Teach your puppy to be a great lifelong companion.
Who It’s For
- Puppy owners with dogs aged 8 weeks to 8 months
- New puppy parents who want early guidance on training, socialization, and house rules
- People who can’t attend group classes due to schedule, location, or their puppy’s readiness
- Owners who enjoy hiking, travel, or active outdoor routines
What we cover
- Potty Training
- Socialization
- Basic Manners
- Life Skills
- Problem Solving
The Puppy Package is designed to give you a jump start on house rules, socialization, building obedience, manners, and lifestyle skills.
Puppies are cute, cuddly, and full of energy, adventure, and curiosity. They explore the world with their mouths, greet people with unfiltered excitement, and find their way into everything. Shoes, cords, furniture, and whatever else they can reach are all fair game. The job of a new puppy owner is to introduce their puppy to the life they will be living. What that life looks like and what the rules are can vary a lot from one family to another.
If you enjoy traveling, hiking, or camping, your puppy should learn how to enjoy those things too. If kayaking is part of your world, they should get used to water and the feel of movement under their paws. If you spend weekends at soccer games or dining on patios, your puppy needs to learn how to settle and stay calm in public.
The Puppy Package supports all of this by helping you build real life skills and confidence from the start. We will ask questions about your goals, create a personalized training plan, and guide you through the process. We start simple and add challenge as your puppy succeeds with each skill. The goal is to raise a happy, well behaved dog who can confidently join you in the life you love.
You can also check our New Puppy Prep blog post.
Click here to download the free Socialization Checklist [PDF]
What’s Included
5 1/2 hours of personalized in-home training. This includes a 60 minute Introduction session where we cover household schedules and systems for potty training, sleeping, and exercising. We make sure all family members understand, and can follow, the same house rules. This session is followed by nine 30 minute sessions that cover socialization and obedience and lifestyle skills. While we can do 1 hour sessions, we find that puppies can’t concentrate for that long, so 30 minutes works better. 30 minute sessions can be scheduled once or twice a week based on family needs. This packages expires 4 months after purchase.
Price: $515 for 5.5 hours over 10 sessions.
Frequently Asked Questions
At what age should I start training my puppy?
As soon as they come home. Puppies start learning from their environment immediately, whether or not you’re intentionally teaching them. Early training focuses on building good habits, not correcting bad ones. The longer you wait, the more time your puppy has to practice behaviors you’ll eventually want to change.
How do I stop my puppy from biting everything?
Mouthing and chewing are normal puppy behaviors. Puppies explore the world with their mouths, and they also go through teething, which makes chewing feel good. The goal isn’t to stop all mouthing overnight but to teach your puppy what’s appropriate to chew on and how to use a softer mouth with people. We cover this in the Puppy Package, and you can also read our Help with Mouthy Dogs blog post for more detail.
Should I wait until my puppy has all their vaccinations before socializing?
No. The critical socialization window closes around 14 to 16 weeks, which is before most puppies finish their full vaccine series. Waiting too long can result in a fearful, undersocialized dog, which creates much bigger problems down the road. The key is to socialize safely: controlled environments, known healthy dogs, and avoiding high traffic areas like dog parks until vaccinations are complete. Your veterinarian can help you balance the risk. We include socialization planning in every Puppy Package, and you can download our free Socialization Checklist to get started.