This camp covers the most basic foundations you and your puppy will need to prevent behaviors and help them grow into a happy, socialized, well-behaved dog. Puppy Camp is held at my home from 9am to 3pm one day a week (on Tuesday or Thursday) for five weeks. You must drop your puppy off and pick it up.
Throughout the camp day your puppy gets several individualized one on one training sessions as well as group work. This is not daycare, it is an add on to your Puppy Consultation where a training program/schedule is covered with you. Everything covered in the consultation is practiced in camp where I am able to assist in moving your dog forward in their concepts.
At the end of each camp day you get a verbal download of the day and you’ll also receive an email all about your puppies day. It includes a break down of what we worked on that day, observed behaviors (good & bad), your homework assignments, and video links of your puppy learning and practicing concepts, as well as other dog behavior videos I may ask you to review to help support your dogs training.
New requirements for this program will require that the client watches all homework videos within seven days and once a week they need to text a short video of them practicing homework with their puppy. If these requirements are not met, your contract will be subject to termination.
Concepts covered:
- Reinforce Crate Training
- Reinforce Potty Training
- Structure
- Creating Schedules
- Socialization
- Group Social (with other teaching adult dogs)
- Nurturing Calm
- Leash work
- Place work (down/stay)
- Doorways/Thresholds
- Intro to Recall
- Hand feeding/Food
- Attention
- Pack Walking (depending on age/skills)
- Field Trips (depending on age/skills/vaccinations)
After Graduation you get all benefits of any Happy Social Dog client; invited to leash support classes, invited to any pack walk or social outings, access to our closed Facebook group for training tips and support. Our Happy Social Dog Pack is a great community and network of dog owners. You can participate as much or as little as you’d like.