Puppies
Puppies
Helping you and your puppy build confidence, life skills and a strong relationship through every stage of development.
Puppy Training Pathways
Our puppy courses are designed as a progressive pathway, with each stage building on the last.
Rather than fixed start dates based only on your puppy's age, you can join the stage that best suits where your puppy is currently in their development.
For example, a 14-week-old puppy may begin with Puppy Confidence Course and then continue into Finding Focus as they mature, while an older puppy may join straight into the next stage.
Simply choose the class that matches your puppy's age and experience — we'll help guide you to the right place.
Puppy Confidence Course
Up to 16 weeks
Those early weeks are about so much more than teaching sit and down. Our Puppy Confidence Course is designed to help your puppy explore the world safely, build confidence and develop the foundations for everyday life.
Across the course we'll work on connection, handling, recall, focus and essential life skills, alongside carefully planned experiences that support your puppy's confidence and development.
Puppies can join at any point up to 16 weeks and, as they grow, simply continue their training journey into Finding Focus.
Rolling sessions · £20 per session · Join anytime.
Finding Focus
16 weeks – 6 months
As puppies grow, the world gets bigger, more exciting and often much more distracting! Finding Focus bridges the gap between those early puppy foundations and the challenges of real everyday life.
We'll build engagement, focus and practical life skills while gradually introducing greater distractions, helping your puppy learn to work with you even when there are more interesting things happening around them.
Rolling sessions · £20 per session · Join anytime
Proof it like a Pro
6 months+ · 4 sessions over 8 weeks
Your dog has the skills — now let's take them into the real world! Across four out-and-about sessions, we'll meet in different locations and practise familiar skills around real-life distractions.
With two weeks between each session, you'll have time to practise, build confidence and get ready for the next challenge.
Different location each session · Small groups.
4 sessions · £80 · Fortnightly over 8 weeks
Whether you're continuing from Puppy Confidence or joining us for the first time, you can start at the stage that's right for your puppy.
Puppy Pack
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Puppy Pack 〰️
Not every puppy or family needs a class. Our Puppy Package gives you one-to-one support focused on the things that matter most to you and your puppy.
Whether that's settling into family life, building positive relationships with children or other dogs, toilet training, biting, handling, confidence, first walks or simply getting those early foundations right, we'll tailor each session around your needs.
It's also a great option for puppies who aren't yet fully vaccinated, allowing you to start building important skills at home rather than waiting for classes.
Choose from 2 or 4 personalised sessions · At home or out and about.
PARKER'S PUPPY PACKAGE
Parker's Puppy Package is the first place to start your puppy journey. Starting even before your puppy arrives home this package arms you with knowledge on crate set ups and what toys and food to buy.
The first 4 weeks is a critical period for their learning development. If your vaccinations are later or if your puppy has medical conditions then this is prefect, you have 1 to 1 sessions in your own home. You have 2 packages to choose from;
Positive Pupppy Pack + 2 sessions £40
Problem Prevention Pack + 4 sessions £80
Environmental socialisation is paramount. When booking these sessions and if your puppy is 9 weeks plus you have the opportunity to bring puppy along and watch others navigate the confidence course. Safe exposure is better than no exposure.
What they do or don't learn in this critical learning stage will influence future behaviour.
Parkers puppy pack is available without visits to download and is highly recommended to purchase from the shop as a stand alone product. Contains information on growth and development, positive & negative reinforcement. Preventing unwanted behaviours. Plus training guides and progress tracking.
About the Problem Prevention 4 session package
The first few visits will be in your home, the first discussing the best way to manage the home environment, answering the questions you have, handling preparation for future visits at vets and groomers, we go through the canine mind in detail, you cannot train something you do not understand. We talk about what behaviours we are seeing, what they may mean and what we can do, the personality of your puppy and what skills would benefit your puppy and your lifestyle.
The 2nd will be teaching the skills we have discussed for you to practise throughout the week, the 3rd will be in my training field giving us the perfect opportunity to train in a new environment, I shall explain the importance of doing so during our visits. The final session will be in an area you will be going to often. This gives the opportunity for me to help you prevent unwanted behaviours and manage situations that usually arise when out and about.
The 4th will be out and about. We shall practice leaving the car calmly and started our walks calmly we will see how the puppy feels about the world and what techniques we can do to support it.
About the Positive Pupppy 2 session package
Both these visits take place in the home. These are for problems you may find yourself facing and would like a little help with. Such as puppy biting, jumping up, crate training, toilet training, any behaviours you have questions about, we may need extra sessions to work on a specific issue. This is a great time to have an extra pair of eyes in the home.
During both packages you are encouraged to utilse opportunities of visiting the training fields. Carrying your puppy safely while watching other dogs sniff, play and run in the other fields.
Chewing.
Biting
Toileting
Crate Work
Counter surfing
Digging
Jumping up
Car travel
Confidence Course
Confidence Course
Time to ditch the tradition.
Traditional puppy classes focused on teaching sits, stays, and downs in sterile settings, but as our understanding of canine development has evolved, we now know that building confidence, resilience, and real-life coping skills lays a far stronger foundation for raising a well-rounded, emotionally balanced adult dog — and that’s what truly helps in the long run.
At the heart of our Puppy Confidence Course lies a foundation built not on outdated obedience models, but on modern, evidence-based understanding of canine development. We're proud to be inspired by the work of Kristina Spaulding and her Unlocking Resilience Mastercourse, which deepens our understanding of how puppies build emotional resilience — not just through training cues, but through real experiences that shape the brain and nervous system.
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from stress, to adapt, and to stay emotionally regulated in the face of change. We combine behavioural science with compassion, helping us move beyond traditional classes and into a more holistic, relationship-based approach. We're not just teaching puppies to “sit” — we're helping them learn how to cope, how to trust, and how to thrive in a complex world.
