Puppy School and Dog Training in Cremorne Point

Our dog training runs in three stages and you pick the one that matches your dog's age.

• 8 to 16 weeks: puppy school, which includes four weeks of group class
• 17 to 32 weeks: puppy training, for the stage where most owners feel they are losing the dog they had. There is no group class at this age
• 32 weeks and older: behaviour training, one to one in your own home

Puppy school runs at six venues, and all six take bookings: Paddington, Edgecliff, Neutral Bay, Zetland, Alexandria and Marrickville. Start dates vary by venue, so check the puppy school dates page for what is running next. Everything else happens in your own home, across Sydney.

One to one training happens in your home, anywhere in Sydney within roughly a forty five minute drive of the Harbour Bridge. That covers the:

• Inner City and City Centre
• Eastern Suburbs
• Inner West
• Lower North Shore
• Upper North Shore
• Northern Beaches
• Hills District
• Western Sydney
• South Sydney and St George

Group puppy school runs at six fixed venues within about eight kilometres of the Harbour Bridge: Paddington, Edgecliff, Neutral Bay, Zetland, Alexandria and Marrickville. All six are taking bookings. See the puppy school dates page for current dates.

As with any form of training, you would be amazed how much your dog can improve. Ultimately, there are a lot of factors that determine how much success you will have.

No. It makes pulling less rewarding and easier to manage while you teach the actual skill, and the harness alone will not teach your dog to walk calmly beside you.

Off-lead, indoors, first. Build the pattern with zero leash tension in the picture, then transfer it onto the lead once it already exists.

Most reactive dog cases we see in the Eastern Suburbs improve inside four sessions. That number assumes the home work is done alongside the walk work. Severe or long-standing cases can take longer, but the trajectory should be visible inside the first month.

Yes, typically. They're one of the gentler, more social breeds. They tend to do well in multi-dog households and are usually patient with children. Early socialisation still helps, as it does with any breed.

It can, provided the crate is already somewhere your dog chooses to go. Never introduce a crate as a response to the anxiety, and never use it as the place your dog gets sent when things go wrong. Once the crate is associated with being shut away, you have lost the safe space this work relies on.

Yes. Puppy school includes ongoing support at every level, and online course access from Silver upwards, so you are not left without guidance once the group classes end. How long your course access and support run for depends on the level you choose.

Both have value and they serve different purposes. Group classes give the puppy genuine socialisation experience, learning to hold focus with other dogs and people present, which can't be replicated one-to-one. Private training is better for specific behaviour issues, households with particular constraints, or when the puppy needs more individual attention than a group setting allows. Our puppy school combines both: four weeks of group class for the socialisation component, with one-to-one sessions at home included from Silver upwards.