Puppy Foundations Course

7 weeks | Small groups | Real world training

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The Puppy Foundations Course is a 7-week programme designed to give your puppy the practical skills they need for everyday life, while helping you feel confident and supported from the very start.

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Training focuses on calm behaviour, confidence building, impulse control, appropriate socialisation, recall, loose lead walking and settling, all taught in a way that translates beyond the classroom.

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Course Structure

• Week 1. Humans only foundations session.
  A theory based session without puppies, covering how dogs learn, key terminology (including marker words and recall cues), puppy development, play, enrichment and settling. This allows you to ask questions freely and feel prepared before practical training begins.

• Weeks 2–6. Practical training sessions.
  Hall based sessions focused on real life skills, delivered in a calm, supportive environment with individual guidance throughout.

• Week 7. Graduation (real-world practice).
  A short walk to practice learned skills, followed by calm settling in a pub environment to help bridge the gap between training and everyday life.

 

Small Classes, By Design

Classes are limited to a maximum of six puppies, allowing for better focus, individual support, and a calmer learning experience for both puppies and their humans.

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What’s Included

• 7 structured sessions

• Small group training (max 6 puppies)

• Reward based, welfare focused methods

• Optional mini 1-2-1 session for additional support

• Optional social walk & settle session

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£149 per puppy

Spaces are limited due to small class sizes.

Suitable for puppies up to age of 6/7 months.​​

Confidence & Everyday Skills Course

Suitable for dogs aged 6 months and over (or younger if they’ve completed puppy training)

6 weeks 

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This course is designed for dogs of any age who would benefit from building confidence, focus, and everyday skills in real life situations. It's the perfect next step for my puppy course graduates and is ideal for adolescent dogs, adult dogs, and rescue dogs who may have missed out on early foundations, as well as dogs who are generally friendly but need help coping with the world around them.

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Whether your dog struggles with distractions, finds settling difficult, pulls on the lead, or simply needs support transferring training into real life environments, this course focuses on practical skills that make day to day life easier for both ends of the lead.

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What’s included

• 5 weeks of structured, supportive training in the hall

• Graduation outing. A short real life walk followed by settling practice in a dog friendly pub

• Small, supportive group WhatsApp for guidance and reassurance between sessions

• Optional free 30-minute mini 1-2-1 for individual support

• Optional free group Zoom check-in after the course to ask questions and fine tune skills

 

What we cover

• Building confidence and engagement around everyday distractions

• Loose lead walking without the daily arm workout

• Calm behaviour and settling around people and other dogs

• Practical skills to help your dog cope outside the home

• Strengthening communication and trust between you and your dog

• Confidence building for your dog (and for you) when feeling a bit overwhelmed

• Developing and improving recall so you can feel confident in real life situations

 

This course is ideal if you want clear guidance, real world practice, and ongoing support, without feeling judged or left to figure it out alone.

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Suitability

This course is suitable for dogs who are comfortable around other dogs and people and able to work in a group environment. It is not suitable for dogs displaying reactive behaviour. If you’re unsure whether this course is right for your dog, please get in touch. Reactive dogs are best supported through 1-2-1 training.

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Optional Mentorship Add-On

For dogs and owners who would benefit from ongoing, personalised support, this course can be upgraded with the Confidence & Everyday Skills Dog Training Mentorship. This provides a further three months of guidance, including private WhatsApp support during working hours, monthly 1-2-1 sessions, monthly online Q&A sessions, and guided social walk and settle exercises. Mentorship spaces are limited and offered as an add-on only to ensure a high level of support. For full details, please take a look at the Mentorship information on this page.

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£149

Spaces are limited due to small class sizes.

Confidence & Everyday Skills Dog Training Mentorship

Approx. 4.5 months of support

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If you’re thinking, “I don’t just want a course,  I want someone in my corner,” this is for you.

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The Mentorship is for dogs aged 6 months and over who need time, consistency, and support, and for owners who want ongoing access to professional help instead of Googling at 10pm and crying into their tea. This includes adolescent dogs, adult dogs, and rescue dogs of any age who would benefit from structured guidance and real-world training.

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This package includes the full Confidence & Everyday Skills Dog Training Course, plus an additional three months of structured, personalised support to help everything actually stick. 

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What’s included:

• Full 6-week Confidence & Everyday Skills Dog Training Course, and everything that comes with that

• Private WhatsApp support with access to me during working hours

• One 1-2-1 session per month (3 total) to work on your dog, your goals, your reality

• Monthly online Q&A sessions (3 total) for extra guidance and troubleshooting

• Monthly social walk & settle session (3 total) to practise calm behaviour in the real world

 

This isn’t just training, it’s mentoring you and your dog through everyday challenges, step by step, so you don’t feel stuck, frustrated, or like you’ve “failed” your dog.

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Investment:

• £499 paid in full

• Or 4 monthly payments of £142.25 (£569 total)

 

Already on the Confidence & Everyday Skills Dog Training Course and want more support?

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You can upgrade to the Confidence & Everyday Skills Dog Training Mentorship at any point.

• £399 paid in full, or

• 3 monthly payments of £156.33 (£468.99 total)

No repeating content, no starting again, just extended support when you realise real world training takes time and consistency.​

COMING SOON

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​Come and be a part of a wonderful sighthound community.

 

Sighthounds are a bit different to 'ordinary' dogs and need a gentle nudge when it comes to training.

 

These classes are suitable for old and new hound owners alike. ​

A streamlined version of a 1-2-1.  I will accompany you and your dog on a walk where I will observe and advise on certain training issues and concerns.

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Ideal for working on things such as loose lead walking, recall and socialisation. 

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Suitable for all ages.

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£45

Ideal for when you want to address specific training concerns on a 1-2-1 basis, where group sessions may not be suitable.​

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These sessions can take place in person or online.

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Individual sessions last up to an hour.

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£60