Deciding on Your Puppy
The idea of raising a new puppy by yourself is stressful. You hope for a pup that can fit in  very well with your life-style. Your life in La Jolla, California is stressful, you’ve got a full time job, maybe you’re raising a young family, you like to travel or you’ve just retired. We provide a anxiety free experience to add that  outstanding dog to your life.

The Program Starts With a Consultation
We know it’s crucial that you know who you will be working with. Developing a rapport is tremendously important to our company in La Jolla, California. Our discussion starts with easy questions and leads into an detailed conversation, which will give us a much better idea of who you are and what your dream dog might be. We like to have a great working relationship with you. It begins the journey to decide on, teach and raise your puppy.

Finding The Best Breed For Your Home
Once you have made a decision you are ready to add that perfect dog to your life in La Jolla, California. You have your heart set on a specific breed or maybe you want one of our pups that are currently in our puppy raising program. There certainly are things to take into account for example, where you live, your schedule, maybe you are raising a  little family, you you may love to go on vacation or maybe you have recently retired. All this will not limit your options, yet help clarify your lifestyle in La Jolla, CA. We will help guide you in this decision making process. As we learn more about you, we can certainly aid you decide what you want and which puppy will best accommodate your lifestyle.

Finding The Perfect Breeder in La Jolla, California
We coordinate with responsible breeders who are genuinely interested in improving their breed with good health and excellent temperament of their puppies. The first eight weeks of a new pups life are as crucial as to what happens after. A excellent breeder knows this and helps get the puppy off to a great start.

We have built a rapport with many great breeders. We particularly search out breeders who know the early role they play in a puppies life. They know when one of their pups grows through our program, it ensures the puppy will end up having a great life.  It is very important to work carefully with the breeder. We rely on the breeder’s knowledge together with our years of experience to select the puppy with the best temperament for the potential new family.

The Puppy‘s Training in La Jolla, California
Training your new puppy is a mixture of teaching new skills including manners, setting boundaries, promoting healthy relationships, together with exposing your dog successfully to people, other dogs and desensitizing him or her to all different types of environments.Such as, we may have the puppy stay overnight with various people in different environments; which creates a dog for you who is comfortable and easy to live with because he or she can easily adapt|adjusts} to your lifestyle. As a result of this and exposures to other factors your dog easily bonds with you and your family members.

Imprinting Good Behavior ~Birth to 16 Weeks
Picking up your puppy from the breeder

Training starts the instant a new puppy is in our hands in La Jolla, California. Once we pick the puppy from the litter, the first thing we would like to accomplish is building confidence and a bond with this new puppy. We begin our relationship having fun while always teaching. Under our close guidance, we begin exposing the pup to its new world. For example, getting him or her to follow us, go up and down stairs, walk over branches, and also get relatively close to loud noises. By doing this, we are environmentally socializing your dog to the world while enhancing our bond. We are huge dog lovers, yet remarkably aware in those moments it is imperative to focus more on being a leader and guide as the new pup discovers this new world without having the company of its litter mates or mom.

The Essential time for learning
In the first few weeks we are teaching your new puppy boundaries, trust and focus. There is no limitation as to what we will integrate into our methods. Often we take advantage of certain areas or objects to create an experience for the puppy. Sometimes a spur of the moment opportunity may present itself in La Jolla, California. Our options and imagination are limitless. Every exposure and experience builds upon the previous one. Through all of this, we very closely supervise the puppy. We do not confine ourselves to stiff rules. We try to become more creative, think outside the box, and take advantage of activities that manifest before us. Those opportunities are invaluable when it comes down to teaching the pup.

Every interaction with the new pup is a teaching moment. We like to think of it as an early investment in the life of this dog. This is the first time away from their littermates and living with us in La Jolla, California. Puppies have a small window of time during brain development when they are most impressionable. This is called the imprinting also known as the critical learning period. Puppies learn more during this time than any other period of time in their lives. The quality and quantity of what they experience will have a substantial impact on their future personalities and decide a number of their “good” or “bad” behavior tendencies. Throughout the imprinting phase, every experience is important. It is important to build their confidence. The expression ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ does not apply to their early interactions. Because puppies are absorbing every experience like a sponge, we need to stay very aware of all interactions and yet still have a good time with our new pup.

A Well-Mannered Pup
4 to 6 months 

A trained pup is so much more than just obedient. Knowing how to sit, stay or walk nicely on a loose leash are necessary things to learn. Good manners, great social skills and a healthy relationship with his or her family are critical. Furthermore, desensitization, exposure to many different distractions and situations, as well as being comfortable to fit into a lifestyle in La Jolla, CA is equally important.

Our focus is to create a dog with impeccable manners and social skills. We start by teaching obedience the day we bring them home from the breeder; which continues as we improve the dog’s behavior. The goal is to have a solid foundation by about 4 to 6 months. We practice obedience, keeping it a regular request in our everyday routine in addition to within each new situation we expose your puppy to. We move from shaping to defining commands and proofing them with distractions, duration and distance. Communication is at the core of our philosophy. Being very clear and consistent is key. We restrict our words when giving commands. We want your dog to understand what we mean when we give them the command. When we say ‘come’ or ‘here’ we expect 100% response immediately.

Proofing Behavior in a Social World in La Jolla, CA
6 months to young adult

Enter the teenage years– adolescence. This is the typical age when many dogs are re-homed or surrendered to shelters. The adolescent stage can find your sweet pup becoming a monster. That nice puppy can be more mouthy and disobedient than you could ever imagine. Many owners hope their dog will outgrow undesirable behaviors. Their dog is testing what is permitted and what is not. Allowing a dog to continue practicing naughty acts makes changing undesirable behavior more challenging.

Working in the Real World in La Jolla, California 
We work to reduce any unwanted behavior by instilling boundaries and practicing obedience in high distraction areas. For instance, we practice recalls when your dog is highly distracted perhaps chasing something as common as a squirrel. We practice and proof obedience in high traffic places, around barking dogs, near playgrounds and within public places.

As the dog moves through the adolescent stage we continue to challenge the dog by putting it in various scenarios. We consider each situation as a picture. How does that look like to the puppy? How does that picture change from day to day or location to location. We are striving to teach a dog how to adapt in each new and different setting or situation. We are raising a puppy that isn’t depending on continual commands that dictate what he or she should and should not do. Instead, we desire a dog that can make great decisions. Our number one priority is to have a well-balanced puppy, who will fit into your home.

We continue to strengthen and improve manners making good behavior a habit for the dog. During this time, the dog has been living with the trainer in his/her personal home. Throughout this time, your dog will also spend a few days and nights staying with another family member or friend. Offering this opportunity, encourages your dog to continue to be confident and comfortable in different environments. This makes sure those habits and good manners will stay when he or she moves in to your house in La Jolla, CA.