Puppy Orientation Session

Eight to sixteen weeks. Most people do this in the first fortnight their puppy is home, because that is when the habits are being set, and then go on to puppy school at eleven to thirteen weeks once the second vaccination is done. The two sit together well. This one sorts the house, puppy school sorts the socialisation.

Older than sixteen weeks? Private Puppy Training covers older puppies, and Adult Dog Training and Behaviourism covers dogs 32 weeks and over.

It is an orientation, so it is the same eight things for every puppy: biting, toileting, routine, crate training, crying, sleeping, home set up and socialisation. We start with a walk through of the house, because the room decides a lot of the first month. Then we work through the eight, with you doing the handling and me coaching. Whatever is already going wrong in your house gets the most time.

Anywhere within roughly forty five minutes of the Harbour Bridge. That covers the Eastern Suburbs, the Inner West and the North Shore.

A written plan covering all eight and what to expect at ten, twelve and sixteen weeks. Your breed's own behaviour guide. And you keep Before Day One, our pre arrival course, plus lifetime access to the community.

No. The session runs in your own home, so there is nothing to wait for. It is one of the reasons to do this early rather than waiting until they can go out.

No, and the puppies who get the most out of it are usually the ones where nothing has gone wrong yet. This is an orientation rather than a repair job. If the biting or the toileting is already a problem we spend longer there, but every puppy gets all eight either way, because the point is to stop the next four months going wrong rather than to fix this week.

Say so on the day, or a month later. You enrol the same way anyone else does and we pick up from where the session left off.

One free reschedule, as long as you give me forty eight hours notice.

If you can manage it, yes. Your puppy is learning what the rules are in that house, and rules only work when everyone is running the same ones. A puppy who gets picked up by one person and ignored by another for the same behaviour just learns it depends who is in the room.

Their food, a lead, and whatever crate or pen you are using. Do not tire your puppy out beforehand or feed them a big meal right before I arrive. I would rather see them how they normally are, including the parts that are going wrong.