Baby Puppy School Aspendale - Fridays 4:30pm

What we’ll cover

• Settling on the mat – teaching puppy to be calm indoors

• Boundaries @ home

• How to reward puppy when it does the correct behaviour

• Puppy’s name recognition

• Teaching ‘Sit’

• Environment enrichment for your puppy – suitable toys

•  Focus exercises such as :’Look’ & ‘Doggie Zen’ so puppy learns to focus on its owner in the presence of distractions

• Talk about ‘Toilet training’

• Teaching ‘target hand’ – follow my hand

• Go to mat using a hand target or lure

• Supervised puppy play

• Collar touches

• Talk: mouthing & jumping up on people: meeting people politely

• Teaching: Drop or lay down 

• Cooperative care exercises: preparing the puppy for vet visits, the groomer, handling

• Swap toys safely, ‘give it’

• Introduction to ‘Stay’

• More focus games

• Introducing puppy to new surfaces

• Teaching ‘Leave it!’

• Introduction to loose leash walking & dog walking equipment

• Recalls & come when called

• Fun games with puppies