Potty & Crate Training Boot Camp

Duration: Three Weeks
Age puppy will be at pick up: About 10 weeks old
Cost: $1500

This program is a great start for all puppies. Proper potty habits are established early in a puppy's life. The sooner GOOD habits are established the better. Puppies potty A LOT in the beginning. It can be a very overwhelming and time consuming task to bring home a new puppy and implement a potty schedule that works within the puppy's needs but doesn't take over the whole day. 

REPETITION. CONSISTENCY. ROUTINE.  

Our training program optimizes our ability to make the puppy our main focus. This allows us to anticipate the puppy's need to potty, take the puppy out as often as needed and prevent accidents from occurring. The fewer accidents a puppy has, the faster they learn. 

Our potty training and crate training boot camp gets your puppy started on a training schedule for eating, playing, crate training, as well as a potty training schedule that includes frequent potty breaks. Our goal is prevention and being proactive. The more your puppy potties outside and the fewer accidents that occur, the quicker the puppy learns that pottying is for outside.

We start with 30 minute intervals for potty breaks. The time between potty breaks increases as puppy shows reliability.  Puppies are taught to go out the same door to the same "potty spot" which helps puppies understand what the "potty break" is all about.

Puppies will also start crate training. They will have several scheduled crate times each day. They will be well on their way to being past the “crying it out” phase that occurs with crate training and will be more reliable with “holding it” when in their crate. 

In addition to the training, the puppies will be kept up to date on their vaccinations and de-worming, and fed a high quality puppy food at no additional cost. We will start your puppy on flea and tick treatments at eight weeks of age.

The Trained Doodle Academy - LEVEL ONE

Duration: 5 Weeks
Age puppy will be at pick-up: 12 weeks old
Cost: $2400

This course is for families interested in bringing their puppy home with comprehensive potty training and crate training experience and reliability as well as knowledge of basic commands, leash training, in depth socialization, car riding, appropriate in home and play behavior and more.

The first step of this program is to work diligently to get the puppies on a schedule of eating,drinking, sleeping, playing, training, and pottying. Puppies will know their names at the end of this course. They will be well acclimated to the puppy/family relationship as they will be living in a home environment. Memories of being part of a litter will begin to fade and puppies will begin focusing on their human relationships. Puppies will be graduates of the Potty & Crate Training Boot Camp. They will continue with their one on one potty training and crate training lessons with the trainer. They will remain on a schedule and be taken out every couple of hours.

As with the boot camp, our goal is to anticipate the puppies’ potty needs to be sure to avoid accidents. In this course, the amount of time between potty breaks will increase, so that the puppies don’t have to be taken out constantly when they go home. Night time crate training will continue and they will be very reliable with “holding it” for an appropriate amount of time at night.  Puppies will be very reliable with being well behaved when in their crates.

This program is a comprehensive thorough program. It is designed with both puppy and puppy family in mind. We have taken our decade and half of experience raising and training puppies and created a program that makes bringing your puppy home a wonderful, happy, memorable, stress free event.

• Clicker Training: Puppies will be introduced to clicker training and receiving small treats for positive reinforcement.

• Grooming: Puppies will be introduces to basic grooming such as brushing, nail trimming, baths and ear cleaning.

• Commands: Puppies will be started on basic commands, such as sit, down, leave it and coming when their name is called. Clicker training will be used to positively reinforce these skills.

• Leash Walking: Puppies will be introduced to walking on a leash with a soft harness. They will be completely comfortable wearing a collar, harness and leash, which is not their natural inclination and is an invaluable skill. They will enjoy walking on a leash and will view it in a positive manner.

• Basic Obedience and Manners: Puppies will begin learning appropriate home and play behavior.  They will be introduced to “good”, “no no”, and  “off”. They will begin to understand that mouthing is a “no no”, gentle play is “good”, and jumping should be avoided.

• Socialization: Puppies will be well socialized with our trainers and our family, including kids and our other puppies and dogs. They will be well used to all the sounds of a home and be focused on their human relationships. They will have left their “litter days” behind them and be ready to form their life long bond with their new family.

