Karen Boyce/Advanced Puppy Path incl. Puppy School Online & Puppy College

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Advanced Puppy Path incl. Puppy School Online & Puppy College


Introducing The  ‘Puppy School Online’ - live training classes with our excellent tutors in the comfort of your own home with weekly puppy training classes hosted via the internet!  Train remotely and safely from home. We know our previous puppy owners really loved it. Our experienced tutors will use clear technique demonstration videos with personal teaching and coaching, giving you the opportunity to practice at home where your puppy will be more relaxed and less distracted. Our small online class sizes (2-3) means great personal tuition too. 

The BTPDS Puppy School Online course has the added benefit of one to one tutoring, videos, webinars and additional e-books.


Contents

Introduction

Welcome to the BTPDS Advanced Puppy Path online training hub.  

Here you have access to a hug range of training articles, videos, advice sheets, podcast, presentations and infographics.

Feel free to learn at your leisure, with the exception of the Puppy School online course which should be (obviously) run in sequence and with the aid of your classroom tutor.  Once you have completed that week's lesson feel free to return to the demo videos as many times as wish.
A quick word from Karen Boyce - Owner of BTPDS
HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE
THE ELEVEN SECTIONS ARE:

Upcoming Events

Look in here for the dates of our up and coming Puppy Clubs, Puppy Recall Workshops and Puppy Walks.
Puppy Proofed.pdf
Puppy Pop-Ins.pdf

Puppy School

Information regarding your Puppy School course and Puppy School in general.
The Official Puppy School Website
What to expect booklet for your Puppy School online course (March 2020.pdf)
Puppy School YouTube Channel

Puppy School Weekly Class Handouts

You will have a in your hand week by week training manual delivered to you.  But here as separate handouts are each week's homework. which match the video demos.
ONLINE PS - Week 1 - Notes for owners (March 2020 (pdf))
ONLINE PS - Week 2 - Notes for owners (March 2020 (pdf))
ONLINE PS - Week 3 - Notes for owners (March 2020 (pdf))
How to walk nicely - The BTPDS Seatbelt Method
ONLINE PS - Week 4 - Notes for owners (March 2020 (pdf))
ONLINE PS - Week 5 - Notes for owners (March 2020 (pdf))
ONLINE PS - Week 6 - Notes for owners (March 2020 (pdf))

Puppy School Videos - No commentary so read description before playing. Don't forget to "Say it, Show it and then reward it" (Copyright Puppy School)

Week by week and exercise by exercise videos
WEEK 1 - 1a - Getting the Attention of Your Puppy
WEEK 1 - 1b - Eye Contact
WEEK 1 - 2 - Settle
WEEK 1 - 3 - Hierarchy of Rewards
WEEK 1 - 4a - Recall 1
WEEK 1 - 4b - Recall 2
WEEK 2 - 1 - Toy play and Play Biting
WEEK 2 - 2a - Positions - Sit
WEEK 2 - 2b - Positions - Down
WEEK 2 - 2c - Positions - Stand
WEEK 2 - 3a - Gentle Handling
WEEK 2 - 3b - Hands Come to Give Not to Take
WEEK 2 - 4 - Recall (Feed & Go!)
WEEK 2 - 5 - Loose Lead Walking
WEEK 3 - 1 - Positions - Hand Signals
WEEK 3 - 2 - Developing the Settle
WEEK 3 - 3 - Recall (From Toy Play)
WEEK 3 - 4 - Handling (Formal Handling & Grooming)
WEEK 3 - 5 - Loose Lead Walking (Beside Owner)
WEEK 3 - 6 - Gentle
WEEK 4 - 1 - Recall (Past Food)
WEEK 4 - 2 - Positions (Refining Hand Signals)
WEEK 4 - 3 - Loose Lead Walking (Learning not to Pull)
WEEK 4 - 4a - Handling (Stranger)
WEEK 4 - 4b - Handling (Weighing Scales)
WEEK 4 - 5 - Meeting People
WEEK 4 - 6 - Tricks
WEEK 5 - 1 - Positions (Voice Cue Only)
WEEK 5 - 2 - Recall (Temptation Alley)
WEEK 5 - 3 - Handling (By Stranger Away from Owner)
WEEK 5 - 4 - Loose Lead Walking (Around Cones)
WEEK 5 - 5 - Stay
WEEK 6 - 1 - Dressing Up & Desensitisation
WEEK 6 - 2 - Stay (Move Away)
WEEK 6 - 3 - Loose Lead Walking

Socialisation and Habituation

Exposing your puppy gently and gradually to novel stimulus is critical. 
puppy socialisation chart -April 2020.pdf
Karen Boyce Puppy Podcast with Dominic Hodgson - Preventing your Puppy from becoming Fearful
Dog Body Language
Calming Signals - Turid Rugaas
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Toys and Playing

There are a lot of toys out in the shops and online that are very attractive to us, and maybe even to your puppy, but we want the optimum toy for our pup and to know the most successful way to play.
A great place to get toys for your pup
Craig Ogilivie - Interactive Play Guide
Playing Handout
Mind Games for Dogs by Top Behaviourist Sarah Whitehead
Other Ways to Play Ball

Ouch! Play Biting - It's a development thing

Listen to our Puppy Prattle on this subject.  

