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Puppy Training
We are now offering Puppy Preschool, a two week training package that you can chose to add on when picking your puppy. This is a foundation training package that is designed to give you and your puppy a head start.
Puppy Preschool - $1,500
**added to the cost of the puppy
This training package is designed to train your puppy to sleep in crate by his/herself and o potty-train outside. Our standard practice is to litter-train puppies to a designated area, but our puppies do not go outdoors until they are vaccinated. Sometimes, this means only a week before they leave, giving them only a little time with outdoor experience. By extending their stay for an additional 2 weeks, we provide them with this extra practice and training before coming home. We provide each puppy with their own personal crate (included in the cost of the package and personalize with their name if one has been chosen or a blank tag if undecided) to allow them to practice being away from littermates.
If you'd like to sign up for training, please let me know on your puppy application. If you'd like to know more please send me an email by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
**Spaces are limited per litter.
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What does training look like?
Puppies learn to sleep in their own personal crate with their stuffed animal and blanket that smells like mom and littermates
Puppies start a routine with playtime, outdoor time and naptimes (calm, quiet time in their own crates).
Praising and feeding in crate, to ensure that the crate is a positive and rewarding experience.
​What will my puppy learn?
Puppies will learn to sleep through the night for minimum of 6 hours and stay in their crate peacefully for 2-3 hour periods of time throughout the day
They will know their name
They will know there is a designated potty location (outside/a designated door)
They will be able to climb stairs
They will learn to associate their crate as their "safe space," a place where they can go to when feeling overwhelmed or tired.
​What should I expect?
This is a foundation training course to help minimize some of the stress in potty and crate training by giving your puppy a head start on the basics. They will understand their is a specific spot to go potty by going to a designated place (i.e., the back door or sliding door). This does not mean they will be fully potty trained by 10 weeks old. Puppies are not typically fully potty trained until at least 16 weeks old.
Our goal is to have only 1-2 accidents a day.
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This preschool will also give you a schedule for your puppy to maintain at home. Typically puppies need to go out to potty every 30-40 minutes. By establishing a routine, we can stretch this time longer. By keeping this routine, we typically see our puppies accident-free within 3 weeks of being home.
Your puppy will also understand that their crate is their safe space. They will learn to enter it calmly and will be content to eat, sleep and nap without causing a fuss. While they may still whine a bit, we will train them that the hysterics is not acceptable behavior. Your puppy will know that when they are released from their crate, they go straight outside to potty - reenforcing their potty training.