Right Start Puppy Camp

4 weeks In Board Training and 2 privates. 

     Get your puppy’s education started off right! We start by teaching your puppy our basic system of communication. Setting them up for success in all your future training. That is followed by the learning to learn phase. We teach impulse control games and work on curbing nipping / mouthing. The foundation of basic commands with hand signals for: sit, down, come when called, go to bed, wait at doorways is learned. Puppies in this program will socialize with other puppies, appropriate adult dogs and farm animals. A great start to your future training goals.

Puppy Basics

6 weeks board and train, 3 privates 

     We will build upon everything we do in our right start camp. This means the addition of verbal commands to all the behaviors we have started. Off-site fields trips for socialization as well as practicing commands in a variety of places are included. Leash manners (walking politely on leash) and boundary manners (not bolting out of doors) are a focus in this program. In addition, we work on bringing toys back, leave it, and manners when greeting.

Add on our two week off leash camp at a great discount.  Your puppy will come back in for a 2 week board and train when they are 6 months old. We will get all the skills they have learned reliable off leash. This sets you up for smooth transition teenage phase (that starts around 6-8 months old.) Teenagers want to push the rules and test their limits. This camp will curb those naughty tendencies.  All training gear is included.

Puppy Plus

8 week Board and Train, 3 private lessons

We take the skill we teach in Puppy Basics and puppies learn a more complete understanding of commands: sit, down, down stay, wait, go to bed, leave-it, come when called (much more work around distractions in this camp). In addition, we work on a more formal heel, body handling for grooming and vet visits, additional field trips, and put a lot of time into house manners and manners when guest arrive.

All puppies will be on a solid potty schedule and many are sleeping through the night in a crate without accident. This is a great program for owners with busy schedules, who want to ensure that their puppy has a solid foundation of training and socialization. This program will take most puppies through the critical and sensitive periods of brain development (training and experiences during this period will shape who your dog is for the rest of her life).

Medical Safety In Pupppy Training

The American Veterinary Medical Association, Veterinary Medical Society of Animal Behavior, and several other nation organizations advise dog owners to begin training as soon as their puppy comes home.

Studies have shown that a what puppies experiences in the first three months of life strongly influences what kind of companion they will grow to be and how they will react to the world. How they react to children, hats, strangers, other dogs, loud noises, and even the vacuum will be learned during this time.

Failure to properly expose young puppies to certain situations or types of people during this brief early period ( 4 to 14 weeks ) can result in the puppies being forever fearful of them as an adult. Early socialization—or the lack of it—is a vital determinant of a dog’s lifelong behaviors. Without proper socialization, it is unlikely that a pup will become the adult dog he could have been, whether as a competitor in canine sports or as a happy, well-adjusted pet. This means starting training as soon as your pup gets home and NOT waiting until 4 months and their shots are finished is CRUCIAL to your pups success. “Puppy Play School” and ” Puppy Kindergarten” classes are not training class. They focus only on free play with other random puppies and cause fear, arousal, and aggression problems in many dog when they hit adolescents. Get your puppy started right!