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Puppy Classes vs. Personalised 1-2-1 Training:
Why Tailored Sessions Might Be the Better Choice

Considering puppy classes but unsure if they're the best fit for your pup? While group classes are a common choice, personalised 1-2-1 training offers a more effective approach tailored to your puppy's unique needs. Discover how individual sessions can provide faster, more focused results and a stronger bond between you and your puppy.

121 PUPPY TRAINING VS PUPPY CLASSES

121 Puppy Training PRO'S

  1. Early Start: We can begin training as early as 8 weeks old, ensuring your puppy starts learning and socialising during critical developmental stages. Or even before your pup arrives!

  2. Rapid Learning: Essential commands like "sit," "stay," and "down" are taught effectively in just 20 minutes speeding up the learning process compared to lengthy group classes.

  3. Tailored Approach: Training is customised to address your puppy’s specific behavioural issues and adapt to your home environment, including house training and teething.

  4. Real-Life Socialisation: We socialise your puppy in genuine real-life situations, helping them adapt to various environments and experiences rather than just a controlled classroom setting.

  5. Practical Handling: You learn how to manage and handle your puppy correctly in your own home environment, ensuring that the training is practical and applicable to everyday life.

  6. Home Environment Focus: Training takes place in the comfort of your home, allowing us to address and manage issues unique to your household.

  7. Personalised Attention: Each session is focused solely on your's and your puppy's needs, providing detailed guidance and addressing specific concerns that group classes may not cover.

  8. Reduced Distractions: Training in your home environment helps minimise distractions, leading to better concentration and more effective learning.

  9. Behavioural Support: Directly address and manage behavioural issues without the potential exacerbation from group dynamics, ensuring more effective solutions.

  10. Consistent Guidance: Receive continuous, personalised feedback and support, helping you and your puppy make steady progress.

  11. Flexible Scheduling: Sessions are arranged around your availability, providing convenient and consistent training that fits seamlessly into your routine.

121 Puppy Training CON'S

  1. ​​Cost: Usually more expensive than group classes.

Puppy Classes PRO'S

  1. Socialisation: Opportunities for your puppy to interact with others and meet new dog owners.

  2. Affordability: Generally more budget-friendly.

  3. Group Dynamics:  Can help puppies learn to behave in the presence of other dogs and distractions

Puppy Classes CON'S

  1. Missed Training Opportunities: Your puppy may miss out on early training that could prevent future behavioural problems and establish good habits from the start.

  2. Delayed Socialisation: Waiting can delay your puppy's socialisation with other dogs and people and environments which is crucial during their early developmental stages.

  3. Lack of Home Environment Focus: Puppy classes typically offer general training advice that may not address specific issues unique to your home environment. Such as house training and teething.

  4. Generic Approach: One-size-fits-all training may not address individual behavioural issues.

  5. Limited Attention: Less time per puppy means less focus on your specific needs.

  6. Distractions: Group settings can be overwhelming and distracting, affecting learning

  7. Behavioural Challenges: Group dynamics can exacerbate existing behavioural problems.

  8. Fixed Class Times: Group classes are scheduled at set times, which may not always align with your personal schedule, making it difficult to attend consistently.

  9. Limited Social Interaction: Puppies in group classes often have limited opportunities to interact with other dogs, typically only during short, structured sessions at the end of class.

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Option One
The Puppy Tuition Course
Ages between 8 weeks & 5 month

Thousands of puppies across Sussex have benefited from this course over the last 20+ years, setting them up for a lifetime of success.

 

This personalised service takes place in your own home with the whole family, children are encouraged to get involved in the consultation and in the ongoing training. Together we will cover common early behavioural traits such as how to house training your puppy, how to manage teething and biting, the importance of a well socialised puppy, how to preventing future behavioural problems.

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