Give Your Puppy The Best Possible Start To Life, Book now for the most supported and best Course around With our expert team!
Start today with Puppy Seminar.
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Start today with Puppy Seminar. 〰️
All appointments are subject to availability. If you would like to discuss this first, please email admin@sithappens.co.nz
Puppy Foundation Course
6 WEEK COURSE
The Puppy Foundation Course is suitable for pups up to the age of 16 weeks at their first session. The course is fully supported by training videos, advice and access to our Facebook Sit Happens Whānau Group, as well as our Puppy FAQs which has answers to over 130 puppy related questions. The training starts off with access to our 1hr 15min Puppy Seminar which includes information on socialisation, toilet training, nipping, jumping, chewing, handling, quiet time and generally how to set your pup up for a successful start in life. Following this seminar, you and your pup will have an initial 45 minute session followed by three half hour sessions one to one with your trainer. Working in a one to one environment allows us to fully focus on your pups training and minimises distractions. We work on basic life skills such as Sit, Down, Stand, Touch, Drop, Leave it, Recall, Lead Walking. All done in a fun and entertaining way through positive reinforcement. With private training sessions your trainer will give you personal advice and tips that are specific to your puppy’s situation which maximises your learning experience. Included in this package is one free group socialisation session where your pup can learn appropriate social skills in a fun and safe environment. Additional sessions can be added once the trainer assesses your pup’s suitability.
Appointments are ideally one or two weeks apart to give you an opportunity to practise what you have learned before moving on to the next session. You can select one of three options for taking this course - either in person at our locations, in person at your home or online. If you’d like to learn more about online training check out: Is Online Training For Me?
PACKAGE INCLUDES
Puppy Seminar: Self-paced, to be completed before your first training session.
Puppy Socialisation: one free half hour group socialisation session.
Week 2-5 Training Sessions: initial 45 minute session followed by 3 half hour sessions with your trainer.
Week 6: follow-up email with additional self-paced training videos to progress your training.
At Home Training Videos: all exercises will be sent through to you before your session with your trainer, so you can already get started with training. At your session your trainer will provide feedback in real-time, help troubleshoot and progress the exercise.
Access to the Puppy FAQ Library: you will have exclusive access to our extensive Puppy FAQ section where we answer all questions around training, enrichment, undesired behaviours and more. No question will remain unanswered!
Long-term Access with the Sit Happens Whānau: you can always check back to the weekly training videos as a refresher later on and email through questions if needed. You will also get exclusive, life-long access to our Sit Happens NZ Whānau Group where we offer additional resources, community, advice and much more!
And of course, don’t forget your personalised Graduation Certificate!
10% Discount on our Adaptil range in our Specialist Kiwi Canine Store
All appointments are subject to availability. If you would like to confirm availability prior to booking, please email with your availability and choice of package.
Evening appointments at your home after 5.30pm carry a $40/hour surcharge. No additional charge for evenings at our locations.
Please note that we don’t usually offer private training on Saturday afternoons after 1pm or Sundays. If weekends are truly the only times you can make and you wish to go ahead, you would be looking at a fixed surcharge of $140/appointment.
PRICING
Online $450
At our locations (Heathcote/Shirley) $530
At your home $540 plus travel. See here for travel prices to your areas and take 20% off as a package discount.
“Super knowledgeable, extremely helpful, great trainers!
We did the puppy class with Katya and went to a few socialisation classes with our puppy.
Highly reccomend to anyone needing some help with training their lil furballs.”
“We have just finished the 8 week puppy school (half in class, half online due to the lockdown). The classes and training techniques learnt have helped us so much in how to raise, train and understand our pup. Lisa and her team have such a wealth of knowledge and are super helpful with advising on the little issues that arise along the way. I highly recommend Sit Happens - it’s so worth the investment and results in a happy puppy and happy home!”
“I would like to say a big thanks to Kate and the rest of the Sit Happens crew. Yeah Chico has graduated puppy school. We have really enjoyed the puppy school and Chico has learnt heaps and is growing into a great dog. Thanks 👍”
