Who should sign up?

Puppies between 9 weeks and 20 weeks. Each puppy must at least have two rounds of DA2PP 1 week prior to their session starting. Please wait at least 10 days after getting your new puppy to join class.

*Please notify us before hand if your puppy to class if they are showing any signs of illness; Throwing up, diarrhea, not eating or drinking or coughing

Why is Puppy socialization important?

Early, proper, socialization of a puppy has huge benefits for you and your dog as they grow up. Exposure to puppies, people, surfaces and noises at an early age will allow your puppy to gain confidence before the door closes on a critical period of development. If you isolate your puppy or they miss out on this critical socialization, your dog could develop behavioral problems like fear, avoidance and even aggression later in life.

What to Expect

This program is a two week course were we take your puppy for 2-4 hours 2-3 days a week on an adventure into public; a park, store, or back to our home yard for play time, and training. That is a total of 4 or 6 days with us. We will expose your puppy to different surfaces, obstacles and scenarios to get them used to different textures, surfaces, noises and stability. In the case of any puppy being more shy or reserved we will adjust accordingly and can create a space to make them feel more comfortable. The key to this course is to expose your puppy to new things slowly and easily so that we build confidence on their terms. Over the two week session your puppy will learn how to sit, lay down, focus, their name, the beginning of walking on a leash and depending on your dogs skill level we will also introduce a place and stay. They will also have exposure to a kennel, car rides, and continued potty training. This program will be a max of two puppies at a time together so that each dog can get individualized attention.

What your puppy needs to attend

• Leash, flat collar/ harness

• Treats (soft and easily breakable are best)- if not okay with trainers provided treats

• a favorite toy

• blanket/ towel

Worried about your puppy not being fully vaccinated

We understand your concern!

We take every precaution to make puppy socialization as safe as possible. The areas in which we will be taking your puppy is of lower traffic to dogs who are not vaccinated. Each kennel for car rides is cleaned between puppies and any other surfaces or materials will be sanitized as well. We ask that all puppies attending wait 10 days prior to starting class after bringing them home to ensure your puppy won’t break with any illness. During that 10 days we recommend that every puppy is seen by a vet to ensure each puppy is healthy and on track with their vaccines. No puppy will be allowed in class without a copy of their vaccines present or prior to the start of class.

*Please do not bring your puppy to class if they are showing any signs of illness; Throwing up, diarrhea, not eating or drinking or coughing

*We also ask that you do NOT take your puppy to a dog park as the risk of exposure to illness is very high and we take the health of all our clients very seriously!

Although it is not recommended you take your puppy who isn’t fully vaccinated to a dog park or pet store for socialization because it can be unsanitary the cleaning protocols taken at Mountain Ridge Animal Hospital cut down the risk of illness significantly. If you want to read more about socialization and the risks vs. the benefits check these out.

American Veterinary Society ofAnimal Behavior: Position Statement on Puppy Socialization

APDT: Are Early Socialization and Infectious Disease Prevention Incompatible?

Early puppy socialization classes: Weighing the risks vs. benefits

Price:

2 Hours :

4 Days - $480

6 Days- $720

If you are interested in our services, set up a discovery call!

*These sessions are intended to be used in sets of weeks. This will give us the best consistency to be able to achieve results. Please be aware that packages will expire if not used. Each session package when purchased details when they will expire from date of purchase. If you have any questions please visit our Polices and Procedures page.