Our Unique Perfect Puppy Program
After nearly 12 months of thinking, planning, designing and gathering feedback from our wonderful clients - Adrian and I are super excited to share our biggest change so far! We introduced a puppy-free first class, to fully set up the new puppy pawrents with the best success! Having the opportunity to work through how dogs learn, training techniques, enrichment and handler mechanics - just to name a few before commencing the full process with our puppies really is so important and the success speaks for itself!
This post is to dive a bit deeper into why our Perfect Puppy Program changed! We wanted to highlight the benefit of our program and unique service! Our job as trainers is to teach pawrents how to open up a communication channel between us as humans, and our animals. With our changes, you as the pawrent and handlers are the focus for week one. We set you up to have a better understanding of how to communicate with your pup in a way that will influence a positive outcome of their training!
As one of our Idols, Steve Mann would put it - without the correct understanding and guidance, we are just monkeys at the other end of the lead.
The first class is designed to allow us undivided time to get some of the following across to you, plus much more! The information on how puppies learn, the benefits of positive reinforcement training, and what type of rewards we can use are all something we wanted to get the best insight across to new pawrents!
Adrian, our Enrichment King has a wonderful talk and demonstration that sets our pawrents up from the start with an excellent understanding of the benefits of using enrichment in our dogs lives! We go through activities and demonstrations around handler mechanics so that you are well on your way to mastering the skill of marking and rewarding! This is so you can head back home and start working with your puppy, knowing you have been set up with a paw in the right direction.
While there is a thought that not being able to bring their puppy to all four lessons is a downfall, it’s actually quite the opposite! You have gained a vital learning opportunity, our undivided attention for questions, and confidence in knowing that we are here to 100% set you up for success in line with our values and holistic approach.
We also love so much that we are on this puppyhood pathway with you. With our dedication to ongoing learning and innovation, know that what we learn - we feed straight back to you!