Puppy Preschool

There are many benefits for a puppy to attend puppy preschool. The best thing as a ‘Pet Parent’ you can offer your puppy is to teach them to become a well behaved, social puppy at a young age!

Socialisation begins from the moment they are born until around 16 weeks of age! 8-16 weeks is their most critical time for socialisation and learning. Therefore our puppy preschool classes are designed to target this window in your puppy's life and we recommend attending classes to encourage your puppy to become a social but well behaved and polite pet.

New classes commence every month. Bookings are essential as classes fill quickly!

QVCC puppy preschool is not just learning social etiquette. We also teach basic lifelong skills such as:

Sit
Stay
Drop
Come when called
Mat training
Crate training
Settling techniques
Look on cue
Walking on a loose lead

We give guidance with behavioural concerns in:

Toilet training
Jumping
Barking
Biting
Crying at night
Nutrition

And professional advice in:

Nutrition
Grooming
Vaccinations
Parasite control
Oral Care
De-sexing

We aim at teaching you the ‘Pet Parent’ expectations versus reality regarding socialization and training and the impact that poor experiences can have on a young pup during these crucial months of his or her life. Creating positive experiences is critical; so holding puppy preschool at our hospital will create some great experiences and memories for your puppy. These positive experiences at our centre and becoming familiar with our staff and surrounds during puppy preschool will make for a more enjoyable and constructive visit to the doctors in the future.