Training is essential for getting you and your new puppy off on the right paw and a puppy can start training as early as 8 weeks old. Our puppy obedience course gets puppies going early on obedience and covers additional dog parenting topics, as opposed to focusing only on socialization and exposure. Puppy obedience is not offered as a group class due to the varying needs of differently aged puppies and health considerations. Additionally, we like to schedule the lessons to coincide with various developmental stages as opposed to compressing four weeks of classes in during the puppy's earliest stages. Puppy obedience is offered as a four lesson course either at our location, in your home, or a combination of both.

• Name recognition
• Learning to pay attention
• Sit and down
• Wait
• Brief sit stay and down stay
• Come when called
• Walk on a loose leash
• Potty and crate training
• Learning not to jump or mouth
• Dog and people socialization
• Environmental experiences and confidence building exercises

Additional topics such as understanding how dogs learn, equipment basics, how to be your puppy's leader, meeting your puppy's needs, and adjusting other pets to your puppy are also addressed. Steele and Sadie assist with your puppy's socialization and dog role modeling.