Puppy Training School | Cotswold Puppies

Positive Puppy Training

Cotswold Puppies provides training courses to help you learn how to teach your puppy to develop obedience, good behaviour and doggy manners.

Our Puppy Foundation course is designed to help you to build your relationship and learn training techniques to help you give your puppy the best start in life!

Our training methods are positive and rewards-based to help you develop a trusting, loving bond with your puppy.

Thea Mathers

A professional gundog instructor with Cotswold Gundogs, Thea heads up the training at Cotswold Puppies.

Thea loves being able to use her experience to help others to understand and teach their puppies so they can enjoy the rewards of dog ownership as much as she does.

Our Training

Puppy Foundation

A 6 week course of basic puppy training.

Ages 12 - 16 weeks (older puppies may be considered - please contact us).

This 6 week course for young puppies covers the basic commands and skills to help them get the best start in life.

During the course, we will cover:
- Recall
- Basic commands - "Sit", "Wait", "Drop", "Leave It", and "Down"
- Lead walking ("Heel")
- How much and what type of exercise to give your puppy
- Puppy socialisation
- Getting your puppy used to handling and grooming

At the end of each session, participants will receive a "homework" handout detailing the commands learnt in the session and how to practice with your puppy at home.

Puppies attending must have completed their vaccinations.

Book Your Course

Gundog Training

Cotswold Gundogs aims to create a fun and relaxed environment where you can learn the best way to train your dog.

Our focus is on training dogs for work in the shooting field, however pet owners are also welcome as the training we provide will give a good foundation of obedience whatever your dog's role will be.

We provide:
- Weekly group training classes
- 121 sessions
- Specialist training days
- Kennel Club Working Gundog Certificate assessments