Our puppy school has been running in Bury for 8 years now, it is presented in a friendly and professional manner, is very popular and spaces are limited.
Our puppy course is structured over 6 weeks where you learn something new each week. It is specifically designed for all breeds in their socialisation development stage.
The classes are designed and run by our Canine Behaviourst who has over 15 years practical dog training and 6 years formal study specifically in the field of Canine Behaviour and Training with the support from experienced instructors
This is not your typical dog obedience training class. This is a 6 week course for puppies who must be under 19 weeks old at the beginning of the session. When we get puppies, due to health reasons we have to protect them and they are kept away from other dogs for what is nearly 1/3 of their life at that point. Coming out into the world at 12/14 weeks can be very scary. However we have a short, very important window of opportunity to expose our puppies to as much as possible before their socialisation window closes.
The aims of the puppy class it to teach manners, basic training, bite inhibition and socialisation with people, children and other dogs. We also include handling for examination (which will make visits to the vet less stressful for all) and grooming. The training exercises covered are getting your puppy to listen to you while there are distractions, walk nicely on a loose lead, not to jump up, come back when called, leave, sit, stand, down, stays and roll over (just for fun). We also have a puppy obstacle course with hoops, cones, poles and tunnel to help with confidence building.
We have Kennel Club Listed Status from Puppy to Gold and you can work towards your Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Award Gaining a Rosette and Cetificate at the end of the Course Our methods are very hands off, which means no yanking or jerking and we pride ourselves by having puppies doing off lead heelwork by then end of the course!
The classes include socialisation exercises such as 'permission to play' where they get to play with other puppies and we make sure they are learning the right social skills. We teach you how to read canine body language and know what is appropriate behaviour and what is not. We have the trainers adult well tempered dog attend at some point during the course as part of the socialisation.
All training methods are kind and reward based.
We encourage all the family (including children) to attend the classes and get involved, refreshments are provided free of charge, the training environment is fun, friendly and relaxed.
You can begin as soon as your vet says its safe for your puppy to go out (usually 2 weeks after last vaccination) The socialisation window is very small and it important to me that puppies get out and about and exposed to as much as possible as soon as they can.
We have 5 class times for you to choose from and as its a rolling 6 weeks you can start as soon as your puppy can go out
You are very welcome to just drop in and watch a class without your puppy before vaccinations are finished
We also offer puppy one 2 ones where our Canine Behaviourist can visit you and your puppy at home before vaccinations are complete and get you started off on the right foot.
For more details or to book a session contact us on 0161 762 0174 or email: Jane@waggawuffins.com
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