Puppy Training
- Level(s) of Study: Short course; Professional
- Course Fee:
£130
- Start Date(s): Monday 2 June 2025, Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration: Eight weeks, one hour per week
- Study Mode(s): Part-time
- Campus: Brackenhurst Campus
- Entry Requirements: More information
Introduction:
Acquiring a new puppy can be an exciting time, but it can also be a daunting prospect for new owners.
This short course will support you in educating your new puppy and will equip your puppy with the right skills to fit well into society. This course is designed for puppies who are under one year old.
You will learn the skills and behaviours that will be useful when handling and managing your dog during their development into adults. It will also teach you about the right expectations to have of your puppies and how to achieve the correct behaviours and responses from your beloved four legged friend.
This short course is based on evidence-based research on dog behaviour and cognitive development.
Course content
- This is the only theory session in the course. This will cover background knowledge on dog body language and communication, course format, expectations, etiquette and general principles in dog training
- Teaches you the expectations and tools to facilitate emotional regulation in dogs
- How to help the fearful puppy
- Introduces you and your puppy to the principles and techniques associated with good handling and examination
- Teaches puppies a leave command and to walk away from desirable things
- Teaches you the importance of frustration tolerance in dogs
- Teaches puppies how to settle in the absence and presence of distractions
- Teaches you some key principles in dog training (e.g. importance of visual cues)
- Teaches puppies to follow visual and audio cues and perform a behaviour(s) in order to elicit an outcome
- Teaches owners about the importance of consistency in dog training
- Teaches puppies to deal with distractions
- Teaches owners about the importance of motivation in dog training
- Teaches owners about expectations on dog behaviour and how to read and react to different body language in dogs
- Discuss expectations and overall guidance on taking the lessons learned into the future months
- Discuss and allow for the right environment for social play and demonstrate appropriate versus inappropriate play between puppies
We thoroughly enjoyed the puppy training, Alex was supremely knowledgeable and approachable. His training went far beyond teaching a dog basic skills by talking in-depth about dogs personalities and their motivations. The helpers were amazing too and constantly interacted with the group and the puppies. Our dog absolutely loved it and he’ll miss coming every week but is definitely a better behaved, more confident and more social dog because of the course.”
Anonymous, Puppy Training
What you’ll study
The course will be divided into eight weeks and each week will cover some core skills that the puppies are expected to learn in class.
How you’re taught
This short course will be taught in-person at our Brackenhurst Campus. It will include a mix of tutor demonstrations and practical exercises
There will be no more than seven puppies per class, to create a relaxed and comfortable environment for your puppy to train in.
We have several courses running throughout the year.
What you'll gain
If you attend more than 80% of the course, your puppy will be awarded with a Certificate of Attendance.
Campus and facilities
You will be based at our Brackenhurst Campus in Southwell.
Entry requirements
This course is designed for puppies under a year old. Dogs who are turning one year old on the start date of the course will be accepted. We also request that any puppies attending our classes are up to date with all their vaccinations. You will be required to bring evidence of your puppy’s vaccinations to the first class for our short course tutor to view on arrival.
Fees and funding
The fee for this course is £130. Payment is due at the time of booking.
How to apply
Book your place via the NTU online store.
For further information, please email brackshortcourses@ntu.ac.uk.