S.T.A.R.T Puppy Programs – Great Beginnings, Smart Pup, No Hyper Puppies

Socialize, Train, Assess, Reinforce, Trust – 4 stage First year Program

PUPPY STYLE!

S.T.A.R.T is a program that turns a crazy puppy into a super puppy. It is not designed to teach you ‘all about training.’ But to help your puppy learn to be good, and teach you how to prevent bad behavior without a lot of commands and training you will never use.

Fill in the form on this website or call 519-902-4739 to start your puppy this week.

We welcome puppies after their second shots – but we encourage you to wait until their third shots. Puppies are susceptible to parasites, parvo virus,coccidiosis, and other potentially fatal, and definitely vet-expensive problems. While we work hard to ensure our training facility is cleaned (using the same cleaner as the vet offices use) we cannot guarantee that your puppy will not encounter parasites and pathogens on its way to training.

Current COURSES

Great Beginnings

8 – 11 weeks – Private class – 4 weeks, $99

SMART PUP

12 Week – 6 month -Wednesday 6pm. Intake Wed of 1st or 15th of the month

8 weeks x $175

No More Hyper Puppies

Private Behavior Class

Adolescent Classes or Sport Puppy Performance Class

6 – 10 month 10 sessions x $150

Classes are limited to 8 puppies

Our Guarantee

If you are not satisfied with our training method after the first night we will offer a full refund.
We will limit the class. Great beginnings has no more than 4 puppies. Other classes will have no more than 8 puppies in the class
We will answer all your questions and emails

S.T.A.R.T. Great Beginnings

8 – 12 Week old puppies

Puppy socialization should be designed to create confident, happy, well socialized puppies who are easy to train, and fun to play with. We work hard to make sure each puppy is ensured a happy, positive experience.

We limit enrollment to 5 puppies
We will customize this program to correct the problems you are facing.
We control the environment so your puppies are not bullied
We teach you how to stop, correct, and prevent behavior problems
You will learn the foundations for training a dog, so that all obedience training is easier and more fun.
Our main goal is to create a confident, engaged, and ‘family friendly’ pet.
You can continue taking the course until you have ‘succeeded’ in helping your puppy learn not to jump, bite, run away from you when off leash, and walk with you on a leash.

Behavior Training goes far beyond teaching a few tricks, like sit and heel. It helps build calm, confident puppies with good manners:

coming when called
not crying at night
toilet training
‘place’ and ‘kennel’ training
not pulling on a leash
not jumping, biting, or chewing
staying home alone
not chasing the cat
not jumping on children

Note: This course is designed to give you the tools needed to either socialize and set the foundation for successful dog training. It is not a training course. We have successfully fixed 1 behavior problem in this course. Often the tools needed to fix this one problem gives you the tools to fix others. If you need more help please start with the ‘No Hyper Puppies!’ program on this page.

4 weeks = $99 (Private Classes)

Includes 40 page puppy rearing and problem solving workbook

_Some younger/immature puppies may be allowed to stay in great beginnings for an extra 2 weeks.

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S.T.A.R.T – Smart Pup

Congratulations on your new puppy. Bringing home a new puppy is a wonderful experience. With a good start, puppies can grow to be an important part of your family who bring love, laughter, and pride for many years.

This is a puppy version of our S.T.A.R.T obedience course. It is designed to teach the same basic commands as a regular obedience course, but focusing on positive reinforcement and teaching your puppy to obey you as a ‘behavior’ that lasts a life time, not a ‘trick’ that he does for a treat.

Dog park manners
Handling fear and stressful situations
Introduce sit, heel, down, stay (and make it fun)
Introduce the ‘with me’, ‘look’ (look at me), and ‘leave it’
Teach you how to stop your dog from pullling on a leash, chasing people or dogs
Engaging and focusing on you – not the other dogs or toys or distractions
Discussing Crate Training
Keeping Puppies Healthy

Note: our focus is not precision or perfection. It is teaching your dog to want to obey you, and having the skills needed so that you can enjoy life with your dog including safely going for walks, inviting people to your house, and taking your dog when you leave home.

This course works best if you take

8 weeks – $175 (Maximum 8 puppies)

Includes workbook

S.T.A.R.T Puppy COMPLETE – buy both programs at once and pay $255

Wednesday 6pm

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S.T.A.R.T – No Hyper Puppies!

5 – 12 months

Turning Hyper Puppy into a Polite, Well Mannered – Happy – Puppies

Avoiding making your dog nervous/reactive around other dogs
“Are you training your dog to be bad?” – Learn to stop bad behavior immediately
What to do when your puppy says “No!” or bites or runs away
Teaching the puppy to come when called – every time.
Teaching your puppy to listen even when ‘off leash’
Play then settle down on command

(Please contact us via email if you are interested in this course)

This is not an obedience course, but designed to help you get control of crazy puppies