Help with Puppies and Children
in Wimbledon and South London
A bespoke training service, supporting you with training your puppy to become a part of the family.
You’re already juggling a million things
You may be questioning if a getting puppy is the right decision for you and your family or wondering how you’re going to deal with everything that having a new puppy brings.
Puppy chewing, play biting your children, toilet training, socialising, and the big question having finally reclaimed sleep (mostly)…when will your puppy sleep through the night? The huge amount of information and well-meaning but confusing advice can feel overwhelming.
It absolutely doesn’t need to be. With some practical guidance, expert knowledge and a bespoke plan tailored to your unique family, children and unique puppy, I can help you with raising a happy sociable puppy that fits into family life and becomes a loving companion to your children.
Whether you’re just considering getting a puppy or have already welcomed your puppy into your family, the Family Puppy Training Service will guide the way.
Family Puppy Training
includes:
5 hour-long face-to-face sessions
We will create a training plan tailored to the life skills and manners your puppy will need to grow up with your children as a confident reliable family dog. Completed over an 8 week period.
Practical Hands-On Training
I will coach you in how to teach these skills. With sessions in your home, your local area and Wimbledon Common, the training we do will set you up in the real world for real life with your pup.
Step-by-step guidance
All the key skills I teach you so that you, your family and your puppy can practise when we’re not together and be ready progress in your training plan each week.
Safety advice
Sharing pragmatic, direct and ethical guidance to help you keep everyone safe and make life easier for you all.
Personalised plan
A plan tailored to your unique family and lifestyle; you’ll understand how to make sure your puppy settles quickly, how to travel your puppy home, what to do when you get home and how to handle their first few critical days and nights with you.
In-depth coaching
Teaching you what you need to know about canine communication and body language.
Peace of mind
You’re being coached by an accredited and accountable trainer using an ethical, reward-based approach, free from aversive techniques.
Realistic, parent-friendly advice
You’ll be working with a mum of two small humans, so I truly understand the challenges and reality of life as a parent and raising children and dogs together.
Get started today!
£687
Optional upgrade after our first couple of sessions together: £127
If you’d like a session where I work directly with your children to coach them in some training skills, teach them how to safely interact with your pup or show them how to individually build a relationship with your puppy, we can arrange this directly after school hours late afternoon, or during a school break.
Travel to your home is included for Wimbledon, Southfields, Earlsfield, Summers Town, Colliers Wood, Merton, Mitcham and Kingston Vale. Locations such as Putney and Barnes in the ULEZ zone will incur the ULEZ fee. Parking charges may apply if you live in a residents only area.
My dog is so much happier!
“It was clear from the beginning that my schnauzer, Gretel, had a shy temperament and had a a fear of children. Lottie gave us a huge amount of her time and helped us through the next stage in Gretel’s training. Most importantly, Lottie is not interested in quick fixes and I was really pleased that she addressed Gretel’s anxieties rather than just silencing her. Now, at three, my dog is so much happier and her problems have gone. Thank you Lottie.”
- Rose & Gretel
Family Puppy Training is right for you if:
You want your family to build a loving relationship with your puppy whilst ensuring safety is paramount and teaching the life skills they’ll need as an adult dog.
You’ve got children under 13 and are getting (or have recently got) a puppy.
You’d prefer a bespoke plan tailored to your family’s unique lifestyle to ensure your puppy develops into a dog that’s an integral part of the family.
You’re looking for an accredited trainer who uses only kind, evidence-based, non-aversive training methods.
You want to work with someone who is approachable, empathetic and honest to support and guide you through the journey that is dog ownership.
Want my help with your family pup?
Family Puppy Training
FAQs
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I use only kind, reward-based training methods ensuring that they are practical, effective and based upon sound evidence. I will never use harsh handling, corrections, punishment or intimidation and the welfare of your puppy will always be paramount within our training sessions.
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Having children involved in most sessions is in all honesty, a distraction for both a puppy and parents. I always want to leave you at the end of the session feeling armed with more knowledge and tools to work through the common puppy problems and enough practical training to be practising between sessions. As the adult you’re the one who is going to have to put most of the groundwork into the training so it’s important that we can stay focused and you learn the skills first and foremost so that you get the most out of all of our sessions.
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Absolutely. I love working with owners and their dogs for the long term and I’m lucky enough to work with some clients who train just for fun continually. We can work on an ad-hoc basis, top up your skills through your dog’s life and I can continue to support you on your training journey as long as you want.
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Absolutely not! The Puppy School group classes we run are for gentle obedience training in the presence of other puppies for just one hour a week for 6 weeks. We offer no “puppy party” style free-play in class as puppies do not learn good manners or social skills from other puppies. A key element of the tailored training we do will teach you how to socialise your puppy with older, well-mannered dogs who may be interested in meeting them whilst out on their daily walk.
