Course curriculum

  • 1

    Orientation - Building Foundations in Training

    • How Puppies Learn

    • Developmental Stages

    • Puppy Schedules and Routines

    • Putting Management in Place

    • Know Your Puppy's Outlet

    • Motivation

    • Treat Tournament

    • Reward Marker

    • Master Your Marker Timings

    • Puppy Toys

    • Setting Up Your Training Area

    • Would you like your puppy to achieve the Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Award?

  • 2

    Week 1

    • Introduction to a Collar

    • Introduction to a Harness and Lead

    • Reading Body Language

    • Socialising your Pre- Vaccinated Puppy

    • Enrichment- What is it?

    • Enrichment Project - Cardboard Boxes

    • Field Trip - Your Neighbourhood by Day and Night!

    • Preventing Jumping Up

    • The Name Game

    • Introduction to Sit

    • Toilet Training

    • Crate and Pen Training

    • Human Play
  • 3

    Week 2

    • Puppy Play

    • Field Trip - Pet Superstore!

    • Enrichment Project - Paper/ Plastic Cups

    • Puppy Mouthing and Biting

    • Introduction to Scatter Recall

    • Get It!

    • Introduction to Down

    • Teaching a Nose Target

    • Collar Holds, Harness Grabs and Lead Clips

    • Check it out!

    • Preventing Door Dashing

    • Enrichment - DIY

  • 4

    Week 3

    • Introduction to Handling and Husbandry

    • Preventing Separation Anxiety

    • Puppy Exercise

    • Puppy Obstacle Course

    • Field Trip - Local Park

    • Puppy Chewing - Prevention

    • Teaching Tug

    • Hide and Seek - Recall

    • Introduction to Settle

    • Watch Me

    • Introduction to Loose Lead Walking - The Basics

    • Sleeping and Routines

    • Preventing Counter Surfing

    • Enrichment Challenge - Find it!

  • 5

    Week 4

    • Puppy Exposure to Outdoor Surfaces.

    • Setting up for Success- Walks

    • Field Trip - Coffee Shop

    • Teaching Nose Target

    • Enrichment Project - Muffin Tin

    • Introduction to Peekaboo

    • Look at That!

    • Food Circuits

    • Socialisation to moving objects

    • Introduction to Drop

    • Field Trip - Hardware Superstore

    • Preventing Unwanted Digging

    • Dog Park Etiquette - Introducing your puppy to dogs in the park.
  • 6

    Week 5

    • Socialisation Car Exposure and Trips

    • Enrichment Project - Burrito

    • Preventing Resource Guarding

    • Introduction to Leave.

    • Introduction to Stay

    • Appropriate Greeting Towards People

    • Puppy Push Ups.

    • Sniff and Go!

    • Roll Over!

    • Field Trip - Lunch Out

    • Check it Out!

    • Introduction to Paw Target

  • 7

    Week 6

    • Sound Desensitisation

    • Stay or Wait?

    • Frozen Enrichment Project

    • Wait and Release

    • Learning all about leg weaves!

    • Dropped Lead Recall

    • Taking your Puppy's Training on the Road!

    • Teaching a Spin

    • Ring a Bell to Toilet Outside

    • Desensitisation to costumes

    • Field Trip - to a Body of Water.

    • Introduction to Water.
  • 8

    Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Award - Additional Information

    • The Canine Code.

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