4-week Puppy Classes
Taught by Gloria Faley at Extraordinary Ventures in Chapel Hill to get your puppy education underway!  New puppy classes begin each month.

Learning to Sit in Puppy Primer

Upcoming Classes:
Puppy Primer, for puppies 10 to 18 weeks (at the start of class), 8pm, Tuesdays

Puppy Catch-Up, for puppies 18 weeks to 7 months (at the start of class), 11am, Saturdays

• Age: 10 week to 7 month old puppies
• Length & Frequency: 4 one hour classes
• Puppies learn basic household manners and commands
• Basics of puppy management, communication, and how to use reward based training techniques to set you and your puppy up for success
• Lure and reward techniques to teach puppies sit, stand, lie down, come, stay, leave it, and leash walking
• Emphasis on socialization with other puppies and gentle handling with people
• Vaccination criteria: We follow the recommendations of the AVSAB (the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior), read their position statement on the importance of early puppy socialization here:  AVSAB puppy socialization.

Gentle handling in Puppy Primer

Puppy Primer and Puppy Catch-Up classes are designed to be enjoyable and educational for puppies and their people. In an off-leash training environment, your puppy will socialize with other puppies while they learn basic household manners and commands.

The class uses lure and reward techniques to teach puppies to sit, stand, lie down, come, stay, leave it and leash walking. The class teaches people how to interact with their pup to positively prevent problem behaviors such as jumping up, running out the door, excessive barking, and food guarding.

Poor socialization is a major cause of dogs eventually developing behavior problems. Therefore, the class emphasizes the importance of teaching bite inhibition, socialization with puppies and people, handling, as well as simple solutions for common problems such as house training.

You will learn to understand your puppy more clearly and be well on your way to a cooperative relationship with your canine family member. Puppy Primer is for puppies 10-18 weeks and Puppy Catch-Up is for puppies 18 weeks-7 months old.  The recommended follow-up class for Puppy Primer or Puppy Catch-Up is K9 Manners Plus, where your dog can continue their reward based education.

Classes are filled on a first come, first serve basis. Class size is limited for individualized attention for you and your puppy, so don’t wait to register. If you have any questions about class availability or upcoming class dates, please email us. Please keep in mind that if our classes don’t fit your schedule, you can always sign up for Private In-Home lessons. If you prefer to mail a check for payment instead of using PayPal, you may download our Registration Form and mail with proper payment.

We strongly suggest downloading Dr. Ian Dunbar’s puppy books “Before You Get Your Puppy” and “After You Get Your Puppy” which can be downloaded FREE from Dr. Dunbar’s website or below.

BEFORE You Get Your Puppy FREE E-book by Dr. Ian Dunbar

AFTER You Get Your Puppy FREE E-book by Dr. Ian Dunbar

For even more information on puppy training class, read the Puppy Classes article from Dog Star Daily.

Use this chart to see our progression of dog training classes