This class is designed for older puppies between 6 and 12 months. This is a 6-week class with plenty of on and off-leash interaction and supervised playtime with the other puppies as his is still an important time for socializing, to build “play skills” and to manage fear before it becomes a problem. We co-mingle puppies of all different breed types and sizes.

Puppy II class will focus on intensive basic obedience training to solidify the skills the pups learned in Puppy Kindergarten; sit, down, come, wait, walking on leash, and leave it, but with longer duration and more reliability. This is the class where we introduce and achieve a “stay” with more intensive impulse control work. We will address issues that become more prevalent at this age like jumping up on people and objects, counter-surfing (for the larger puppies) and becoming overly enthusiastic when meeting or greeting new dogs or people.

This is an important next step following the puppy kindergarten class. You don’t take your human kids out of school after Kindergarten. The same philosophy holds for your fur kids. Keep their education going and you will be glad that you did.