1-2-1 teenage dog training in Exeter and Tiverton

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Help your lively adolescent dog become your adult friend for life

Your Teenage Rascal

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All the skills you need to help your dog grow out of their chaotic teenage waywardness

Fun and friendly 1-2-1 training for you and your teenage dog:

❤ Catch up on vital training your dog missed when they were a puppy

❤ Understand why your dog's training has gone backwards – get the pair of you back on track

❤ Lay the groundwork for a lifetime of trouble-free togetherness

❤ Learn at home away from distractions and, if progress is good, practice your new skills in real situations nearby

❤ Strengthen family bonds by inviting your family to share the training

❤ Six 45-minute sessions, ideally spread over six weeks

Ethical

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Qualified

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Supportive

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You will learn how to teach your teenage dog to:

❤ Joyfully come back when called

❤ Walk calmly on the lead

❤ Focus on you instead of the distractions of people, other dogs and everyday life

❤ Chill out after walks instead of coming home looking for trouble

❤ Politely meet people and other dogs

❤ Happily swap something they shouldn’t have for something better

❤ Feel confident about being left alone for longer periods

❤ Feel comfortable about being groomed and examined

Your personalised plan includes a bundle of guided resources to last a lifetime:

❤ Weekly training plan: this week’s goals, training exercises to practise, tips for the week

❤ Never forget what you’ve learned: written and video tutorials keep it fresh and repeatable

❤ Advice sheets to support your dog’s training

❤ 15-page e-book explains the confusing changes to your teenage dog’s behaviour

❤ 13-page e-book teaches you how to read your dog’s body language

❤ 19-page e-book filled with tips for enriching your dog’s life

❤ Still struggling? Follow-up support by email and WhatsApp – lasts three months

Price: £380

A way forward for you and your teenage rascal

Your adorable puppy has grown fast. You thought they’d be calming down by now, but it’s not worked out that way. Your adolescent dog is pulling on the lead ... refusing to come back when you call ... jumping up at every dog and person they meet ... destroying your furniture. They seem to have forgotten everything you trained them. And you’re wondering if this is how it’s always going to be.

The first thing to say is that you haven’t done anything wrong. Teenage dogs (like teenage humans) can be bloody awkward. It’s a normal stage of your dog’s development.

So no need to give up on the training. What you need is some fresh guidance on how to deal with the challenges of adolescence.

These 1-2-1 training sessions will help the pair of you get back on track. I’ll match them to your experience so you’ll get exactly what you need whether you’ve previously been to puppy classes or done your own thing with puppy training. You’ll learn why your dog seems to have gone off the rails and what you can do to recover their focus. We’ll bring the fun back to living with a dog and lay the groundwork for a lifetime of relaxed togetherness.

The first step is a chat about the type of life you’re looking forward to with your dog and the teenage troubles that are holding you back.

Teenage dog training FAQs

  • Usually dogs become teenagers between 5 and 7 months old and become adults by about 18 months. The Your Teenage Rascal training programme is suitable for dogs between 5 and 18 months old.

    If your puppy is younger than 5 months the Your Young Adventurer programme is right for them. And if they’re older than 18 months the Your Adaptable Companion training programme is right for them.

  • Having an teenage dog is very different to having a puppy. Teenage dogs come with their own challenges and many people struggle with their teen dog’s behaviour. Teenage dog training helps you understand your teen dog better so you can enjoy what is often a stressful period of your dog’s development. It’s common for teenage dogs to appear to forget behaviours they learnt as puppy. So it’s important to keep working on your dog’s training throughout their adolescent period if you want them to become a well-trained adult dog.