Deciding on Your Puppy
The thought of raising a new puppy by yourself may be stressful. You need a pup that will fit in  wonderfully with your life-style. Your life in Oak Park, California is fast paced, you’ve got a full time schedule, a new family, you like to travel or may be you just retired. We provide a stress free experience to add that  remarkable dog to your life.

The Process Starts With a Consultation
We think it is very important that you know who you will be working with. Developing a relationship is very important to us in Oak Park, California. Our conversation begins with simple questions and leads into an detailed conversation, which will give us a better idea of who you are and what your dream dog might be. We like to have a wonderful working partnership with you. It starts the journey to decide on, teach and raise your pup.

Choosing The Perfect Breed For Your Household
Once you have determined you are ready to add that amazing dog to your life in Oak Park, California. You have your heart set on a particular breed or maybe you want one of our pups that are presently in our puppy raising program. There certainly are things to think about like where you live, your schedule, are raising a young family, you love to go on vacation or maybe you have recently retired. All this will not minimize your options, but instead help shed light on your life-style in Oak Park, CA. We will help guide you in the decision making process. As we get to know you better, we can assist you pick what you want and which dog will best accommodate your lifestyle.

Finding The Perfect Breeder in Oak Park, California
We collaborate with amazing 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 puppy’s life are as crucial as to what follows. A excellent breeder understands this and helps get the puppy off to a great start.

We have established a rapport with many great breeders. We particularly seek breeders who are aware of the early part they play in a puppies life. They understand when one of their puppies grows through our program, it ensures the puppy will end up having a excellent life.  It is incredibly important to work carefully with the breeder. We depend on the breeder’s input together with our years of experience to select the puppy with the best temperament for a prospective new family.

Your Puppy‘s Training in Oak Park, California
Training your new puppy is a combo of teaching new skills including manners, setting boundaries, promoting healthy relationships, along with exposing your dog successfully to people, other dogs and desensitizing him or her to all various environments.Such as, we may have the puppy sleep overnight with different people in different settings; which creates a dog for you who is comfortable and easy to live with because he or she adapts|adjusts} to your lifestyle. As a result of this and exposures to other variables your dog readily bonds with you and your family.

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

Training starts the moment a new puppy is in our care in Oak Park, California. Once we select the puppy from the litter, the very first thing we wish to achieve is developing confidence and a bond with this new puppy. We start our relationship having fun while always teaching. Under our close guidance, we begin exposing the pup to its new world. For instance, getting him or her to follow us, climb stairs, walk over branches, and maybe even get relatively near to loud noises. By doing this, we are environmentally socializing your puppy to the world while at the same time building up our bond. We are huge dog lovers, but still very aware in those moments it is essential to concentrate more on being a leader and guide as the new pup discovers this new world without having the companionship of its litter mates or mom.

The Essential time for learning
In the initial few weeks we are teaching your new puppy boundaries, trust and focus. There is no limitation as to what we may incorporate into our strategies. Typically we utilize specific areas or objects to create an experience for the puppy. At times a spur of the moment opportunity may present itself in Oak Park, California. Our choices and creativity are limitless. Every exposure and experience builds on the prior one. Through all of this, we thoroughly monitor the puppy. We never limit ourselves to inflexible rules. We try to be more creative, think outside the box, and make use of events that unfold before us. Those opportunities are invaluable when it comes down to teaching the dog.

Every interaction with the new pup is a teaching moment. We like to consider it as an early investment in the life of this puppy. This is the first time away from their littermates and living with us in Oak Park, 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 period than any other period of time in their lives. The quality and quantity of what they encounter will have a substantial influence on their future personalities and decide a number of their “good” or “bad” behavior tendencies. During the imprinting period, every experience is vital. It is essential to build their self-confidence. The phrase ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’ does not apply to their early interactions. Because puppies are taking in every experience like a sponge, we must stay very aware of all interactions and yet still have fun with our new pup.

A Well-Mannered Puppy
4 to 6 months 

A well-trained pup is a lot more than just obedient. Knowing how to sit, stay or walk nicely on a loose leash are important things to learn. Good manners, great social skills and a healthy relationship with his or her family are paramount. In addition, desensitization, exposure to various distractions and situations, as well as being comfortable to fit into a lifestyle in Oak Park, CA is equally important.

Our focus is to raise a puppy with impeccable manners and social skills. We start by teaching obedience the day we bring them home from the breeder; which carries on as we fine-tune the dog’s behavior. The goal is to have a strong foundation by about 4 to 6 months. We practice obedience, keeping it a standard request in our day-to-day routine in addition to within each new situation we expose your puppy to. We move from shaping to defining commands and testing them with distractions, duration and distance. Communication is at the center of our philosophy. Being 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 right away.

Proofing Behavior in a Social World in Oak Park, CA
6 months to young adult

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

Testing in the Real World in Oak Park, California 
We work to prevent any unwanted behavior by instilling boundaries and practicing obedience in high distraction areas. For example, we practice recalls when your dog is extremely distracted maybe chasing something as common as a squirrel. We test and proof obedience in high traffic locations, around barking dogs, near playgrounds and within public places.

As the dog goes through the adolescent stage we continue to challenge the dog by putting it in various scenarios. We imagine each situation as a picture. What does that look like to the puppy? How does that picture differ from day to day or location to location. We are working to teach a dog how to adapt in every new and various environment or scenario. We are raising a puppy that isn’t depending on continual commands that determine what he or she should and shouldn’t do. Rather, we want a dog that can make good decisions. Our main priority is to have a well-balanced dog, who will be comfortable your home.

We continue to strengthen and improve good manners making good behavior a habit for the dog. During this time, the puppy has been staying with the dog trainer in his/her personal home. Throughout this time, your dog will also spend a few days and nights hanging out with another family member or close friend. Offering this opportunity, encourages your puppy to continue to be confident and comfortable in different settings. This ensures those habits and good manners will stay when he/she goes on to your home in Oak Park, CA.