Finding the best Puppy School for your puppy

Best age to start training is once you get the puppy

Many places run Puppy School but not all instructors are qualified dog trainers or work full time as puppy- dog trainers.

Many retail pet shop staff run classes but their main job is retail, they do puppy classes on the side. Plus they don't have enough knowledge of behavioural issues a puppy can sometimes display early in life and what to do about it.

While a professional dog trainer will have and know how to provide you with guidance from the start if any behavioural issues are displayed by your puppy.

Some vet nurses run classes too but unless they've done a proper dog training course and work as dog trainers as well, most of their working life is guiding vet clinic clients and their pets about general pet care and pet health. Most of their experience is within a vet clinic environment.

So the Advantages of enrolling in a Puppy School run by a professional accredited force free dog trainer are:

• They work full time with puppies - dogs

• They are qualified as dog trainers and may belong to professional dog training associations such as PPGA, APDT, Delta Institute, Dogs Victoria

• They've worked with pet parents and done home private consultations in hundreds of homes and know the challenges a new puppy parent may face

• Experience, professionalism & they have time to answer your various questions before you enroll puppy and provide guidance along the way

• They are experts in canine body language

• Instructors hire great large and spacious venues to run classes such as: Scout Halls, Guides Hall, school grounds or Halls and other large spaces

• So puppies aren't on top of each other, so they learn to 'settle' and pay attention to their handlers even in the presence of distractions

• This can create an optimum learning environment for puppy parents and puppies to thrive, without over stimulation for puppies

• Puppy School is about socialization but the concept of 'puppy parties' is far outdated

• The class curriculum will be carefully designed to suit the needs of the ages of puppies in class

• Many times the dog trainer has other more advanced levels your puppy can join for further education and to go to higher levels of training

• You may be offered the opportunity of home visits and Puppy School as a 'Special Puppy Package'

• You can train with the puppy trainer privately in things to suit your lifestyle - car rides, Cafe outings, later on after puppy has had all vaccinations: on 'walkies' on the street, park and at the beach plus recalls too and much more...

  
  

  So next time you look for a Puppy School, Junior Puppy or Teenager Puppy School think about the above and make the right choice

  
  

  Our training venues are located in:

• Seaford, Aspendale, Skye

• And next classes start in June

• Drop us a line on E-mail: info-pet-pals.net.au or call us on 0416 971 051