Puppy School Training Courses and Classes

Reward-based puppy training in small classes.

Hundreds of Puppies Trained!

From the moment your new puppy comes home he or she needs as much help as possible to become a well behaved pet and companion.

Everything you do affects how your puppy learns making it important to develop your own understanding and skills. My puppy training classes can help you become a great teacher for your puppy so that common behaviour problems such as aggression, running away, possessiveness, jumping up, over-attachment and obsessive behaviours don’t have a chance to develop and your puppy grows into a well behaved adult dog.

I offer a six week puppy training course for vaccinated puppies under 20 weeks old following the Puppy School programme developed by a leading behaviourist. The course is a perfect foundation covering the basic dog training commands i.e. sit, down, stay, walk on a loose lead (walk to heel), recall and “off”. You can begin as soon as your puppy is fully vaccinated.

Puppy Training Methods
Using only kind reward based training methods, puppies progress together on the course. The six week training programme helps you to gain real confidence and training skills so you can develop a wonderful relationship with your puppy and become a kind, competent and responsible owner.

Puppy School Training Courses
Training courses are small, with usually 6, and no more than 8, puppies. They are suitable for novice and experienced owners and are designed to help you each step along the way to be a good teacher for your puppy. They are also a great chance to meet and learn with and from other puppy owners.

Family Friendly Classes
Held in the evening so children and other family members can attend. I believe it’s important to encourage all members of the family to be involved in the socialisation and training of a puppy, so at my Puppy School classes you are welcome to bring children (5 years +) and other family members along. Unlike many other courses in the Sevenoaks area, my classes are held in the evening to enable those who work or are at school to come along if they wish.

Puppy Safe Indoor Classes
Classes are held indoors (so puppies can’t run off!), in a safe, hygienic environment with no adult dogs present. (NB. A veterinary approved disinfectant is used to clean the floor to prevent disease transmission).

1-1 Puppy sessions
For those who can’t come to classes, or want a more personal approach I also offer 1 – 1 sessions in your home if your puppy is either too young to come to classes and you want to get a head start, or if your puppy is over the Puppy School limit of 20 weeks at the beginning of the course.

I charge £45 for a one hour private lesson. A course of four covering the Puppy School basics costs £170.