Lovely puppy owners with genuine questions talking with our puppy expert Karen Boyce
Play Biting Webinar

Delivery of the Training Reward e.g. the correct way to give your dog his treat

How we deliver our treats is important to our dog (but also our fingers!)
How to Deliver a Reward (without fingers getting nibbled)
How To Dispense a Treat

Chronicles of Evie - The German Shepherd Puppy

Evie, my own German Shepherd who I bred, was born September 5th 2019.  I created videos and an email series for her first six months.  I hope you finding them interesting and informative.
Video: Your Pup Should Be Following You
Video: Evie walking in Llangollen at 13 weeks
Video: The Chronicles of Evie - First Proper Park Visit
Video: The Chronicles of Evie - Out and About Training
Video: The Chronicles of Evie - Socialisation
Email: The First Pub Visit and The First Outdoor Recall
Email: Evie and the little person
Email: Socialisation and habituation
Email: The How To's and How Not To's of Socialisation

Additional Reading and Viewing

There are some awful dog training books on the market!!  Please be careful.  We recommend these ones.
dog_identificationin_the_uk.pdf
The Pefect Puppy
The Perfect Puppy Project
Professional Dog Trainers HATE retractable leads! Why?
Love Wrexham - Pets Section - Lots of BTPDS Articles!

Games all the family can play

Appropriate play games for children and pups plus how to start scentwork.
Puppy School - How to teach your dog to play Hide and Seek

Perfect Your Play

Learn to play and engage with your dog the right way.

Marita is an international championship agility handler who has represented Team GB on numerous occasions. Marita offers her knowledge to students around the world through dedicated online coaching, online courses and in-person workshops. Marita works on health and fitness, mental preparation, trick training and agility skills with her students. 

Craig is the first and only person from the U.K to be licensed to test and train dogs internationally in the working dog sport called Mondioring: which consists of Obedience, Agility and Criminal Apprehension. Craig is also the only civilian police dog trainer in the UK and he works with individuals from across the globe on all training aspects from competition obedience to problem behaviours like aggression and separation anxiety.

Both Marita and Craig use positive reinforcement, play focussed training methods.
SUCCESSFUL DOG TOY PLAY: How to get your dog interested in toys, teaching your dog to play & tug
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DOG WONT PLAY: Teaching your dog to toy play & tug by getting them to like toys
MY DOG PREFERS FOOD OVER TOYS: How to get your dog to play and tug if they like food over toys
DOG TUGGING TIPS & COMMON TUGGING MISTAKES: How to get your dog to tug using these tugging solutions
HOW TO STOP YOUR DOG RUNNING AWAY WITH THE TOY: How to get your dog to bring the toy or ball back
HOW TO GET YOUR DOG TO BRING THE TOY BACK:Using food to teach fetch & stop your dog stealing the toy
HOW TO GET YOUR DOG TO LET GO OF THE TOY: Teach your dog to leave the toy & bring it back on release
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DOG DOESN'T BRING THE BALL BACK: Simple steps to teach your dog to fetch a ball

Nutrition

What some owners see as a "naughty" puppy is very often an untrained puppy, a bored puppy, a tired puppy or a puppy high on the carbohydrates in their food.
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Eden Holistic Pet Foods - UK Based - 80/20/00
Paleo Ridge Raw Dog Food
Henley Raw Dog Food

Pre Puppy School Zoom Meetings

16th July session
Prep Zoom for Puppy School Classes starting Sunday 1st August and Tuesday 10th August
27th August Puppy School Pre Course Meeting
Puppy School Pre-Zoom Meet Up for Classes starting Tues 21st and Thurs 24th September 2021
Puppy School Pre Zoom Meeting 1st October 2021
Puppy School Pre Zoom Meeting 08/10/2021
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Precourse Zoom for course starting Sunday 14th November at Knockin
Puppy School Pre Zoom Meeting 14/01/2022
Precourse Zoom Tuesday 14th June 2022
Precourse Zoom chat September 9th 2022
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Precourse Zoom Meeting Friday 20th October 2023
Precourse
Puppy School Precourse Zoom Chat - 1st December 2023
Puppy School Precourse Zoom Chat - 27th February 2024
Puppy School Precourse Chat 7th June 2024
Puppy School Pre course Chat August 16th
Pre Puppy School Course Chat 6th September 2024
Pre Puppy School Course Chat - 18th September 2024
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Sunday 15th January Snowed Off Get Together
Precourse Meet Up 7th January 2025 for Thursday Wrexham and Monday Knockin Pups
Precourse Zoom meet up 21st February 2025
Precourse meet up from 26th August 2025
Pre course meet up. Wrexham class starting 27th November