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WHY CRATE TRAIN YOUR PUPPY
Crate training provides a haven for your puppy to relax and feel comfortable. Dogs like small, enclosed spaces, especially when they are feeling anxious or a bit unsure. The crate represents a “den” like environment that is safe and protected.
Crate training has many benefits for your puppy and also offers many advantages for your own convenience.
It provides somewhere safe and secure for your puppy to go when it is not possible to supervise him/her. For example, while having a shower, or leaving a room for a period of time. Using a crate during these times may protect your furniture, floors and prevent your puppy from chewing household plants, cords or other items that may cause harm.
Crate training is helpful when toilet training (a puppy’s natural instinct is not to soil their own den).
Crates can become a refuge during stressful events like parties, thunderstorms, exuberant children, other dogs or at times when puppy is feeling unwell or tired.
A crate provides a comfortable night time space.
Crates are a familiar “home away from home” when visiting friends, camping or boarding.
It is an easy form of transport.
It is a useful housing option during vet visits, groomers or post-surgery convalescence.
SOCIALISATION PROGRAM
Socialisation is one of the most important responsibilities to undertake as a new puppy owner. A puppy’s brain develops considerably from 6 weeks to 16 weeks of age.
During this time, the puppy learns a lot about their world. It is a unique window of time that will impact the puppy for life. It is also the timing of the first “fear period” stage.
This is a delicate time, where the “goldilocks principle” applies – just the right amount of stimulation and presented in a positive context at the right time. Too much, too soon, can cause flooding and overwhelm.
In the worst case , it may even create long term phobias. Research suggests that puppies need to be exposed to things several times over the socialisation period.
Burrinjuck Labradoodles offer an intensive, early puppy socialisation program for our in-house puppies (between the ages of 6 to 8 weeks). This additional training program is priced at $250 for the first week and an additional $175 for the second week. We provide a check-list of additional socialisation opportunities and a comprehensive socialisation report with additional recommendations for the future.
BOARD AND TRAIN PACKAGE
Our stay and train program is all about building a great foundation. Calmness. Confidence. Focus and Environmental Stability. These are the key attributes that set puppies up for success.
The Board and Train Option takes place at our Burrinjuck Facility. We have on-site trainers, who would work with your puppy on a daily basis. Invest in your puppy’s future by training foundational skills during the critical learning period from 8 to 12 weeks.
Prior to commencement, our head trainer, Judith will contact you to collaborate and prioritise goal setting and devise an individualised program. We also incorporate a grooming experience, and an enrichment experience through Wangaratta Doggy Day Spa as part of the package.
You will receive video and photo updates and progress notes once a week, over the duration of the stay.
