most of it hasn't stuck. That's not on them, it's just that nobody really tells you what order to do things in, or why.
This program runs from day one at home with your puppy all the way through to 8 months old. The reason it goes that long is because the hard bit isn't usually the first few weeks. It's month four. Month five. When the cute puppy phase has worn off and you've got a dog who's testing every boundary they can find and you're not quite sure what went wrong.
The group Puppy School is four weeks, once a week, sessions up to an hour. Classes cap at around 10 puppies. Your pup needs to be 12-16 weeks old and have had their second vaccination. Larger breeds need to start at 12-13 weeks specifically, just because of the size gap between dogs at that age. Every program includes at least one at-home 1:1 as well. We come to you, look at what's actually happening in your house, and work from there. We have Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers depending on how much 1:1 time you want.
There's also a 26-module online course that runs alongside everything. It's structured around your puppy's actual age rather than just dumping everything on you at once. Early modules cover the stuff you need before they even come home. Then it moves through the first weeks, Puppy School, adolescence, recall, breed behaviour, common problems, health and first aid. It's a lot, but you work through it as it becomes relevant.
Six months of phone and community support is included throughout.
If your puppy is over 15 weeks when you join, Puppy School isn't going to be possible. We run an Adolescent Program that replaces the group classes with more 1:1 sessions instead. Same support, just structured differently. Some owners skip group classes altogether for their own reasons and we can accommodate that too, within reason.
To enrol you pick your support level, choose your Puppy School dates, book your 1:1 sessions. Done. Everything goes to your calendar.
We're based in Sydney and work across pretty much all of it. Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Hills District, Western Sydney, South Sydney.
Everything we do is force-free. That's not a marketing line, it's just how we work. We're not interested in getting your dog to comply out of anxiety. We want them to actually choose to work with you, which sounds simple but it changes everything.
