Puppy Preschool
We currently offer 4-week puppy preschool classes on Saturday afternoons at Rockdale Veterinary Hospital. These classes are for puppies aged 8-16 weeks, and cover essential skills including:
Nipping and biting
Learn how to develop bite inhibition (self control when mouthing) in your pup
Desensitisation and counter-conditioning
Build resilience to stressful situations and a sense of security in your pup
Building independence
Develop a range of exercises for encouraging a calm and quiet puppy when left alone
Toilet training
Discover the timing, triggers, and techniques for toileting so that your pup gets it right every time
Socialisation and environmental conditioning
Find out how to build confidence in your pup when interacting with living things and the world around them, at the most crucial time in their development
Puppy body language
Understand signs of relaxation, curiosity, fear, and stress in your pup, and learn how to manage abnormal behaviours
Rockdale Veterinary Hospital is one of Sydney's first Fear Free veterinary clinics, which offers a safe and encouraging environment to train and socialise your pup using a positive reinforcement-based method. This method of training is fun, interactive, and helps to inspire confidence in your puppy.
You'll need to bring along:
Your puppy wearing a collar or harness and flat leads (no retractable leads)
A mat or towel for your puppy to sit on
Small, high-value (tasty!) treats such as shredded chicken or cheese as a reward
To enrol in puppy preschool, please contact Rockdale Veterinary Hospital on (02) 9123 6888, or visit their website. If you have any questions about our puppy preschool, please contact us using the button below.
Meet our recent graduates!
"Thanks so much Jack and Alex, we found the puppy classes so helpful and are applying what we learnt… which is working! I can’t recommend you both enough as my dog Stanley’s behaviour is improving and am looking to book the one on one classes for further training and insight."
Alina │ Stanley, English Bulldog
"Jack and Alex were excellent. Passionate and knowledgeable about all things puppies. Great communicators who took the time to check in with each puppy and their particular quirks and issues and offered multiple solutions. You end up with a great toolbox to work with your floofs (you still have to do the hard work applying them)."
Sidharth│ Cheddar, Medium Floof
"Very helpful giving clear direction and understanding insight to the dogs way of thinking"
Troy │ Cookie, Border Collie X
"Thank you for hosting the session and doing so with such high energy, warmth and enthusiasm. The sessions were very informative and has armed us with valuable knowledge to improve Ace’s ongoing training. We also appreciate you being available at all times out of class to provide insight and suggestions for the best way to enhance Ace’s time. Tim wasn’t quite involved with his training prior to the classes but has since taken much more keen interest, this is a credit to both Alex and Jack's teaching method."
Chuls │ Ace, Toy Poodle
"It was very interesting and learnt so much"
Andrew │ Simba, Cavoodle