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Puppy Programs

Raising happy, healthy, well mannered and behaved puppies.

Cute Puppy

Bringing home a new puppy is very exciting, but it can also be very challenging and exhausting. Puppies are like little sponges who soak up everything you teach them good and bad. Let our Puppy Programs put your mind at ease and help you give your new family member a solid foundation to stand on. 

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Puppies go through a critical socialization period between the ages of 8 weeks- 16 weeks. During this time it is important to expose them in a safe and positive manner to things in life to help set them up for success mentally and emotionally. This will help them in future training and how they see the world. A negative experience with something in this period could affect your puppy for the rest of its life. For example, if a puppy has a bad experience with nail trims at this age they could have a fear of nail trims that can be very difficult to get over as they age.

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Here at Focus Forward Dog Training, our experience in raising Service Dogs is used to create programs designed to give your puppy confidence, strong foundational training, and positive exposure to the world. Our programs will give your puppy a headstart and set them up for success in future training and help lead to your puppy becoming an adult dog who is trained, well-mannered, and confident in life.

Focus Forward Dog Training has created the ultimate puppy training program. For puppies 8 weeks- 6 months of age. We focus on exposure and socialization as well as a solid obedience foundation, created from our experience raising service dogs. Puppies are exposed to a variety of things from different surfaces and textures to different sights, sounds, and smells all with positive reinforcement. This includes field trips to parks, pet-friendly patios, stores, and overall exposure to the world. For puppies who are not fully vaccinated they go on their field trips in a puppy sling that allows them to view and experience the world safely. We have several programs to meet your goals.

Skills Covered in Our Puppy Programs

  • Engagement skills (the MOST IMPORTANT SKILL) 

  • Impulse control 

  • Foundations of Loose Leash walking 

  • Crate training

  • Building blocks of recall

  • Address mouthing

  • Introduction to: sit, down, focus, place

  • Extensive environmental and socialization work

  • Building enjoyment in working and training

  • Deconditioning grooming, bathing, nail trimming, and blow dryers

  • Age-appropriate play and respectful interaction with other dogs

  • Potty training schedule

**For puppies 5 months and under**

PupScouts

*5-night Board & Train

*2 one-hour Private Lessons​

 

$725

PupScouts Boot Camp

*7-night Board & Train

*3 one-hour private lessons

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$1,040

PupScouts Foundations

*10-day board train of our puppy program

-See the above list.

*3-week board train after they turn 6 months

Getting your puppy started on all the basics.

  • Heel

  • Off-Leash Recall

  • Socialization (including multiple field trips)

  • Loose Leash Walking

  • House Manners (No jumping, counter surfing, play biting, snatching items)

  • Door Manners (No bolting out of doors)

  • Sit

  • Down

  • Stay

  • Polite Greetings

  • 2 x private training sessions for you and your puppy included

$3,410

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