Our Courses

This is a four (4) week course targeted at puppies aged 8 – 16 weeks with a focus on starting their training journey.

What is covered:

• Appropriate socialisation and exposure activities including structured puppy play, surfaces, objects and sounds
• Education on body language and improving confidence
• Introduction to effective use of positive reinforcement including using a marker
• Teaching calm and focus
• Problem solving and advice including toilet training, chewing, biting, jumping up,
• Introduction to walking nicely by your side
• Behaviour preventing activities including handling, resource guarding and separation anxiety
• Teaching sit and down positions
• Introduction to recalls
• Developing dog-owner relationship

For course intake dates please see http://www.teamworkdogs.com.au/news/new-course-intakes

This is a six (6) week course targeted at puppies aged 4 – 8 months.

What is covered:

• Teaching focus and working with distractions
• Effective use of positive reinforcement and a marker
• Foundation training for walking nicely by your side on lead
• Teaching sit, down and stay positions
• Recalls
• Appropriate socialisation for adolescent dogs with dogs and people
• Settling on a mat or bed
• Advice and activities for managing and preventing adolescent behaviour problems including jumping, home alone, door etiquette
• Intergration of training into lifestyle and family
• Enriching dog-owner relationship
• Introduction to tricks

The first week of this course is a “dog free” information session. In this session, we introduce you to training techniques and give you exercises to work on at home before bringing your dog to class in week 2.

For course intake dates please see http://www.teamworkdogs.com.au/news/new-course-intakes

The Basic Training course is an eight (8) week course suited to dogs from 6 months.

Course not currently offered. We are hoping to recommence Basic Training mid 2025.

What is covered:

• Settle on a mat
• Walking nicely on lead even with distractions
• Positions – sit, drop, stand
• Stay / wait
• Coming when called even around other dogs
• Appropriate socialisation with other dogs and people
• Polite greetings with dogs and people
• Tricks for fun and safety
• General problem solving for chewing, nipping / mouthing, jumping up, barking, home alone issues

This is an eight (8) week course with the first week being “dog free”. During the “dog free” information session, we introduce the course and discuss appropriate use of food rewards in training, using appropriate training equipment, preparing your dog for coming into a group class including exercises to practise at home before the first class with the dog.

Homework exercises and notes are provided to assist handlers with their training between classes.

For course intake dates and availability please see http://www.teamworkdogs.com.au/news/new-course-intakes