Spaces on my extremely popular classes are shown below.
Book early to avoid disappointment as my classes are always over subscribed.

Next Available Class
Monday 27th September 2010

Classes cover socialisation, basic training, behaviour, toiletting, walking to heel, recall,
nipping, biting and jumping up. Cost is £99.00 for the full 6 week course
I am also offering a full individual one to one assessment - See Below

Socialisation early in your puppies life cycle is absolutely critical, Scientific studies have shown it to be so beneficial that it should be the most overriding factor in your pups early learning between eight and eighteen weeks

Starting at 6.30 in the evening and lasting one hour, these classes are held in Hampton.
Classes are limited to approximately 8/10 dogs, and covers all aspects of behavioural, obedience training, puppy health, and socialisation.

Cost of the full six week course is £99.00. We encourage children over five years old to come to the classes, so the pups get used to being handled positively and gently by youngsters as well as adults. See Map

I am not present at all the classes. I try and get to at least two of them. My daughter Louise runs the classes. She been through extensive training courses on my techniques. My daughter has been helping and training at the classes for over four years.

Louise also has a Dog Walking and Dog Sitting and Dog Walking business and runs a Doggie Creche during the day on specially designed private land covering 45 acres. For those people that require this service please contact her on 08985 743719 or see her website here

We play pass the puppy where everybody gets to handle all the other puppies in a kind and positive way. This builds up the pups confidence with strangers and children.

I see many dogs that have a problem with children or adults later in life. My intention is that all the pups in my classes will not suffer this problem.

As long as the puppies have had their first injections and are over 8 weeks of age, then they are fine to come to these classes. see critical periods in your puppies psychological growth and fear and timidity which explains just how important these classes are to the future behaviour of your dog.

I have little competitions on a weekly basis, such as the best sit, the best down, and the sit stay, walking to heel, down stay, and the puppy that has learned the best trick etc. Which culminates at the end of the course and is based on which puppy has improved the most during the classes.

It is all a bit of fun, however it does have a practical side. Owners tend to put more effort in if there is an enjoyable but slightly competitive element. The winners get a bag of treats or special goodbye bones, (for the dogs of course not the humans). I will be there on a couple of occasions talking and demonstrating my techniques. However my daughter Louise or her team generally run these classes.

All attendees will need to bring some treats, cheese, or small pieces of sausage ar fine, and of course poo bags to pick up any little accidents.  

If you are not in my area this is what you should be looking for when choosing a class:

• No puppy should be over 18 weeks of age at the beginning of a six week course. This is because at 24 weeks dogs turn from pups to juniors and at that age they can have a very negative effect on the other puppies in the classes.
  
• No more than eight or ten pups per class. Any more than this and the class becomes unmanageable and both the owners and the pups suffer.
  
• The pups should be allowed about ten to fifteen minutes free but controlled play with the other pups at the end of the classes. If they are not allowed this then they do not learn meeting and greeting rituals, which are paramount to future relationships with dogs. This should be tightly controlled so no pup gets bullied or hurt.
  
• No check or choke chains or aggressive training methods should be employed. Having said that puppies need to know right from wrong, therefore I do not subscribe to the idiotic notion that we should ignore all bad behaviour and only praise good behaviour.
  
• The class should have a specific length, the best are six weeks long. They should not be roll on and roll off classes where puppies just join a rolling ongoing course that has no beginning or end. Ours is a structured course that has a full six week agenda.

May I also suggest you visit my Website under "Puppy’s" There are lots of interesting articles I have personally written for various magazines and newspapers, plus lots of helpful hints for you and the new addition to your family

You may also wish to consider a “Puppy Assessment”. This is a full personality test at your own home. It includes an appraisal to indicate your dog's character and possible behaviour in later life; it also indicates the dog’s ability to learn and points to the methods that should work best for your individual dog.

This allows you to tailor your training to your dog's individual temperament, aptitude, and ability. I believe this to be extremely important and should be considered for all new puppies, but is almost a necessity for first time dog or puppy owners.

Remember you may have this dog for upwards of 15 years and in some cases longer. What you do and how you train and develop your dog at this age is so vitally important, that is shapes the behaviour of your puppy for the remainder of his or her life.

The assessment also covers sleeping arrangements, feeding, toileting, initial training schedules, training expectations, crate training and some important articles personally written. Including “The Art of Communication” which explains how to communicate with your pet, what commands to give, when to praise and when not to praise. plus a checklist for socialising your pup and articles on first aid, basic obedience, and overcoming Nipping and Biting, Jumping up, and how to start your dog on lead work and especially Recall. Done correctly at an early age, you should have no problems later when your matures and may get the wander lust.

I do hope gets the level of fun and pleasure out of your new arrival that I have had with all my dogs. I currently have four.

from left to right is Charlie a cross Jack Russell/Dachshund. Edward is an English Springer Spaniel, Kai is a White German Shepherd and finally a young working Cocker Spaniel call Guinness, who is nicknamed "Billy Whizz" I will leave it up to your imagination how he got both the names.

I would recommend booking my classes early as they are always over subscribed.