Happy Go Puppy

16/04/2025

Did you know that when you sign up to Puppy School, you get the Puppy School manual posted straight to you at no extra cost!

The Puppy School manual is your step-by-step guide to everything you need to know about Puppy School. It contains a week-by-week recap of everything covered in class (so you don't have to worry about making notes while you're trying to listen to your instructor), alongside advice on socialisation, puppy play, nutrition, and loads more. Not only that, but it's written by bestselling author and Clinical Animal Behaviourist Gwen Bailey, so you know that all the information in there is reliable, trustworthy, and founded in the latest canine behavioural science.

Get yours today by signing up your puppy to our accredited, proven, puppy classes. Find your nearest tutor here: https://www.puppyschool.co.uk/find-a-class 🐾

15/04/2025

🐾 L E O 🐾

This super cute and highly energetic needed some help with over excitability and excessive vocalisation around people, especially when they come to the front door!!

Here at Happy Go Puppy, we take a holistic approach to supporting you and your furry best friend. This means looking at all the different ways that can be affecting these excessive behaviours.

We looked at both physical and mental exercise to be included into his daily life. He knew the basics pretty well but his owners weren’t sure what the next stages were so that’s where we can really help!! Most of the time it’s not enough to just give “a longer walk” and “do a few more minutes of training at home”, there are more effective ways of implementing these things.

Get in touch or book one of our 121 services if you’d like some holistic help with your doggo!
https://www.happygopuppy.co.uk/121-sessions

03/04/2025

🐾 B E R T I E 🐾

Beautiful Bertie the needed some help to progress from his basic training, which he is absolutely smashing!! ⭐️

Quite often clients find it challenging to bridge training cues from the basic foundations to “real life” situations or in a more practical or useful way. It can be hard to know how to take that step without diluting or poisoning the training that has been worked so hard on up to that point.

The short answer is lots and lots of gradual steps to reach the end goal. Patience and knowledge about which steps your puppy/dog can cope with and how to break things down appropriately is essential. Otherwise you may stay at the basic level for a very long (possibly permanently) time!

Environment, distraction, mood, reinforcement are just some of the things you can think about to set your puppy/dog up for success or indeed failure.

Get in touch if you’d like some help in elevating your puppy or dog’s training!

03/04/2025

🐾 F R A N K 🐾

This gorgeous had a session recently to help with being calmer around other dogs whilst on lead. His owners had been putting lots of consistent effort in with him over the past few months and wanted some tips on how to progress things further.

We went out for a walk to test a few ideas and they now have a plan for next steps.

121 Sessions are a great way to elevate training to the next level if you are feeling a bit stuck! Link in bio if you’d like to book with us.

12/03/2025

🐾 K I M I 🐾

This adorable miniature was a joy to spend time with today.

Kimi is such a friendly little ball of fur and really loves people and she’s very much still taking in all her surroundings.

This 121 session gave Kimi’s owner a chance to ask all sorts of questions about her behaviour and development and we covered quite a lot in this extended session, including:

✔️ Toilet training
✔️ Play biting management
✔️ Toys and toy play
✔️ Building a recall foundation
✔️ Lead walking - keeping her moving!
✔️ A wee bit on socialisation

Overall, this perfect pup is settling into her home life amazingly. 👍

If you’d like to get some puppy advice from a registered Animal Training Instructor then contact us or use the link in the bio. 🐶

26/02/2025

🐾 C L O V E R 🐾

This super friendly needed some help with being a “little” more relaxed when visitors entered her home. She LOVES people and wants ALL the attention so we spoke about how her routine can be adjusted to promote a calmer sense of self as well as implementing a process for when visitors come over moving forwards.

Clover also needed a bit of help with lead walking and a clearer communication when it came to recall (she was very good at this but not so much if she gets the slightest inkling that someone might say hello 😝).

We are in name but we can absolutely support you with your older dog’s needs too!

