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third day same as usual - pass the puppy - lots of off leash time tonight included quick recaps on dos and donts - mouthing/teething - walking on a lead - stay command I cant really remember much more. As for everyone saying they dont get a lot from these things. Why not organise things through this forum? There must be 5+ people with puppies around the same time all the time. For me, its my first real time with a puppy, and knowing everyone in the class is vacinated is a good thing. I would definetly go again even after knowing everything I have learnt. We had a puppy who missed last week. At the start of the class she was ears down, tail between the legs under the chair snapping at all the puppies. At the end of the night she was ears up, playing with all the other puppies and walking around the room.

Day 2 Breif - pass the puppy - offlead time - basic training - was drop/down tonight In between the puppy interactions - Mainly talked about food tonight. What to feed, how to feed, when to feed (all with a disclaimer saying talk to your vet about best brands, times etc on how to feed) Class went for just over an hour and the trainer was more than happy to stick around for 20-30 minutes after answering some one-one questions. (even though we are covering the topics next week)

We started PPS last week. Its a four week course. Our little Boston Terrier is very excitable and loved people but hadn't met too many dogs. He was so hypo but by the end of the hour getting tired. From memory we went through the following things. - bit of on leash playing and puppy intros - intro - human names and pet name along with breed/sex etc - pass the puppy - The trainer said its a good way to get puppies used to being handled by lots of people. This helps with general human socialisation but more importantly when they have to go to the vet and need to be picked up. Some puppies were past, others walked on leads depending on size and how they were acting - Off leash playing for big pups. - Off leash playing for small pups. - Then getting them all out for a while. - Last thing of the night was basic obedience. Calling the dogs name, come, sit. In between each of these activities the trainer spoke about toilet training, cleaning up, issuing commands etc. A fair bit I had read about. I guess one thing is she was able to get every pup to come and sit without much hassle, even if they did decide to wander off trying to sniff/play with other pups. I was mainly hoping to get some socialisation between pups so he isn't so psycho at the park, so everything else is a bonus. I guess from week ones experience I am more than happy to recommend the company and will definetly be continuing after PPS (which I believe is very important) If I remember I will report back after week 2. If anyone wants to know the company PM me.