Selecting Your Young puppy
The thought of raising a new young puppy by yourself may be stressful. You really want a pup that will match  perfectly with your life style. Your life in Reading, Massachusetts might be chaotic, you may have a full-time profession, maybe you’re raising a new family, you may like to travel or may be you just retired. We provide a anxiety free experience to add in that  amazing dog to your life.

The Program Begins With a Assessment
We know it’s vital that you know who you will be working with. Developing a relationship is exceptionally important to us in Reading, Massachusetts. Our talk begins with basic questions and leads into an thorough conversation, which will provide us a better idea of who you are and what your perfect dog might be. We like to have a great working relationship with you. It starts the journey to choose, teach and raise your pup.

Finding The Best Breed For Your Family
Once you have determined you want to include that perfect dog to your life in Reading, Massachusetts. You may have your heart set on a particular breed or maybe you want one of our dogs that are presently in our puppy raising program. There are things to think about like where you live, maybe you work full time, are raising a young family, you love to travel or maybe you have recently retired. All this will not restrict your choices, but instead help shed light on your daily life in Reading, MA. We help guide you in your decision making process. As we get to know you better, we can certainly help you decide what you want and which breed will best suit your life-style.

Choosing The Best Breeder in Reading, Massachusetts
We coordinate with responsible breeders who are genuinely interested in improving their breed with good health and excellent temperament of their puppies. The first eight weeks of a new pups life are as crucial as to what happens after. A excellent breeder knows this and helps get the puppy off to a great start.

We have developed a relationship with many amazing breeders. We particularly find breeders who understand the early part they play in a puppies life. They understand when one of their puppies grows through our program, it ensures the puppy will end up having a excellent life.  It’s extremely important to work carefully with the breeder. We count on the breeder’s knowledge together with our years of experience to pick the puppy with the best temperament for the potential new family.

The Puppy‘s Training in Reading, Massachusetts
Training your puppy is a combination of teaching new skills including manners, setting boundaries, promoting healthy relationships, in addition to exposing your dog successfully to people, other dogs and desensitizing him or her to all different types of environments.For example, we may have the pup sleep overnight with various people in different environments; which in turn produces a dog for you who is relaxed and easy to live with because he or she adapts|adjusts} to your lifestyle. As a result of this and exposures to other factors your dog readily connects with you and your family.

Imprinting Good Behavior ~Birth to 16 Weeks
Picking up your puppy from the breeder

Training starts the instant a new puppy is in our care in Reading, Massachusetts. Once we select the pup from the litter, the first thing we would like to accomplish is developing confidence and a bond with this new puppy. We begin our relationship having fun even though we’re always teaching. Under our close guidance, we begin exposing the puppy to its new world. For example, getting him or her to follow us, go up and down stairs, walk over various things, and maybe even get relatively close to loud noises. By doing this, we are environmentally socializing your dog to the world while at the same time enhancing our bond. We are huge dog lovers, but still very aware in those moments it is essential to focus more on being a leader and guide as the new pup discovers this new world without the presence of its litter mates or mom.

The Essential time for learning
In the first few weeks we are teaching your new puppy boundaries, trust and focus. There is no limit as to what we may integrate into our approaches. Often we use certain spots or objects to create an experience for the pup. Occasionally a spur of the moment opportunity may present itself in Reading, Massachusetts. Our options and creativity are endless. Every exposure and experience builds on the last one. Through all of this, we closely observe the puppy. We do not confine ourselves to inflexible rules. We try to become more creative, think outside the box, and take advantage of events that manifest before us. Those opportunities are priceless when it comes down to teaching the puppy.

Every interaction with the new puppy is a teaching moment. We like to consider it as an early investment in the life of this puppy. This is the first time away from their littermates and staying with us in Reading, Massachusetts. Puppies have a small window of time during brain development when they are most impressionable. This is called the imprinting also known as the critical learning period. Puppies learn more during this time than any other period of time in their lives. The quality and quantity of what they encounter will have a huge impact on their future personalities and decide a number of their “good” or “bad” behavior tendencies. During the course of the imprinting period, every experience is crucial. It is essential to build their confidence. The expression ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ does not apply to their early interactions. Because puppies are taking in every experience like a sponge, we need to stay very aware of all interactions and yet still have a good time with our new pup.

A Well-Mannered Friend
4 to 6 months 

A well-trained dog is far more than just obedient. Knowing how to sit, stay or walk nicely on a loose leash are very important things to learn. Good manners, great social skills and a healthy relationship with his or her family are vital. In addition, desensitization, exposure to many different distractions and situations, as well as being comfortable to fit into a lifestyle in Reading, MA  is equally important.

Our focus is to create a dog with remarkable manners and social skills. We start by teaching obedience the day we bring them home from the breeder; which carries on as we fine-tune the dog’s behavior. The goal is to have a stable foundation by about 4 to 6 months. We practice obedience, making it a standard request in our regular routine in addition to within each new situation we expose your puppy to. We move from shaping to formalizing commands and proofing them with distractions, duration and distance. Communication is at the center of our philosophy. Being very clear and consistent is key. We limit our words when providing commands. We want your dog to understand what we want when we give them the command. When we say ‘come’ or ‘here’ we expect 100% response immediately.

Proofing Behavior in a Social World in Reading, MA
6 months to young adult

Enter the teenage years– adolescence. This is the usual age when many dogs are re-homed or surrendered to animal shelters. The adolescent stage can find your sweet pup developing into a monster. That nice puppy can be more mouthy and disobedient than you could ever imagine. Many owners hope their canine will outgrow unfavorable behaviors. Their dog is testing what is allowed and what is not. Allowing a dog to continue rehearsing naughty acts makes changing unwanted behavior more difficult.

Testing in the Real World in Reading, Massachusetts
We work to stop any unwanted behavior by instilling boundaries and practicing obedience in high distraction areas. For instance, we practice recalls when your dog is very distracted possibly chasing something like a squirrel. We test and proof obedience in high traffic spots, around barking dogs, around playgrounds and within public places.

As the dog goes through the adolescent stage we continue to challenge the dog by putting it in various scenarios. We imagine each situation as a picture. How does that look like to the dog? How does that picture shift from day to day or location to location. We are aiming to teach a dog how to cope in each new and various setting or scenario. We are raising a dog that isn’t depending on ongoing commands that control what he or she should and should not do. Rather, we want a dog that can make great decisions. Our number one goal is to have a well-balanced puppy, who will be comfortable your home.

We continue to reinforce and refine manners making good behavior a habit for the dog. Throughout this time, the puppy has been staying with the trainer in their own home. During this time, your dog will also spend a few days and nights staying with another loved one or close friend. Providing the puppy with this opportunity, encourages your puppy to continue to be confident and comfortable in different environments. This ensures those habits and good manners will remain when he goes on to your house in Reading, MA.