Expert Puppy Training in North Vancouver
Puppy Preschool is filled with fun interactive puppy training exercises that teach the foundations for engagement through positive reinforcement learning theory with marker training.
We aim to embrace puppies’ natural curiosity and energy, teaching them ‘how to learn’ while setting the stage for their willingness towards obedience as they mature.
Our preschool puppy training program targets the most important development period as a critical time to gently introduce your puppy to everything it will be exposed to in its life with you and your family.
It’s a key period to instill a calm, focused demeanor in your pup and a short window of opportunity to naturally socialize your puppy, develop self-confidence, and avoid the many fear and anxiety-related disorders common in adult dogs that have not been properly exposed to other dogs, people, places, or things.
Puppy training will help you learn about your puppy’s play style and shape that into healthy interactions.
Our trainers will teach you quick interactive exercises that correspond with a puppy’s short attention span and can easily fit into your busy schedule.
If you are interested in at-home, one-on-one instruction for your new pup, please visit our private classes page. If your puppy is older than 6 months, look at our dog training classes.
Puppy Training In-Home Starter Program: Age 8-12 weeks (2-3 months)
This program focuses on family bonding, physical handling, and establishing a daily routine, including settling and housetraining. We will begin preschool engagement and ‘learning how to learn’ exercises.
Our extensive consulting sets you up for success through prevention and management of unwanted behaviors, and positive reinforcement of desired behaviors. Individual issues can be quickly and effectively addressed in this format.
Our instructors use the latest positive reinforcement training techniques to balance nature with nurture for a calm confident puppy.
This program is available online through Zoom or through private visits at home by one of our experienced puppy instructors.
Puppy Kindergarten: Age 12-16 weeks (3-4 months)
Led by our experienced puppy instructors, we will introduce puppy engagement and focused work in small group classes. Included are calming and settling exercises, puppy leash walking, and preparation for grooming. We will continue to shape behaviour through the prevention and management of unwanted behaviors and positive reinforcement of desired behaviors.
We will introduce games, including leave-it, drop-it, and retrieval, along with pre-tracking and search exercises! We will encourage the puppy to be neutral to environmental stimuli by developing engagement and the handler /pup relationship.
Prerequisite:
Puppy In-Home Starter Program or equivalent private sessions until puppy is ready to join the group class.
Puppy Level 1: Age 16-20 weeks (4-5 months)
Led by our experienced puppy instructors, we will continue with puppy engagement and focus work in small group classes. We will enhance calming and settling, junior leash walking, greetings, manners, recall, and grooming. We will continue shaping behaviour through prevention and management of unwanted behaviors and positive reinforcement of desired behaviors.
We introduce advanced qualities to the leave-it, drop-it, and retrieval games, along with tracking and search exercises. We will further develop engagement and strengthen the handler /pup relationship as it gains confidence in the ability to be neutral to environmental stimuli, leading to a well-socialized puppy!
Prerequisite: Puppy Kindergarten or equivalent private sessions until puppy is ready to join the group class.
