For Your Puppy

$125 for 5 week training pass – uses open registration format
Book Recommendations: Perfect Puppy in 7 Days. Social, Civil, and Savvy: Training & Socializing Puppies.

Class Requirements:

• Attendance at the Just For You Behavior and Training 101 seminar.
• First vaccination for DHPP (Distemper & Parvo) at least 10 days prior to start date. Bordatella required beginning January 1, 2020. Vaccination must be administered by a veterinarian or puppy must have a well-puppy exam by a veterinarian prior to start date.
• Age 8 to 14 weeks on the first day of class

Puppy Kindergarten is the most important class your dog will ever attend!  Click here to see what the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior has to say about young puppy socialization classes.  This class is focused on the most vital aspects of puppy development – socialization and dog-to-dog interaction.  Our Puppy classes are unique because they provide structured playtime, so puppies can learn social cues from each other, while also socializing puppies to new sights, sounds, people, and playmates in a fun and positive way.  See our class calendar for the socialization theme covered each week.  In puppy class, we play and work hard!  In addition, we cover common puppy issues such as:

• Chewing
• Nipping
• House-Soiling
• The Foundation of Basic Training

Contact the officeif the date you wish to start is not available when you click the Sign-Up button from the class registration link.  It’s so important to get young puppies into Puppy Kindergarten class before the optimal socialization window closes, that we’ll work to get your puppy in class as soon as possible.

Puppy Elementary (Only available for current Puppy Kindergarten students)

$125 for 5 week training pass
Book Recommendation: Perfect Puppy in 7 Days. Perfect Puppy in 7 Days. Social, Civil, and Savvy: Training & Socializing Puppies.

Class Requirements:

• Only puppies who have attended our Puppy Kindergarten class are eligible for Puppy Elementary class.  Puppies who have not completed Puppy Kindergarten should enroll in Foundation Manners.
• Vaccinations for DHPP (Distemper & Parvo), Rabies required. Bordatella required beginning January 1, 2020
• Puppies transfer from Puppy Kindergarten into Puppy Elementary at 15 weeks
• Appropriate play with other puppies

We proudly offer the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Award system in Puppy Elementary!  In this class, puppies not only continue their socialization to new dogs and people, but begin the AKC S.T.A.R Puppy curriculum as well.  They learn to be comfortable with handling and grooming and with brief separation from their owners.  We also introduce more advanced training such as Walking on a Leash, Sit and Down, and Come When Called.  At the end of 5 classes, all puppies have the opportunity to earn the S.T.A.R. Puppy Award provided by the American Kennel Club (AKC).  Click here for more information on the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Certification.  

Students are automatically enrolled in this class once graduating from Puppy Kindergarten.  Contact the office if you have questions about enrollment in this class.