Our Saturday Classes are a great way to learn with your best friend.
At West Coast, we have a variety of dog training options to best suit your best friend, you, and your lifestyle.
Starting puppy training when your new bundle of joy is only a couple of months old will sow the seeds for an obedient and well-mannered dog, in addition to a great bond between you and your dog. We have a selection of puppy training options that will get your new family member off to the perfect start.
Our Puppy Primary Confidence Building & Social Play classes are held every Saturday in our secure training facilities. Puppy training sets the foundations for an obedient and well-mannered dog and we highly recommend dog owners to start training as early as possible. We often get asked when is the right time to start training and the answer is “immediately!”.
Your puppy’s brain is a big sponge and in the early stages of its life will pick up new things and learn habits very quickly. To ensure your puppy learn good habits, puppy training is crucial.
About the Class?
Puppy Primary® Confidence Building & Social Play
A Puppy Preschool class that focuses on puppy socialisation and confidence building.
These classes are designed to help ensure your new puppy grows into a confident, relaxed, well-adjusted adult.
We also teach you about toilet training, preventing mouthing and biting, building your puppy’s confidence and the all-important socialisation with people and other puppies.
All puppies who do a Puppy Primary Confidence Building & Social Play Training Class receive a free training manual, lead and toy.
What’s included in the Classes?
Puppy Primary® Confidence Building & Social Play
These classes build up your puppy’s confidence by getting them comfortable around different sights, sounds and objects. We will show you how to handle your puppy to ensure that they are relaxed enough to explore and what to do when your puppy is unsure. This course aids in helping clients through their puppy’s fear periods and become well-adjusted adult dogs. The last part of each class is set aside for off lead puppy socialisation.
We use positive reward-based training methods and match our techniques with the temperament of the dog and your abilities/requirements. We also teach you how to understand how your puppy learns to enable you to work in a way your puppy will understand.
In each class the puppies are introduced to new stimuli and owners are shown which behaviours we reinforce to help them become more confident. This class focuses on using food, toys and yourself as encouragement and reinforcement.
There are 4 topics to choose from, these are spread over a 4-week rotation:
- Sounds (such as fireworks, thunder, alarms, bike bells)
- Surfaces & Waterplay (waterplay is dependent on weather)
- Agility circuit
- Movable objects (objects are moved past puppies)
Our confidence building and social play Class:
- Is for puppies between from 8 weeks until 6 months.
- Runs from 8.00am until 9.00am on Saturdays.
- The initial class includes a Puppy Pack including 1 x 6’ snap lead, 1 x toy, training manual, WCPCC brochure, and a magnet.
Your puppy can attend as many classes as you would like, while they are still within the age bracket.
Please note one handler is required per dog.
Bookings are essential; payment and proof of vaccination is required prior to the first class.
2022 Class Schedule for Puppy Primary Confidence Building & Social Play
We use balanced and positive reward-based training methods in our puppy classes and match our techniques with the temperament of the dog and your abilities/requirements. We also teach you how to understand how your puppy learns to enable you to work in a way your puppy will understand.
Our Dog Trainers are available to work with you and your best friend all year round.
Every dog enrolled in our Board and Train courses will receive Free Guaranteed Support for their pet’s lifetime and are also eligible to be booked in for our Daily Refresher Program!
