Puppy steps to confidence 6 month training package for puppies any time from before arriving. With fortnightly in person sessions & online email or WhatsApp support between your sessions. To gradually build you & your puppy's communication, connection skills & confidence. Covering all the changes & development stages your puppy will go through until they are confident young adult dog. With 3 payment options

The Puppy Steps to Confidence Training Package - Premium
This package has been devised to help and support you and your puppy from before arrival (if required), the early weeks up to young adulthood. With 3 payment options

This package includes fortnightly in person training sessions with online email or WhatsApp support between sessions

The focus is to gradually building you and your puppy's communication, connection & skills and in different situations using consistent and gentle training methods. This will give you the confidence and knowledge to take your dog to places they are comfortable with, remembering not all puppies or dogs will find every situation to their liking and you will be able to assess their feeling and act appropriately

The Puppy Steps to Confidence - Premium package includes: 
30 minute puppy prep video or phone call 
2 in person training sessions and online e-mail or WhatsApp support between face to face sessions
Month 1 
  • Week 1 - 2 hour home visit to discuss any issues such as toilet training, feeding. sleeping or eating routines and understanding their needs, emotions & natural instincts. Running through and practicing your training plan for the month. The potential training exercises are listed below but may vary depending on their age and current ability
  • Week 3 - 1 hour session (usually) at your home
Month 2
  • Week 5 - 1 hour session either at home or in the local area (if cleared by your vet)
  • Week 7 - 1 hours
Month 3
  • Week 9 - 1 hour session in your local area on lead 
  • Week 11 - as above
Month 4
  • Week 13 - 1 hour session at my field in Llanymynech off lead 
  • Week 15  - as above 
Month 5
  • Week 17 - 1 hour session in a countryside or recreation location on or off lead 
  • Week 19 - as above 
Month 6
  • Week 21  - 1 hour session in a residential or town location on lead 
  • Week 23  - as above
  • Week 24 - Online video or WhatsApp final review
Each session will include a review of your progress since the last session & will include notes on how to progress the previous session's exercises
Throughout the duration of your package, you can contact me with any questions and concerns by email or WhatsApp.

The package will follow this structured plan which will progress gradually over the weeks and months. It will include puppy training and routine building and progress into taking your puppy/young dog into real life locations and situations they may find themselves in when they are ready.

The training plans include:
  • Month 1 - name recognition, hand touch & collar hold
  • Month 2 - on & off, automatic sit & loose lead walking and recall foundations
  • Month 3 - loose lead walking, meeting people & dogs, confidence in a new situation
  • Month 4 - recall, communication, working around people and dog distractions
  • Month 5 - recall & loose lead walking, working around natural distractions 
  • Month 6  - loose lead walking, working around un-natural distractions, sitting calmly in distracting locations or cafes etc
Where possible for consistency and commitment  the training and support sessions should be held on the same day and time each fortnight. If life gets in the way on occasion please let me know asap so we can rearrange to a convenient time for us both

Payment Options 
Full Payment on Booking - £595 (Saving £95)* 
3 payments (on booking and before month 3, before month 5) - £210 (Saving £60)*
6 payments (on booking and before weeks 5. 9, 13, 17 & 21) - £115
* compared to paying over 6 months
As this is a long commitment a maximum of 2 weeks can be delayed due to holidays or sickness. My holidays and planned family situations will be notified and included into the schedule at the time of booking.

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Or if you would prefer you can phone, message or voicenote on 07595 217299 or email gill@speakingpuppy.co.uk

Other Speaking Puppy services available are:I am based in Oswestry and have a private field & hold classes in Llanymynech. For home visits I cover the towns & villages of north west  Shropshire, east Powys including the SY10, SY11, SY12, SY21, SY22, LL14 & LL20 postcodes.