Puppy socialization and skills classes are for 10 week to 18 week old puppies. The purpose of this class is to provide an opportunity for socialization with puppies and people, learn how to play appropriately, and learn how to learn from their owners.

There are many important lessons to teach our little canine friends besides sitting and laying down. Some puppy lessons are time sensitive and much easier to accomplish when puppies are still itty bitty; lessons that will influence who that puppy grows up to be. While a skill like coming when called is definitely valuable, puppies don’t have the bandwidth to perform these reliably yet….but there’s other lessons for which puppies are primed and ready to learn. This is what we focus on in puppy class: best puppy raising practices, the critical role of good management, understanding our puppy’s communication, socialization done right, house training tactics, preventing biting and jumping, methods for building pup’s comfort with handling and husbandry, and resource guarding prevention exercises. Managed off-leash puppy play is also part of this class. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn about how to get your pup started out on the right paw!