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Puppy Kindergarten
A calm, confident start for you and your puppy
Bringing a puppy into your life is magical — and intense. One moment you’re in love, the next you’re wondering if you’re doing anything right. Even experienced trainers feel uncertain when a new puppy arrives. Puppyhood is joyful, chaotic, and demanding — and you don’t have to navigate it alone.
This six-week Puppy Kindergarten course guides you step by step through the most important early stages of your puppy’s development. You’ll learn how to support your puppy’s emotional well-being, social skills, and everyday behaviors — while also learning how to care for yourself during this demanding phase.
By joining the course, you become part of a supportive group of puppy caregivers who are experiencing the same challenges. You’ll gain clarity, structure, and confidence — and your puppy will gain the skills they need to feel safe and successful in the human world.
Life with a puppy doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. With the right foundations, daily life becomes calmer, more predictable, and deeply rewarding. This course helps you build a strong bond based on trust, communication, and cooperation — so your puppy can truly grow into your lifelong companion.
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for:
- Puppy caregivers and guardians who want to start with confidence
- Experienced dog guardians welcoming a new puppy
- Trainers who want to strengthen their foundations with puppies
- Anyone who wants to prevent future behavioral challenges and support emotional well-being
Whether this is your first puppy or not, you’ll gain tools that make everyday life easier and more enjoyable — for both of you.
What you will learn
Over six weeks, we’ll cover essential puppy topics, including:
- Toilet training and healthy daily routines
- Managing puppy biting and appropriate play with toys
- The importance of sleep and how to teach your puppy to settle
- Introducing alone time to help prevent separation-related distress
- Understanding essential puppy body language
- Thoughtful socialization with people and other dogs
- Exposure to household sounds and everyday environments
- Preparing your puppy for the human world (traffic, cars, new places)
- Teaching foundational behaviors such as:
- keeping all four paws on the floor
- recall
- loose leash walking
- Handling exercises and preparation for veterinary visits
- Enrichment activities for a mentally and emotionally fulfilled puppy
These skills go far beyond “obedience” — they support confidence, resilience, and cooperation.
Why starting early matters
Early experiences shape your puppy for life. By supporting learning and emotional regulation from the beginning, you significantly reduce the risk of fear-based behaviors, frustration, and reactivity — creating a safer and more harmonious life together.
You’ll also learn how to:
- support independence and prevent separation-related stress
- encourage polite greetings without force
- teach your puppy how to relax and settle in everyday situations
This means fewer stressful moments, fewer uncomfortable interactions, and more space to simply enjoy life — together.
What participants say
This course is valued by both puppy caregivers and professional trainers:
“A course with very valuable contributions for both individuals and trainers. Interesting exercises that can complement the learning of every dog — puppy or adult.”
— Elodie Marx
Many participants describe gaining clarity and calm during an overwhelming phase:
“Getting a puppy is exciting and overwhelming. Anna does a wonderful job breaking down basic behaviors, future foundations, and the things that help you survive puppyhood with your sanity mostly intact.”
— Katherine Berry
One of the most appreciated elements is the focus on real-life skills:
“The ‘sexy life skills’ are what I appreciate the most — especially learning to settle. It gives my puppy a clear path to reinforcement and gives me a moment to breathe.”
The course is also recommended by trainers:
“As a young trainer, I took this class to enrich my toolbox with puppies. The course is extremely well constructed, and Anna’s presence is radiant and engaging.”
— Marion Terrée
Give your puppy the start they deserve
This course is an investment in your puppy’s future — and in your own well-being as a caregiver. With guidance, structure, and community, puppyhood can be supportive instead of overwhelming.
Join Puppy Kindergarten and build a foundation for a lifetime of trust, calm, and shared adventures. 🐾
Course Testimonials
Un cours avec des contributions très importantes tant pour les individus que pour les formateurs. Des exercices intéressants qui peuvent compléter l’apprentissage de chaque individu (chiot ou adulte).
October 16, 2023
Getting a puppy is exciting and overwhelming. Anna does an wonderful job breaking out basic behaviors, things to build on later and things to help survive puppyhood with your sanity mostly intact. It’s the sexy life skills that I appreciate the most and helping set up ways for the puppy and parent to be eager to learn together successfully. “Learning to settle” for the win! It’s a way for the puppy to see a way to reinforcement and an opportunity for me to catch my breath and be ready for the next round.
Thank you Anna for setting up a thorough yet manageable lesson plan and feedback on places to tweak or explore. Much like providing some structure for a puppy, having the guidelines gave me helpful and predictive structure as well.
June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023
This puppy kindergarten course is a nice one for trainers as well ! As a young trainer, I decided to take this class to enlarge my toolbox with puppies and take inspiration from some lessons. The class is so well constructed, and even if it’s a label, I found Anna radiant in her videos with her big smile ! (And I also loved her dog-patterned rain coat but maybe this comment is off topic ! 😀