Join Our Puppy Preschool
As part of our community service in promoting and raising well-socialised dogs, we offer puppy preschool.
Our specially qualified veterinary nurse Rhianna Williamson and veterinarian Dr Kristy Ta have carefully formulated a fun and informative syllabus for you and your puppies. You can be assured that the lesson plans cover the latest in health and behaviour education.
It is run over a series of four weekly classes that provide useful tips on pet care, and above all, ensuring that puppies are socialised from a young age in a safe environment.
Our classes run every:
Your puppy must be between the ages of 8 and 11 weeks on the date of their first class.
Your puppy must also be up to date with their vaccinations. We recommend you wait at least 2 weeks after their first vaccine before coming to classes. Your puppy does not need to have had all their puppy vaccines, but they need to be up to date. You MUST bring a vaccine certificate with you on your first lesson. We cannot let you attend if you forget the certificate.
Please bring your puppy on a lead and collar.
You will need to reserve your spot, so please ring our friendly receptionist to book in your puppy.
What to expect?
Puppy preschool is not just about training the puppy. Puppy preschool incorporates:
Our specially qualified veterinary nurse Rhianna Williamson and veterinarian Dr Kristy Ta have carefully formulated a fun and informative syllabus for you and your puppies. You can be assured that the lesson plans cover the latest in health and behaviour education.
It is run over a series of four weekly classes that provide useful tips on pet care, and above all, ensuring that puppies are socialised from a young age in a safe environment.
Our classes run every:
- Tuesday 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm or
- Saturday 10 am - 11 am
Your puppy must be between the ages of 8 and 11 weeks on the date of their first class.
Your puppy must also be up to date with their vaccinations. We recommend you wait at least 2 weeks after their first vaccine before coming to classes. Your puppy does not need to have had all their puppy vaccines, but they need to be up to date. You MUST bring a vaccine certificate with you on your first lesson. We cannot let you attend if you forget the certificate.
Please bring your puppy on a lead and collar.
You will need to reserve your spot, so please ring our friendly receptionist to book in your puppy.
What to expect?
Puppy preschool is not just about training the puppy. Puppy preschool incorporates:
- Puppy training basics - Sit, Come, Drop etc in an environment that is challenging for your puppy.
- Training YOU the owner. Although you may have had dogs before, there are a lot of new and old information, that you may not have been aware of. Each week a different lesson of around 15-20 minutes is explained while your pup is playing and you are given a handout to take away with you. We cover responsible dog ownership, frequently asked questions, behaviour and also a talk about veterinary things.
- Socialisation - Studies have shown that dogs that have not socialised at a young age (typically between 8-16 weeks of age) never learn to properly socialise with other animals. This is why puppy preschool was created, so that puppies that are not fully vaccinated could play together while minimising the risk of disease. Even if you have another dog, we still recommend that your puppy comes to puppy preschool so they learn to socialise with other breeds. Also they get the added benefit of socialising with strangers. Your pup and yourself will have a great time meeting other puppies and people too.