Puppy foundations
Puppy training and foundations. Built for life outside the training session.
Recall, leash walking, settling, greetings, impulse control, and confidence in new places. The evaluation shows us what your puppy needs first.
The foundations
Teach the skills, then take them somewhere new
A puppy has not learned a skill just because it can do it in one quiet room. We build the behaviour first, then make the setting more interesting in stages.
- Recall you can rely on
- Loose leash walking
- Sit, down, and stay with real duration
- Place and settling on a bed
- Waiting at doors instead of bolting them
- Greeting people without jumping
- Retrieving
- Impulse control
- Working while something interesting is happening nearby
- Confidence in places the dog has never been
Training during care
A daycare day can keep the basics moving
Basic training is included with every daycare and boarding day. A puppy that needs focused work gets one on one time on top of the day, built around the starting plan.
The goal is not a puppy that performs for one trainer in one place. It is a puppy that can use the same skills around the distractions that show up in normal life.
From puppy owners
What changed for their dogs
“Michael and RAJA K9 have been a huge help with my golden retriever puppy. She came to me with resource guarding issues, and they worked to eliminate those. They also gave me techniques to use should they crop up again. She is a new dog thanks to RAJA K9! Also my puppy has been going to doggie day care with them and it has been a huge help to me. I would recommend RAJA K9 to anyone.”
“Michael does outstanding work for both daycare and training. He was a godsend with an active lab puppy in an urban, distracting environment. He's also extremely responsive. Highly recommend.”
Questions
About puppy training
- What does puppy training cover?
- The starting plan can cover recall, loose leash walking, sit, down, stay, place, waiting at doors, calmer greetings, impulse control, and confidence in new places. The evaluation decides what matters first for your puppy.
- Does every puppy need an evaluation?
- Yes. It gives us the starting baseline and tells us which setting and training level fit.
- Can training happen during daycare?
- Yes. Basic training is included with every daycare day. If your puppy needs focused one on one work, we add the right training level after the evaluation.
- How long will it take?
- That depends on the puppy, the starting point, and the skills you need at home. We give you a realistic starting plan after the evaluation rather than promising the same timeline for every dog.
- Will you show me what to do at home?
- Yes. Michael explains what changed and what to keep doing, because a puppy that only listens at the farm has not finished learning the skill.
Start with your puppy in front of us.
The evaluation gives us the baseline, the first priorities, and the right place to begin.
$125 at your home, $50 at the farm. If you start any program, the full evaluation payment is credited toward your first program payment.