Do you have or want a puppy but don’t have the time or knowledge to start to train them?
Have a Puppy Who Needs Training?
If you think you’ll have the time and the environment to get them through puppyhood successfully then I recommend you take them home at 8 weeks. If you’re afraid you’re not going to have the time or the skills to do it then we recommend basic training and socialization here. It’s well worth it..
This is a great program for new and first time puppy owners who have a new puppy at home but don’t have the experience or the extra time it takes to properly start to train and socialize a new puppy. At Schnauzers Of Taylor “Puppy Boot Camp” your new puppy will get a start on what they need during this very important stage of development. Puppy socialization start, Potty Training start, introduction to the leash, car rides, strangers, little kids, teenagers, big scary men, loud noises, other dogs, packs of dogs, house rules as well as an introduction to hearing the very basics like sit, down, back, leave it etc.
We offer 1 or 3 spots in each one of our litters for our 1-4 week puppy training program to our puppies only. This program includes potty training and very basic obedience and more importantly extensive socialization. After all you can easily teach a 1 year old dog with limited training to go outside but you can not so easily socialize them to like kids or car rides if they’ve had little to no experience with these things as puppies. EARLY Socialization is key to a happy, healthy family dog. (
Early socialization not only helps to build up their confidence but it helps to eliminate the chances of phobias and even aggression developing as adults. The most common cause of unprovoked dog aggression is the lack of proper early socialization during the most crucial time of a dogs life.. the first 3 months of age.
Window of Opportunity
Puppies are most accepting of new experiences between 3 and 12 weeks old. After that age, they become much more cautious of anything they haven’t yet encountered. From about 12 to 18 weeks old the opportunity to easily socialize the puppy ends-and with each passing week it becomes harder to get a young dog to accept and enjoy something that he’s initially wary of. After 18 weeks old, it’s extremely difficult, and sometimes impossible, to teach a dog to like something new, or help him become comfortable with something he finds frightening.
We use Dr. Sophia Yin’s Socialization in our program in order to make sure that your puppy is introduced to all kinds of new experiences in a positive way. At the end of the program we provide you with a printout of all the new exposures we introduced them to and how they reacted to them, this is meant to help you to learn what your puppy might need to work on more in their future.
All puppies are different.
Perhaps surprisingly, failure to properly expose a young puppy to certain situations or types of people during this brief period can result in his being forever fearful of them as an adult. Early socialization—or the lack of it—is a vital determinant of a dog’s lifelong behaviors. Without proper socialization, it is unlikely that a pup will become the adult dog he could have been, whether as a competitor in canine events or as a happy, well-adjusted family pet.
“Basically, an adult dog’s temperament and behavior habits, both good and bad, are shaped during puppyhood—very early puppyhood,” says veterinarian and leading animal behaviorist Dr. Ian Dunbar, author of Before & After Getting Your Puppy. Further, Dunbar notes that behavior issues are the number-one cause of dogs being relinquished to shelters.
If you have a new puppy but not the time.. then you should sign them up for some sort of puppy training ASAP or puppy play dates with all kinds of different people and dogs.. do it either with us or with another program either way… just do it. As a dog lover and dog breeder I can not express the importance of this..it really is worth the investment in the long run. Picking the perfect puppy is just step one.
If you have a new puppy in need of training and socialization..
In regards to training we begin the sit, down and leave it commands as well as basic puppy manners in our home and family atmosphere.
We can not guarantee at what level of training your puppy will leave here but we do begin the training process for you. The older pups get the easier they retain what they learn.
Basic Puppy Boot Camp is either 1 or 2 weeks which includes basic crate training, socialization and head start potty training. $250 per week
Max training is for 4 weeks of crate training, house manners, socialization and basic obedience training. The 4 week program costs $1000 for the full 4 weeks.
Puppy Boot Camp Max is $1000 for 4 weeks of house training, socialization, vet checks and required vaccinations
Our Training List
Below is my training list of things I will be working on with your puppy.
Training Tools
- Collar
- 6 ft leash
- Treat
Beginning Obedience Commands
- Sit
- Down
- Stay
- Leave it
- Off
Home and Community Training
- Basic Potty Training
- Crate Training
- Driving in a car
Socialization
The goal is to remain calm and confident in new situations..
- Meeting strangers
- Public places – People with hoods, hats, umbrellas, loud noises..etc
- Meeting new dogs in a controlled setting
- Kids
- Men
- Teenagers
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