Click on the link in our bio to get more info or book a 121 with us!

11/02/2025

I visited Arlo the recently for an Early Days Puppy Session. Such a handsome little pup, I think you’ll all agree!?

These sessions ideally take place soon after you have welcomed home your new puppy and aim to offer you a solid framework to build on even before your puppy is fully vaccinated. The session also works brilliantly when paired with either our course or Private Training Course where we delve deeper into basic training exercises and further advice.

Things we cover in these sessions can include:

🐶 Creating a routine
🐶 How to get through the play biting phase
🐶 Essential equipment such as harnesses and leads
🐶 Toys and toy play
🐶 Toilet training
🐶 Being left alone
🐶 Enrichment
🐶 Socialisation advice

If you are in South East London and have a new puppy, you can book a session directly through our website (link in bio)
www.happygopuppy.co.uk

10/01/2025

🐾 L U D O 🐾

This gorgeous, young has just completed a Private Training Course with us!

Over the course of 4 x 1 hour in-person sessions, we worked through lead training, recall, jumping up, impulse control at the door and how to reduce reactivity around the local cats in the area.

Ludo LOVED the toys and games we played in the park, so his recall improved really quickly. Although he did keep us on our toes!! His owners now have some techniques to keep practicing and improving, now our sessions have ended and we will go through any extra questions that may have cropped up in our 30min virtual call that’s included in the price of the course.

Well done Ludo and hoomans! 👏 👏 👏

07/01/2025

🔊 S P A C E S A V A I L A B L E !! 🔊

Sharing this info again as it’s pretty rare for our January Puppy School courses to have availability this close to the start date! Come and join us for a puppy life skills course and general niceness for you and your puppy to enjoy for 6 weeks. ☺️

📅 When? - 13th January for 6 consecutive weeks

⏰ What time? - 8pm

📖 What to expect?…

🌟 Essential puppy advice from play biting management to prevention of resource guarding
🌟 Basic obedience such as “Sit” and “Stay”
🌟 A BIG focus on recall so you feel confident letting your dog off the lead in a number of parks and environments
🌟 A hugely beneficial socialisation experience where you can train in a new and distracting environment as well as getting to know new puppy and human pals.
🌟… and SO much more than I can list here (the post would be too long!!)

Get in touch if you have any questions or head to our bio for the booking link

05/01/2025

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Karen Pryor, a pioneering animal trainer, author, and expert in behavioural psychology and marine mammal biology. As the founder of the Karen Pryor Academy and a leading advocate for clicker training, her innovative methods have profoundly influenced animal training practices worldwide. Her legacy will continue to inspire and guide us in the field of animal behaviour and training. Our thoughts go out to all Karen’s loved ones, colleagues and peers.

03/01/2025

Happy New Year from Puppy School!

We would like to thank all Puppy School attendees for all your support last year. We are so grateful to you for entrusting us with your puppy journey.

If you are planning for a puppy to join your family in 2025, don't delay in booking the best puppy classes in the UK. Find your nearest Puppy School tutor here: https://www.puppyschool.co.uk/find-a-class

18/12/2024

🐾 P I N A 🐾

I’ve just finished working with this gorgeous who was struggling to focus when there were other distractions. She would get frustrated and bark and pull towards them.

Her owners were incredibly patient with her and we worked on creating focus and engagement as well as getting her recall more reliable. She LOVES to play so tapping into this was key to her progress!

There is a still a way to go but I am confident that they have a variety of tools to put into place whenever new issues arise.

An A* good girl Pina!! 👏 👏

You can book 121’s or Private Training Courses directly through our website or contact us for more info:
https://www.happygopuppy.co.uk/book-now

20/11/2024

👏 👏 B I G C O N G R A T S 👏 👏

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a graduation photo (or anything… it’s been busy!!) but here is a really lovely group of puppies and humans who all did brilliantly on their course last Summer!!

