Puppy Classes

Before You Get Your Puppy

Before You Get Your Puppy Class

For all Puppy Parents to be; whether it is their 1st puppy or they haven’t had a puppy in years, this 2 hour, in home, class will help them get ready for their new puppy. 

Items to be covered:

Supplies: What to buy before puppy comes home

  • For the home
  • For the car
  • For the puppy
  • Food
  • Treats 

What to do in Puppy’s 1st Week Wi th You

Puppy Enrichment

Positive Puppy Training

  • How puppies think
  • Marking Behaviors
  • Using Treats
  • Puppy Massage
  • Preventing and Dealing with unwanted behaviors
  • Using Time Outs
  • Jumping
  • Biting

Potty Training in a Nut Shell

Printed Materials Included:

  • ‘The Puppy Handbook’ by Julie Caldwell

Phone and e-mail follow up includes:

  • 1 follow up phone call of 30 minutes
  • 2 follow up e-mails

Length: 2 hours in your home

Cost: $165 (Knox County), $170 (within 10 miles of Knox County line), $165 PLUS $0.20 per mile (beyond 10 miles of Knox County line)

All Puppy Manners 1 A and B Classes Cover
  • Human / Dog communication including body language
  • Vaccination Status appropriate outings and socialization 
  • Enrichment
  • Basic cues: sit, stand, down, wait, come, leave it, relax, drop it and give
  • Walking: on loose leash and off leash
  • Basic tricks
  • Health and nutrition 
  • Potty Training
  • Preventing Dealing with unwanted behaviors including: jumping, biting, nipping, chewing, stealing things


 

All Manners 1 Classes Are 7 Weeks In Your Home

You Receive:

  • Written Directions
  • Daily Training Plan
  • Unlimited Phone, Email, Text Support

Given at completion: Diploma

Length: 7 Weeks

Week 1 —> 2 hours in home

Weeks 2, 4 —> 1 hour

Weeks 3, 5 —> 30 to 45 minutes out in public

Weeks 6, 7 —> in home


 

Puppy Manners 1A Class: Puppies ages 8 weeks to 12 Weeks (not fully vaccinated)

 

Puppy Manners 1B Class: Puppies 4 to 5 months                      (fully vaccinated by week 3)

Puppy Manners 2

A class designed to build the puppy’s ability to behave in any situation. Taking the skills learned in puppy class and making them more permanent while the puppy is distracted and at a distance.

This class has 2 options: Social OR Canine Good Citizen Preparation 

Items to be covered:

  • Stay with distance, duration and distraction in the sit and down position
  • Loose leash walking with distraction
  • Walking at a heel with distraction
  • Come when called with distance and distraction
  • Meeting people and dogs in the real world
  • Advanced tricks

Given at completion: Diploma 

Length: 7 Weeks

Week 1, 2, 3 —> 1 hour in home

Weeks 4,5,6,7 —> 1 hour out in public


 

Cost

All 7 Week Manners Classes

  • $350 Primary Service Area: Knox County
  • $385 Secondary Service Area: within 10 miles of Knox County line
  • $330 PLUS $0.20 per mile from 301 S Gay St Extend Service Area: Beyond 10 miles of Knox County line
  • Extra Puppy $35


 

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