Puppy Foundation Course
Welcoming a puppy is an exciting time filled with hopes for happiness, shared adventures and peaceful walks together.
As caregivers, it’s our responsibility to help this fluffy new companion prepare for the world—full of surprises and new experiences.
Just like human children, puppies need a sense of safety and predictability from their caregivers. Starting from the safety of your own home, you can begin building that trust as soon as your puppy arrives. Establishing clear, kind boundaries early on helps prevent misunderstandings—especially since we speak different languages!
Puppy Foundation Course includes early education—even before all vaccinations are completed (in-house learning)—and focuses on life-saving skills such as recall, impulse control and creation of secure attachment with the caregiver. It also provides gradual exposure to various stimuli and careful socialisation to ensure the puppy has positive experiences from the very beginning of life.
This course is available on a One-on-One basis only, to ensure better outcomes before your puppy reaches adolescence and to help prevent overwhelming situations that a puppy might find aversive.
where
All lessons are taking place in Wimbledon Common or in Surrey – Leatherhead or Ashtead/Epsom Common.
What is covered
- House training
- Exposure and safe, gradual Socialisation
- Recall
- Sit stay
- Stay
- Touch
- Walking nicely on a loose lead
- Leave it
- No chasing (runners, cyclists)
- Nice and easy social behaviour
- Grooming and Handling a puppy
- Introduction to the Emergency Stop
Because this course is 1-to-1, some course content might vary from dog to dog and puppy to puppy.