Foundation Training Course Essential skills in Puppy Training & Basic Dog Obedience

This course is designed to teach you how puppies experience the world, how they communicate with us and other animals, and how we should communicate with them. The course covers all the basic obedience commands whilst also dealing with specific puppy basics such as house-training, mouthing, chewing and much more. We also look at how different breeds may need different handling due to instinctual drives and motivations.

For people wishing to become a qualified novice dog training instructor the entire course must be completed to a high standard (Modules 1-8 inclusive). On successful completion of the course you will have the opportunity to set up your own dog training school (for Novice level training only).

For anyone simply wishing to improve your knowledge and expertise with puppies and basic dog training skills the course can be undertaken with Modules 1-4a only. Course fee £150. NB: This would not provide an instructor qualification but you would still receive a Puppy Skills certificate.

Module 1:   How puppies learn

Module 2:   Puppy basics

Module 3:   Breed specific drives & differences

Module 4:   Training basic obedience skills

Module 4a: Half-Day Practical Workshop *

Module 5:   Trainer to Handler communication skills

Module 6:   Trouble-shooting and motivating clients

Module 7:   Setting up your dog training school

Module 8:   Running successful Novice dog training classes

The majority of the course can be completed at home with course-work sent and returned via e-mail. The practical workshop runs for 4 hours (1pm – 5pm) and is necessary to demonstrate specific techniques with Novice level dogs.