Well done to:

🌟 Augie
🌟 Monty
🌟 Cookie
🌟 Paddy
🌟 Pochi

And their amazing hoomans too. 😃

We hope to see you all at Canine College in the new year. 🐕

Check out the link in our bio if you’d like to join our next Puppy School or Canine College.

06/11/2024

Have a listen to this ‘Barks from the Bookshelf’ podcast from Puppy School founder Gwen Bailey! 👂 🎧 🐕

***NEW EPISODE ALERT***

The dust has now settled after another fabulous DOGX and with Nat away on her holidays and corrin run off her feet it falls to Steve to host this episode SOLO (what could go wrong?).
Luckily Nat and Corrin were around when we interviewed the wonderful, awesome, trail blazing human that is Gwen Bailey about her book The Perfect Puppy. We discuss her journey in dog training, the evolution of her book 'The Perfect Puppy', and the changes in training techniques over the years. She reflects on her experiences in kennels, the importance of communication with dog owners, and the impact of her work on the dog training landscape. The team and Gwen also delve into the complexities of dog training, discussing the challenges of reaching puppy owners, the impact of educational resources like books as well as the flexibility of training curriculums, and the significance of consent-based handling. We sing from the rafters about the importance of collaboration among training organisations and explore the fundamental qualities that make a good dog trainer.

On top of all that we have a segment of interviews Steve did running around at lunch time at DOGX (where he mentions potatoes at least 500 times).

Enjoy!

Direct listen: https://feeds.transistor.fm/barks-from-the-bookshelf

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../barks-from.../id1490703799...

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4CHLkkRqZPm6kmLPAfNS0j...

22/10/2024

🔊 Come and join us at Puppy School this Nov!! 🔊

We have spaces available at our popular course this November!

🐶 4th November at 8pm
🐶 6 consecutive weeks
🐶 1 hour class
🐶 Small group sizes
🐶 Experienced, qualified trainers
🐶 Puppy School manual and welcome pack

See link in bio or head to our website for more info:
https://www.happygopuppy.co.uk/puppy-school

14/10/2024

🐾 N O V A 🐾

This was our first time working with an !! Always so exciting to come across a new breed or mix of breeds and this one is an absolute stunner!!

A unique mix with both and , Nova is a sweet and calm girl who clearly has a great bond with her family. With her being half malamute, her people needed some help to teach her to walk nicely on the lead without pulling. As with most young dogs, her recall was good except around other dogs. Nova’s love of cheese and toys, and her family’s hard work solved both of these issues!

If you have a new puppy or young dog, you can join us at Puppy School or opt for a Private Training Course to work on your individual puppy or dog’s needs. Check out the link bio or link below for more info:
🔗 www.happygopuppy.co.uk

07/10/2024

⭐️ A Y A ⭐️

It was a total pleasure to work with Aya the and her humans over the past few months!

When she arrived in her new home as a 5month old puppy, she was clearly overwhelmed with her new life. A new home, humans and city life was a BIG adjustment.

We focused heavily on building confidence in her new surroundings as well as lots of training at home (where she felt safe).

The final sessions were spent bridging her recall cue and other training exercises to the outside environment. By the final session, she was a completely different dog to the one I first met a few months earlier!! Her recall was amazing and she really enjoyed the challenge (as did her humans) of training outside.

I am 100% certain that Aya will continue to go from strength to strength with her humans guiding her. 👏 👏 👏

If you have a doggo that needs a boost of confidence, please get in touch!
www.happygopuppy.co.uk

02/10/2024

Yay for Puppy School!! 🐾💯 ⭐️

In August we received 102 completed end-of-course evaluation forms, and we are delighted to report that 100% of them would recommend Puppy School! This is testament to the wonderful skill and hard-work of every one of our Tutors and Associates. We truly do have the best network of puppy trainers in the UK 😊

If one of those evaluation forms was yours, we’d love it if you could leave us a review on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PuppySchool/reviews/ 🐾⭐️