Through this course, we’re bringing that science to life in practical, meaningful ways for both puppies and their people.
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Helping You Build a Resilient, Confident Companion from the Ground Up
Our Puppy Confidence Course is unlike the standard sit-down-and-stay puppy class. We've designed a thoughtful, interactive experience that nurtures your puppy’s body, brain, and bond with you — setting them up to grow into a well-rounded, confident adult dog.
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At the heart of our course is a bespoke confidence-building environment, packed with exciting yet gentle challenges tailored specifically for puppies. Your puppy will have the opportunity to explore:
🛤 Walkways, bridges, and ramps
🔄 Tyres to step through and tunnels to crawl through
🐕 Lead walking zones
🗣 A dedicated recall pen for safe practice
🕊 Wait stations for building impulse control
🛋 Two settle zones to practice calm observation
This is more than just socialisation — this is enrichment with purpose.
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Proprioception is your puppy’s awareness of their own body in space — how they place their feet, how they balance, and how they adjust to uneven or moving surfaces. Just like toddlers learning to walk, puppies need time and safe opportunities to learn how to move with confidence.
Helping a puppy develop body awareness:
Reduces clumsiness and hesitation
Builds confidence in novel environments
Improves coordination and balance
Lowers reactivity to movement, surfaces, and unpredictable stimuli
When a puppy knows what their body is doing, they feel more secure — and that security translates into calmer behaviour and greater adaptability later in life.
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Navigating our course isn’t just for the puppy — it’s a chance for you both to learn how to move together, communicate clearly, and trust one another.
As you guide your puppy over the bridge, through the tunnel, or around the lead walking zone, you're not just teaching them “how” — you're showing them that you’re a team. Every pause, every cue, every success builds a stronger relationship and reinforces that their person is a safe and reliable guide through the world.
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We've deliberately designed the course to include settle areas and wait stations, where puppies can learn to sit calmly and watch other dogs work around them. This is a powerful skill.
Why?
Dogs that can watch without reacting become more stable in stimulating environments.
Observing helps puppies learn from each other.
Being okay with doing nothing is as important as learning a new trick.
It’s one of the first steps toward a dog who can handle cafes, vets, busy paths, or just your neighbour’s dog walking past without a meltdown.
From Confidence to Resilience
We believe that early learning should prepare dogs not just to follow cues, but to be emotionally robust, adaptable, and calm when life gets unpredictable.
That’s why our course focuses on:
Real-life foundations (not just cues)
Emotional regulation
Confidence without overwhelm
Relationship-based learning
Standard puppy classes often focus on sit, down, and come — and while those are useful, they mean very little if your dog is too overwhelmed, fearful, or distracted to hear you.
We start with confidence, calmness, and connection — because when those things are in place, the rest flows naturally.
Ready to Build a Braver Pup?
Whether your puppy is already bold and curious, or a little more cautious and reserved, our Puppy Confidence Course gives them the tools to succeed — at their pace, with your support.
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No need to wait for a new course to start! Our rolling classes allow you to join at the stage that's right for your puppy and book sessions as you go.
As your puppy grows, you can simply move from Puppy Confidence into Finding Focus, so there's no need to wait for the next six-week block or worry about joining halfway through.
Sessions are £20 and booked individually, giving you the flexibility to attend the sessions that suit you and your puppy.
Finding Focus
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Finding Focus 〰️
Finding Focus Course
16 weeks – 6 months | £20 per session
As puppies grow, the world gets bigger, more exciting and much more distracting! Finding Focus is designed to bridge the gap between early puppy training and adolescence, helping your puppy develop the skills they need for everyday life.
Each session has its own theme, so you can join at any point without worrying about having missed previous weeks. We'll work on focus and engagement, recall, lead walking, settling, impulse control and responding around distractions, alongside practical skills that help your puppy navigate the world confidently.
We'll also introduce fun training games, pattern exercises and enrichment activities, helping your puppy learn how to think, engage and work with you even when there's something much more interesting happening nearby.
Whether you're moving up from Puppy Confidence or joining us for the first time, Finding Focus meets your puppy at their current stage and allows you to keep building skills as they grow.
Rolling sessions · Join at any time · £20 per session
Proof It Like a Pro
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Proof It Like a Pro 〰️
Real world skills
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Real world skills 〰️
Skills for the real world
🌳Parks & Open Spaces
Recall, engagement and working around everyday distractions.
🏘️ Town & Street Skills
Loose-lead walking, responsiveness and navigating busier environments.
☕ Café & Settle Skills
Learning to relax, wait and settle while life carries on around you.
🐾 Real-Life Adventure
Bringing everything together on a walk in a new environment.
4 sessions over 8 weeks · Different location each session · Small groups
Locations may vary depending on weather and the needs of the group.
You've built the foundations and practised finding focus — now it's time to take those skills out into everyday life.
Proof It Like a Pro is a four-session, out-and-about programme for dogs from around 6 months, meeting in a different real-life location each time. We'll practise familiar skills around naturally occurring distractions, helping your dog learn that recall, loose-lead walking, settling, engagement and responsiveness don't only apply at the training field.
Sessions run fortnightly, giving you time between each one to practise, build confidence and prepare for the next challenge.
What might we get up to?
No worries if you live far away
For clients who are further afield, you can now purchase my Puppy Pack for £6.99 through Etsy. Its worth it, comes complete with training guides from 8 weeks to 2 years plus socialisation check sheets, shopping list and training logs to stay on track.
Its an in-depth pack and will really help through the first 4 weeks at home.
Puppy Pack
https://parkerscainetraining.etsy.com
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