Surviving Puppyhood: Reward-Based Puppy Training
Puppy biting, chewing, socialization, and everyday routines can bring lots of questions. Learn practical, reward-based ways to help your puppy settle in and grow.
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Puppies need more than a few cues. They’re discovering how to live with people, explore new places, play appropriately, and feel comfortable with everyday experiences. Surviving Puppyhood gives you guidance and time to practice together.
Two ways to learn
9-week in-home coaching
Private, one-on-one sessions in your home. You take part in training and practice with your puppy between visits.
6-week online program
Meet with your trainer online each week, practice the exercises with your puppy between meetings, and receive three months of email support.
What you and your puppy may practice
- Understanding how puppies learn and using positive reinforcement
- Managing mouthing, biting, chewing, and appropriate toy play
- Safe socialization and recognizing when your puppy needs a break
- Responding to their name, attention, hand targeting, and polite greetings
- Settling on a mat, recall foundations, leash skills, and sharing or trading
- Activity, enrichment, rest, and gradually working around distractions
Training topics are examples, not a fixed week-by-week promise. We adjust practice to your puppy’s needs and progress.
Already completed the core program?
Surviving Puppyhood While Out and About is an optional follow-on service after the in-home or online core program. Your trainer can take your puppy on real-world outings to practice learned skills around distractions and then text you where they went and what they worked on. Ask about availability and pricing.
Ready to take the next step?
Tell us a little about your dog and what you’re hoping to work on.
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