• Car Rides: Being a good car rider is a great quality for any dog to have. We will take the puppies on several car rides to introduce them to being comfortable in the car. This will aid in being well behaved while in the car as well as with car sickness or nervousness.

• Outside socialization: We will put their car riding skills on display with this task. Puppies will take socialization trips outside the home and meet some new faces. Socialization is key with puppies. Having a well adjusted, friendly, confident dog is a wonderful benefit and these trips will get the puppies on the path to success.

Puppies will receive 24/7 care and attention while they are here and will be treated like part of our family.

In addition to the training, the puppies will be kept up to date on their vaccinations and de-wormings, and fed a high quality puppy food at no additional cost. Puppies that have completed the Level 1 training program will have their 1st and 2nd booster vaccinations. They will only need their 3rd booster and rabies to be complete. We will start your puppy on flea and tick treatments at eight weeks of age.

The Trained Doodle Academy - LEVEL TWO

Duration: 7 Weeks
Age puppy will be at pick-up: 14 weeks old
Costs: $3300

This training program is for families interested in our most extensive and complete program that will deliver even more reliable results and a puppy well on the way to being an excellent canine citizen.

Puppies in this program will be Boot Camp and Level One Training graduates. This program affords us more time to work with the puppies. As mentioned previously, REPETITION, CONSISTENCY and ROUTINE are the keys to success. The more time puppies have to practice the things they've learned the more proficient they will be in performing them. We will focus on practicing all of the skills the puppies learned the first five weeks and put the finishing touches on them.

The puppies will continue to experience unrivaled socialization with us, our trainers, other puppies and our adult dogs. They will be exposed to lots of different sounds and situations that will make for a well adjusted, happy, friendly confident puppy ready to join their family as a lifelong companion.

Consistency is of utmost importance. We will continue to work diligently to keep the puppies on a schedule of eating, drinking, sleeping, playing, training, and going potty. They will be well acclimated to the puppy/family relationship as they will be living in a home environment. They will continue with their one on one potty training and crate training lessons with the trainer, and will be entering the mastery phase. They will remain on a schedule and be taken out every few hours. The amount of time between potty breaks will increase, so that the puppies can go an appropriate amount of time between potty breaks when they go home. Night time crate training will continue and they will be very reliable with “holding it” for an appropriate amount of time at night. Puppies will be very reliable with being well behaved when in their crates.

• Clicker Training: Puppies will be familiar with clicker training and receiving small treats for positive reinforcement.

• Grooming: Puppies will be accustomed to basic grooming such as brushing, nail trimming, baths, and ear cleaning.

• Commands: Puppies will be reliable with basic commands, such as sit, down, leave it and come. Clicker training will be used to positively reinforce these skills.

• Leash Walking: Puppies will be experienced with walking on a leash with a soft harness. They will be completely comfortable wearing a collar, harness and leash, which is not their natural inclination and is an invaluable skill. They will enjoy walking on a leash and will view it in a positive manner.

• Basic Obedience and Manners: Puppies will be familiar with appropriate home and play behavior.  They will be familiar with “good”, “no no”,and  “off”. They will understand that mouthing is a “no no”, gentle play is “good”, and jumping should be avoided.

• Socialization: Puppies will be well socialized with our family, including kids and our other dogs. They will be well used to all the sounds of a home and be focused on their human relationships. They will have left their “litter days” behind them and be ready to form their life long bond with their new family.

• Car Rides: Being a good car rider is a great quality for any dog to have. We will take the puppies on several car rides to introduce them to being comfortable in the car. This will aid in being well behaved while in the car as well as with car sickness or nervousness.

• Outside socialization: We will put their car riding skills on display with this task. Puppies will take socialization trips outside the home and meet some new faces. Socialization is key with puppies. Having a well adjusted, friendly, confident dog is a wonderful benefit and these trips will get the puppies on the path to success.

Puppies will receive 24/7 care and attention while they are here and will be treated like part of our family.

In addition to the training, the puppies will be kept up to date on their vaccinations and de-wormings, and fed a high quality puppy food at no additional cost. Puppies that have completed the Level 2 program will have had all 3 boosters for their vaccinations and will only need their rabies for them to be complete. This is a big savings! We will start your puppy on flea and tick treatments at eight weeks of age.