Come join the fun at our puppy class in Richmond.
Puppy Preschool can be one of the key developmental stages for your puppy, setting them up as a healthy, happy and confident member of your family. During this crucial imprinting stage, puppy preschool lays the foundation for puppies to become polite, well-manner and socialised. Environmental conditioning and socialisation is far more effective than later in their life.
Our puppy classes offer a safe socialising space for puppies of similar ages. Classes are fun and relaxed with a mixture of training, theory and games. We are constantly seeing the benefits of dogs that have attended our classes. They are happy to arrive at the clinic and less stressed during their examinations because, through attending puppy class, they associate the clinic with positive memories.
The course normally runs for one hour over a course of four weeks covering a range of skills, techniques and tools to get the best start. We run our classes multiple times a week in the evenings at the Richmond clinic for puppies between 8-16 weeks old (puppy key socialising period). Puppies must of had their first round of puppy vaccinations to attend.
A four-week course is $100 and includes four 1-hour classes, a range of samplers, graduation certificate and a wealth of skills, positive memories and new puppy friends. Please ring Sarah at our clinic to enquire.
Classes are run by Vikki Pickering from ‘You and Your Dog’, and Jen Chaddock one of our senior nurses. With the assistance of Sarah and Jacinda our passionate puppy assistants, you will have a wealth of expertise to lend an ear for all new puppy owners.
