Overview

Our Puppy 101 Training helps young dogs build the foundation they need to become calm, confident, and well-rounded family companions. Instead of group classes, every session is delivered 1:1, giving you personalised instruction, faster progress, and hands-on support tailored to your puppy’s specific needs.

Training takes place in your home and local environments around Oxford*, on days that suit your schedule.

Initial Consultation (90 minutes)
£89

What’s Included

  • Assess your puppy’s temperament, behaviour, and environment
  • Identify goals and priority behaviours
  • Introduce core foundations including communication, settling, and early obedience
  • Give owners guidance on first-time puppy care and management
  • Answer all your questions — no question is too small or silly

Outcomes

  • Have a personalised training plan for your puppy
  • Understand how to communicate clearly and calmly
  • Know how to prevent common puppy issues before they develop
  • Be set up for the next stage of training

Puppy 101 - 10 Sessions

£400

What’s Included

  • Sit, wait, and recall foundations
  • Food manners and impulse control
  • Loose lead walking foundations
  • Toilet training support
  • Confidence building
  • Early socialisation strategies (as appropriate)
  • Reliable recall in real-world environments
  • Calm behaviour around people and dogs
  • Settling and boundary work
  • Exposure to new environments and stimuli
  • Preventing problem behaviours (jumping, nipping, barking)
  • Confidence and resilience building
  • Custom owner troubleshooting support throughout

Outcomes

  • Listen more consistently to core cues
  • Walk more calmly and respond better to guidance
  • Show improved household manners
  • Demonstrate clearer communication with their humans
  • A well-rounded, responsive, and confident young dog
  • Clear communication between owner and puppy
  • Better behaviour at home and in public
  • Fewer emerging problem behaviours as adolescence approaches
  • Strong foundations for Intermediate Puppy Training

Puppy 101 Training can also be booked in blocks of 3 at a cost of £150

*a surcharge may be applicable if your trainer has to travel far from central Oxford for sessions