Puppy School and Dog Training in Lane Cove

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.

Not as a solution to separation distress. A puppy that's distressed when alone is usually distressed because of the leadership dynamic, not loneliness. Adding a second dog doesn't fix the underlying pattern and can create two dogs with the same issue. Establish the home-alone conditioning with your first dog first. A second dog, if you want one, should come later, once the first is settled.

It can help as background noise for a puppy that's already well conditioned to being alone. For a puppy in active distress, it won't make a meaningful difference. A settled puppy is settled because it feels secure, not because there's background noise. Use it as a supplementary tool once the conditioning is working, not as a primary solution before it is.

Generally not. They need space and activity. A Border Collie in a small apartment without adequate exercise will become anxious, vocal, or destructive. They're better suited to homes with outdoor access and owners who have an active lifestyle.

It depends on the Poodle parent used. Standard Groodles typically reach 25 to 35 kilograms and stand around 55 to 65 centimetres tall. Medium Groodles are smaller, around 15 to 25 kilograms. Mini Groodles are smaller still. Size can vary even within a litter, so ask the breeder about the specific parents.

You can overdo individual sessions. A tired or overwhelmed puppy is not learning, they are just surviving. Keep sessions short, watch for stress signals like yawning or turning away, and end on a calm note. But the risk of under-socialisation is far greater than the risk of doing too much.

We start from 8 weeks, using the same staged, off-lead-first sequence, just scaled down. Progress is dictated by your puppy's calmness at each stage.

Yes. On puppy school, home sessions start from the second level up. On the seventeen to thirty two week and thirty two weeks and over programs, a session at your address is included at every level. A trainer comes to your address and works on your setup, your routine and the behaviour that is actually happening where you live, which is almost never the same as what happens in a training room.

We cover Sydney within roughly a forty five minute drive of the Harbour Bridge. That takes in the eastern suburbs, inner west, lower and upper north shore, northern beaches and south Sydney. Only the group class brings you to a venue.

Yes. You can join at any point. There may be one or two elements you have already passed, but plenty of owners join later and get just as much out of it.

The course is divided into age brackets so you are only ever reading the part that matches the puppy in front of you. If your puppy is already past 16 weeks, our seventeen to thirty two week Puppy Training program is usually the better fit and we will tell you that rather than sell you the wrong thing.

The only hard limit is group puppy school. Your puppy needs their second vaccination to join, which usually happens somewhere in the twelve to fourteen week range and most commonly at twelve weeks. That is for safety.