Puppy Page
We have Home Visits, Courses and Socialisation for Pups..........
It is worth taking a great deal of care and thinking time before getting a puppy. They are the most fantastic and fascinating of creatures but, even for experienced owners, they are without fail highly time consuming, frustrating, stressful little darlings at times!!
The breeder bears a big responsibility in preparing the pups for, in particular, coping with life's stressors. Unfortunately some of them do a poor job, either through greed, as in puppy farms, or ignorance, simply not being aware of the complexities.
The problem is that, once one has visited the pups, the heart falls in love and all common sense flys away!! A good idea is to do lots of research and talking BEORE the visit. The Association of Pet Dog Trainers' website has sensible suggestions and we are happy to chat too.
Home Visit:
The first few days and weeks with a new pup in the house can be stressful, particularly for those new to dog ownership, where no-one is sure what to expect… but also for experienced owners who haven’t had a pup for some years and have forgotten about the chaos,
And if it is stressful for you, think of the anxiety this strange place will engender in a young pup taken away from mother and siblings.
Often our instinctive reactions to unwanted behaviours are the very opposite of what the dog will understand and therefore make the situation worse rather than better.
We have developed this home visit to help ease the transition period, and set the relationship on the right road from the start… It’s a structured, practical 2 hour visit at your home and will give an in-depth understanding of:
how & what & why they learn,
practical approaches to toilet training, chewing, mouthing, jumping up, etc
relationship in the family and living with other animals,
tips on all sorts of issues aimed at preventing problems developing.
Recommendations are always available,
The price (including Booklet and follow up) is £60 weekdays, £65 eves/weekends (within a 10 mile radius of Hamble. We regret we are now changing for travel costs outside of that, based on Google estimates)