27/11/2024
Maisie 🌼
We start them young here at BB&C!
We recommend to enrol your pups at play school one week post their second vaccination.
Many folk are concerned a full day will be overwhelming for a little pup- and they aren’t wrong. We definitely don’t have little puppies playing all day!
Puppies will likely spend the majority of the day fast asleep in their cozy crate listening to classical sleepy tunes and the happy sounds of the school pups in the background. This is such a valuable foundational experience that is often missed for dogs who only socialise with excited play.
Their first day may just look like cuddles with our handlers and exploring the play space with us sans other dogs, in multiple short 5-15min sessions across the day.
We start slow and meet each puppy where they are comfortable, some puppies are playing in a group on the first day because they are ready for that. Others, will start with just one or two quieter dogs for multiple sessions.
Regardless of each puppy’s pathway, they generally arrive in the same place when they have matured in our program.
Confident, resilient, emotionally agile, socially skilled and otherwise tolerant of what life presents them. They’ll have a snappy recall, lovely leash skills and nice handler engagement.
And at home, our pet parents report them to be more neutral toward other dogs when out walking, able to play then settle easier, and they can rest comfortably in a crate.
👩🏻🏫Our wonderful friend, Kylie at runs some fun and educational classes for pet parents wanting to learn to teach these snappy recalls, lovely leash skills and handler engagement for themselves at home, but most of our student will benefit from the head start they have gotten at school.
We highly recommend you reach out to book in some classes.
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