Clever Dog Company® Puppy and Dog Training Classes

Clever Dog Company® run an exclusive chain of puppy and adult dog training classes in the South of England under the guidance of Sarah Whitehead - international lecturer on this specialist subject.

All the classes use clicker training and offer the most modern, fun and easy methods of training available. All classes are small in number to ensure that we can offer the best in individual attention. We want you to have a successful and rewarding relationship with your dog, and believe that classes should be fun, informal and enjoyable as well as kind, fair and effective! No shouting, no choke chains, no stress!

We have a maximum of eight pups or dogs in any one class, taken by a fully qualified Clever Dog Company® instructor - usually with one or more co-instructors or assistants.

For times and venues, call the central number on 01753 859004, or take a look at the list below to find your nearest class.

Why we are the best!

Join a Clever Dog Company® Class and you will receive:

  • A four week course with experienced and qualified instructors - all of whom understand behaviour as well as training
  • Very small classes - usually 8 maximum
  • Kennel Club Listed
  • Use of indoor and outdoor areas at most venues
  • Puppy Survival Guide booklet before the course starts
  • Course booklet (Hands Off) which guides you through each exercise
  • DVD with lesson plans on it for you to watch again & again - retail price £29.95
  • Clicker - so you can practise at home
  • Opportunity to move on with progressive classes: Puppy II, Graduate, Fun Agility, Tricks classes and more
  • Chance to buy excellent doggie products and books at trade prices
  • Behavioural advice from qualified practitioners, to prevent behavioural problems occurring

Venues

  • Windsor, Berkshire
  • Chobham, Surrey
  • Flackwell Heath (near Bourne End), Bucks
  • Crowthorne, Berkshire
  • Horton, nr Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire
  • Kingswood, Bristol
  • Swindon, Wilts
  • Chippenham, Wilts
  • Watlington, Oxon
  • Dagenham, Essex
  • NEW! Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
  • NEW! Farnborough

Puppy classes

Don't leave it too late! Puppies learn incredibly quickly and these early classes are designed to allow them to build confidence and social skills with adults, children and other puppies in a controlled environment as well as learning all the basics of training. Puppies need to be 18 weeks or under at the start of the course - but the earlier the better!

Our classes are designed to be fun, relaxed and enjoyable for you, your family and your puppy. Exceptional results in just four weeks!

Our Puppy II follow-on course will then consolidate the foundations that you have already laid in Puppy I.

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Beginner classes

For older puppies, adolescents and older dogs which need basic training, this course is designed to help you understand how your dog learns and to give you both an opportunity to enjoy some training with lots of individual help.

We cover all the basics that most owners want and need - sit, down, stand, attention training, recall, walking nicely on the lead, leave, and some fab tricks, just for fun! The basic courses are intensive, fun and the results are amazing!

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Graduate classes

The classes are exclusively for dogs which have already taken puppy I and II, or beginner courses with an Clever Dog Company® group. Further skills, tricks and individual training goals are the focus for this course. Many owners want to continue their dog's training or address typical ‘teenage' behaviours, such as selective hearing in the park, or jumping up at visitors. However, if you want your dog to load and unload the washing machine, or to find the TV remote control and fetch it to you - this is the course for you, too!

Fun agility classes for all

From Jack Russell to Labrador, the fun agility classes offer a chance to have fun with your dog in a relaxed outdoor environment. The emphasis on these classes is gentle control outside, not on competition agility. This means that even young puppies can take part, using the obstacles for confidence-building. All the agility takes place outdoors, off-leash. We strongly advise that you attend a basic course of training lessons first. Only fit dogs over one year can do any jumping or impact work.

One-to-one training

Need help in your home or can't get to a training class? One-to-one training is offered for owners in most areas of south east England. These sessions varying in duration and price, according to your needs. Call the office for more details on 01753 859004 or have a look at our behaviour advice section.