Help your puppy meet their potential!
Learn about your pup's training, socialisation, welfare and developmental needs (dog trainers Witney, Oxfordshire)​

Are you thinking of getting a puppy?  Perhaps you are awaiting the arrival of your new pup?  This is an exciting time with potential to give your dog a great start in life.  A puppy preparation session can give you the chance to ask questions and can help in the following areas and more:
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• Meeting the developmental and welfare needs of your new puppy.
• Learning about the importance of handling, grooming, puppy play and training.
• Establishing a good routine (e.g. toileting, exercise, diet), setting your pup up to succeed!
• Encouraging desirable dog behaviour with positive reinforcement (with tips for puppy/children households).
• How to respond appropriately to ‘normal’ puppy behaviour (e.g. learning bite inhibition).
• The crucial need for socialisation and habituation to maximise your pup’s potential.​

Puppy training and socialisation sessions Witney Oxfordshire
(trainer and puppy​)

Are you looking for some extra support in the early stages of your puppy’s development?  Perhaps you work during the day and your puppy would benefit from some socialisation and training sessions to break up their day?  The time from when your puppy is weaned until about fourteen weeks of age is a particularly crucial period in their development.  It is also vital to continue socialisation and habituation beyond this time.  These sessions can provide:

• Opportunities for socialisation with a wide range of people and other pups (in line with vaccination status).
• Growing familiarity with a multitude of objects, sounds, surfaces, sights, smells and situations that will help to optimise your puppy’s future confidence and adaptability.
• Fun and enjoyable training activities that encourage focus and self-control and polite communication with others through positive reinforcement of desirable behaviour.
• Help to meet your pup’s welfare needs.

​Positive Puppy Training Sessions Oxfordshire ​
(puppy, human partner and trainer)

Puppies have an incredible capacity to learn and it is never too early for them to do so.  Dogs are sociable animals and a key way that they learn is through the immediate results of their behaviour.  Teaching a puppy focus, self control and how to communicate appropriately with the world around them through the use of positive dog training methods will help build trust and the puppy human bond.  Some of the puppy training may take place around other puppies as appropriate (in line with your pup's vaccination status).  Sessions include:
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• A commitment to positive and kind methods of puppy training.
• Increasing your puppy's self-control, engagement and confidence, and strengthening the puppy/human bond.
• Teaching a range of obedience prompts with consistent and timely positive reinforcement e.g. sit, wait, leave, come, off, heel & release.
• Assistance with training puppy ‘life skills’ e.g. calm meet and greet around people and other pups (as appropriate); toilet training; learning to enjoy short periods alone.
• Fun exercises to provide mental stimulation in addition to physical exercise.
• Enjoyable puppy training activities that help prevent the development of natural but undesirable puppy behaviour such as jumping up and guarding resources.

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Please also see the dog training page of this website for further information.

Puppy training: prices

The cost of puppy preparation and dog trainer sessions is currently £35 for an hour and £45 for 90 minutes with a small charge for travel over ten miles.  Young pups have a very short attention span so some of the training is likely to involve training human guardians and training your puppy through fun and enjoyable activities.  The cost includes training notes provided after the session.  Subsequent training within three months is charged at £25 for an hour and £35 for 90 minutes. Puppy training and socialisation sessions that just involve trainer and puppy are charged at £20 per hour.