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Premium Puppy Training Programme

From 8 to 12 weeks, our premium training programme continues each puppy’s development with structured routines, positive reinforcement, confidence building, early obedience, socialisation, and essential family-life skills.

Advanced Development From 8 to 12 Weeks

Our premium programme is designed to give puppies a stronger foundation before joining their forever homes. Training is introduced gently and consistently, helping puppies build confidence, focus, independence, manners, and trust.

8–12 Weeks

Advanced House Training

Puppies continue developing stronger toilet awareness through a consistent daily routine.

  • Regular toilet breaks after eating, sleeping, and playing
  • Encouraging reliable outdoor toileting habits
  • Introducing verbal toilet cues
  • Building routine, confidence, and independence
Ongoing

Name Recognition

Each puppy’s name is positively reinforced to encourage attention, engagement, and responsiveness.

  • Positive name association
  • Reward-based attention exercises
  • Early focus and engagement skills
  • Encouraging response to their name
Ongoing

Crate Confidence

Puppies continue learning that their crate is a safe, calm, and comfortable space.

  • Positive crate entry and exit
  • Encouraging calm settling
  • Building quiet time confidence
  • Introducing verbal crate cues
Daily

Handling & Grooming

Gentle handling continues to prepare puppies for grooming, vet visits, and everyday care.

  • Ear handling
  • Paw and nail touching
  • Mouth checks
  • Tail handling and calm restraint
Ongoing

Socialisation

Puppies are safely introduced to new experiences in a calm and positive way.

  • New sights and sounds
  • Different surfaces and textures
  • Gentle people interaction
  • Safe exposure to suitable pets and dogs
Ongoing

Bite Inhibition

Puppies begin learning gentle play and appropriate mouth control.

  • Redirecting biting onto toys
  • Discouraging nipping at hands and clothing
  • Encouraging calm play
  • Building patience and frustration tolerance
Foundation Skills

Advanced Obedience

We strengthen early commands and begin introducing new behaviours in a positive, age-appropriate way.

  • Sit, down, and wait
  • Settle, stay, and place
  • Recall and focus foundations
  • Door manners and calm behaviour
Early 3Ds

Duration, Distance & Distraction

Puppies are introduced to the early foundations of the 3Ds to help strengthen reliability over time.

  • Holding behaviours for longer
  • Responding from short distances
  • Working around mild distractions
  • Building confidence and focus
Ongoing

Collar, Harness & Lead

Puppies continue building confidence wearing collars, harnesses, and leads indoors and outdoors.

  • Calm equipment introduction
  • Positive lead handling
  • Outdoor confidence building
  • Preparing for future walks
Enrichment

Early Trick Foundations

Simple tricks and enrichment exercises are introduced to encourage confidence, learning, and problem-solving.

  • Spin
  • Touch
  • Find it
  • Tunnel introduction and puppy push-ups
Travel Skills

Further Car Rides

Puppies continue short, positive car journeys to help them become more relaxed and confident during travel.

Daily Manners

Food Manners

Puppies begin learning calm and polite behaviour around food and feeding routines.

  • Waiting calmly for meals
  • Encouraging polite food behaviour
  • Building focus around food rewards
  • Reducing over-excitement at mealtimes