Welcome to our Czech Working Line “Puppy Training” page. 

While many families bring their puppy home at weaning, a great many people opt for our puppy boot camp option. In our puppy boot camp, puppies are introduced to crate training, potty training and basic obedience. As long time dog trainers, it’s our absolute joy to share in this formative time with your puppy. So what is our puppy boot camp?

Puppy Training Options.

Our puppy boot camp has two options from which to choose. Option one in our puppy boot camp is a 4 week training. Option two is a full eight weeks. Both training options start at 6 weeks of age.

Rather than going home at 8 weeks, we keep your puppy with us until either 10 or 14 weeks of age. During these weeks your puppy will be introduced to intensive puppy training designed to smooth your puppy’s transition from our home to yours. A well-trained puppy is a happy puppy. And a happy puppy makes for a happy owner.

What to expect from our puppy training boot camp?

Phase 1 of our puppy training boot camp:

Name recognition, sit, down, basic leash training, heel on leash, crate training, potty training, finally stay. Phase 1 training should be considered introductory training. Your puppy should be making age related progress in these areas. In addition to starting these basic aspects of obedience training, your puppy will come into our home with the goal of socialization. With six children of our own, our home is busy place. Bringing your puppy into our home continues the socialization process (We begin all our puppies with early neurological stimulation within a day or two of birth. The socialization in our puppy training; then, is a continuation of that process we begin at birth).

Phase 2 of our puppy training boot camp.

Phase 2 of our puppy boot camp continues strengthening your puppy’s name recognition, leash training, heel on leash, sit, stay, crate training, potty training. Phase two also introduces your puppy to other dogs and animals. During this second phase, distractions are added to leash training. While walking your puppy we will bring along an adult dog that is not on leash. Your puppy will be expected to obediently heel, walking and sitting by the handler despite the distraction of this older dog playing and running free beside the puppy. This tool of brining along an off leash dog is a fantastic way to step up obedience training in this second phase. Puppies are expected to sit quietly beside the handler despite this older dog playing and running free. But this is life. Further distractions are added such as new surroundings and other animals.

Going on a walk with your dog. Meet your neighbor and stop for an impromptu conversation. You don’t want your dog pulling on the leash and whining. You want your puppy sitting quietly for five or ten minutes until your conversation is finished. A disciplined puppy will walk calmly beside you even if a squirrel or other animals runs close by while in the park.

Puppy Training Cost

$3500 for 60 days of training: Phases 1 and 2 (60 days introduction to puppy training in obedience).

$2500 for 30 days of training: Only Phase 1 (30 day introduction to obedience training).

Our puppy training “Boot Camp” goals.

Our goal in these two puppy boot camp phases is to give your puppy the ability to better adapt to his or her new home and family.  Our puppy boot camp gives your puppy a jump start in  learning good manners. 

*** Our puppy boot camp ought to be understood as introductory. Your puppy will have learned basic obedience skills, but these are skills you will continue teaching and reinforcing when your puppy comes to your home. Many families will choose to continue with additional training as their puppy grows older. This is especially true for families interested in protection training. This sort of puppy training is typically not started even in its most basic forms until your puppy is 6-12 months of age.