PUPPY SOCIALIZATION SKILLS

PUPPY MUST BE 4 MONTHS OR YOUNGER. IF YOUR YOUNG DOG IS OVER THIS AGE, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE FAMILY DOG OBEDIENCE COURSE

Puppies get an extra FREE class as part of the full Family Dog Obedience Course

You will learn together

Your puppy will learn

House training

Come back when called

Start to walk beside you without any pulling

How to sit

Greeting people without jumping up

Socialization with people, other dogs and puppies

Appropriate play behaviour

You will learn

How to teach your dog quietly and with kindness

Feeding correctly

You will receive

ONE private lesson

ONE EXTRA lesson, if possible with other puppies

SIX class lessons

which progresses into the Family Dog Obedience Course all for the same price

A whistle

A harness when they are old enough

Course notes

Contact Elizabeth Alderton

e alderton1959@gmail.com or 087 760 7695

Family Dog Obedience Course

As your dog matures this is combined (about 5 months - 9 months old)

Six class lessons (so that you can learn to control your dog in company)

Day: Sunday afternoons

(Course is flexible, if you work some weekends, have a holiday or an unexpected circumstance; you can take the course over a period of three to four months).

Cost €275 - for assessment, course (puppy followed by family obedience), harness, whistle and course notes

TWO DOGS?

If you want to do the full course with both dogs, then it's €250 for the second dog.

or

Take the first private lesson with both puppies and the free puppy lesson and then bring the dogs to alternate lessons. €100 for second dog.

NEW PUPPY

This new arrival will turn your life upside down. Expect a couple of weeks before everyone adjusts to their new responsibilities and schedules.

HOUSETRAINING

Your puppy will need to be taken outside, with you, as follows

After they wake up
After eating
After about 10-15 minutes of play (even if they've only just 'been')
About once every 2 hours in addition to the above.

They begin to get the idea at around 12 weeks, but the matter is usually URGENT. So you have to be very alert. Do not be cross with your puppy if there is an accident, remind yourself that you need to be more watchful

At around 5 months old they begin to have more control. At this point they will start to 'ask' to go outside. Your puppy will find their own way of asking you, so watch out for: whining, sitting by the door, or just looking at you intently.

Puppy pads. Are of very limited value, and can even train your dog to relieve themselves indoors. If you have a garden then go straight for outdoor training and don't bother with the puppy pads. If you do you use them, change them frequently.

TOYS

You have lots of household junk that can be used very effectively for your puppy

CARDBOARD - Inside of loo rolls and kitchen rolls, cardboard boxes (all sizes). A little will be swallowed, this isn't important.
PLASTIC - Do not allow them to eat plastic, but heavier weight plastic (litre containers from water for example) are fine. Just throw them out when they get squashed.

WATCH OUT

Shoes, mobile phones, remote controls and glasses are great favourites, and they don't last long. Put them out of reach

TIDY UP

Socks, any toys you want to keep safe, shoes, wellies - make sure these are tidy out of reach.

Keep all food items securely in cupboards, do not leave any food out on kitchen surfaces.