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 training lessons 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. Below is a list of our puppy training options.
Which Classes are available?
Puppy Primary Junior
A Puppy Preschool class that focuses on puppy socialisation and confidence building.
A four-week course 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 Junior Training course receive a free training manual, lead and toy.
Puppy Primary Senior.
A Puppy class that focuses on puppy socialisation and learning basic obedience.
A four-week course where we will show you how to teach your puppy basic obedience and good manners, as well as greetings and general puppy care.
You will have fun with your puppy and teach them the necessary skills to become a pleasure to own and be seen with in public.
Includes free training manual, lead, treat pouch, & dog behaviour book.
What’s included in the Classes?
Puppy Primary® Junior.
This 4-week course builds 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. The last part of the class is set aside for off lead puppy socialisation.
Our Junior Class:
- Is for puppies between 8-16 weeks.
- Focuses on using toys and yourself as encouragement and reinforcement.
- Runs from 8.00am until 9.00am Saturdays.
- Includes a Puppy Pack (training manual, lead and toy).
Each week the puppies are introduced to new stimuli and owners are shown which behaviours we reinforce to help them become more confident.
- There are 4 topics spread over a 4-week rotation;
- Sound
- Movable objects (objects are moved past puppies)
- Low-level agility equipment
- Different surfaces to walk over
Bookings are essential, and payment and proof of vaccination is needed prior to the first class. After the completion of the course, if your puppy is still within the age bracket, re-attendance is encouraged.
Puppy Primary® Senior.
This 4-week course teaches your puppy basic obedience commands and good manners like sit, drop, come, walk on a loose lead, greetings and leave. The last part of the class is set aside for off lead puppy socialisation.
Our Senior Class:
- Is for puppies between 4-6 months.
- Runs from 9.30am until 10.30am Saturdays.
- Includes a Puppy Pack (training manual, lead, treat pouch, & dog behaviour book).
Each week, the trainers will cover selected topics and show the owners how to teach their puppies and continue it on at home. These are 11 topics covered.
- These 11 topics are spread over a 4-week rotation.
- Markers (good, yes and dog’s name), and loose lead
- Sit, drop and leave
- Recall, holding position and place
- Greetings, handling, trimming nails and cleaning ears
Bookings are essential, and payment and proof of vaccination is needed prior to the first class. After the completion of the course, if your puppy is still within the age bracket, re-attendance is encouraged.
We use 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!
