Puppy Training Services
Welcoming a new puppy into your family is an exciting and rewarding experience. Our Puppy Training Services are designed to help you build a strong foundation for a happy, confident, and well-behaved companion while developing a lasting bond based on trust, understanding, and positive reinforcement.
Our experienced trainers provide guidance and support during the most important stages of your puppy's development, helping to prevent common behavioural issues before they become established habits.
Our Puppy Training Services Include:
- Puppy socialisation classes
- One-to-one puppy training sessions
- Puppy behaviour consultations
- Preparing for a new puppy
- Puppy's first off-lead walk
- Recall and lead training
- Confidence-building exercises
- Advice on nutrition, routine, and enrichment
What Our Puppy Training Covers
Our training programmes focus on three key areas:
Socialisation
Helping your puppy develop confidence around:
- Other dogs and puppies
- Adults and children
- Everyday household activities
- New environments, sounds, and experiences
Managing Common Puppy Challenges
Practical guidance on:
- Biting and mouthing
- Jumping up
- House training
- Separation-related behaviours
- Chewing and destructive behaviour
- Building confidence and independence
Good Manners and Obedience
Teaching essential life skills, including:
- Sit
- Down
- Stay
- Recall
- Loose-lead walking
- Stand
- Leave it
- Polite greetings
Our trainers use modern, science-based, reward-focused training methods that are both effective and enjoyable for puppies and owners alike.
Dog Training (From 9 Months of Age)
A well-trained dog is a pleasure to live with and allows you to enjoy a stronger, more rewarding relationship with your companion.
Our professional dog trainers provide personalised one-to-one coaching tailored to your dog's age, temperament, and individual requirements. We help owners understand how dogs learn, communicate, and respond to their environment, enabling them to achieve lasting results through positive reinforcement techniques.
One-to-One Training Can Help With:
Foundation Skills
Perfect for younger or less experienced dogs:
- Sit
- Stay
- Down
- Recall
- Heelwork
- Leave it
- Loose-lead walking
Advanced Training
For dogs with existing training experience:
- Reliable off-lead walking
- Distance control
- Advanced recall
- Proofing commands in distracting environments
- Improving focus and responsiveness
Behavioural Support
Assistance with:
- Excessive barking
- Jumping up
- Chewing
- Digging
- Pulling on the lead
- Poor recall
- General manners and impulse control
Fun and Enrichment Training
Training should be enjoyable for both dog and owner. We also offer fun trick training and enrichment-based activities that help strengthen your bond, improve communication, and provide valuable mental stimulation for your dog.
At Pet Sanctuary, we are committed to using ethical, reward-based training methods that are kind, effective, and tailored to the individual needs of each dog. Our goal is not only to improve behaviour but also to help create confident, happy dogs and well-informed, confident owners.
All our dog Trainers are DBS checked, fully insured, trained, experienced, reliable, and licensed where required. Each member of our team is carefully selected for their professionalism, commitment to animal welfare, and genuine love of pets.