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From £300

Puppy training
in Leeds & the Yorkshire area

4.9
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based on
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Our 1-2-1 training courses are bespoke to each puppy and owner.
  • Ensure your puppy grows into a happy well rounded dog
  • Build a great relationship with your new puppy
  • Stop unwanted puppy behaviours (biting/jumping up/toileting in the house) before they escalate into adulthood
  • Get the whole family involved
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Individual training course

3 sessions over 6 weeks with each session lasting approximately 60-minutes.

Video library

Tutorials of each training activity from your sessions plus bonus extras.

Comprehensive guide

A detailed training guide relevant to your puppy to accompany your training plan.

Training schedules

Bespoke training schedules for each stage of the course.

What you learn
Place Training

Place training is a great way to get your dog to settle and remain in control when needed. Practise your place training around lots of other moving dogs, humans and any other distractions the YCA trainers might throw at you.

Get your puppy to settle
Remain in control when distractions are present
What you learn
Handling & Grooming

Grooming can be an intrusive but necessary process for a lot of dogs. Carefully exposing them to short but positive booths of brushing, handling and mock grooming from strangers will increase the likelihood of them being a model citizen on the groomers table in adult life.

Learn how to groom your dog properly & comfortably
Get your puppy comfortable with being handled & groomed
Create a well-behaved pup on the groomers table
What you learn
Crate Training

On average a dog needs up to 18/20 hours of sleep per day. Most puppies we see on consultations are topping the sleep scales at around 10/12 hours. Imagine showing up to work after months of only having 4 hours sleep. The biggest problem we see in under-rested dogs is that they don’t have a bedroom, no safe space, no designated place they can chill out and DO NOTHING. This isn’t learned naturally, we’d never expect a toddler to understand when they’re over tired and then regulate their own nap times accordingly so why would we expect anything different from our dog?

Create a sleepy safehaven
Promote healthy sleeping patterns in your puppy
What you learn
Recall

The big one! Nothing will fulfil a dog and owner like enjoying off-lead freedom. However, if you’re like most owners and can’t trust your dog’s behaviour while off lead, then giving them that freedom may seem like light years away. Less freedom = a more pent up dog which may see a ‘decline’ in our dogs behaviour pushing us even further away from our recall goals. Arrghhh!! Our recall method is unlike anything else you’ll find online. We’ve helped to transform dogs that were reactive, pulling on the lead, chasing cars/squirrels/you name it.

Peace of mind that they're going to come back, 100% of the time
Enjoy off-lead walks and freedom
What you learn
Structured Play

Did you know that dogs are pre-programmed to play? Neglecting their need to play is actually akin to neglecting other needs like sleep, food and water. IF we were to do that, we’d be having big problems! We find that if we fail to meet these needs, we create a “pressure cooker” situation.

Release your puppys pent up energy
Reduce stimulation & impulse over novel things
What you learn
Lead Walking

All dogs need the skill of lead walking around distractions. Whether reactive or just so you can visit nice places and be sociable it's important we reach a minimum standard of lead walking.

Keep your puppy by your side without them pulling
Make walks a pleasurable experience.
Be a confident and productive member of doggy society
What you learn
Place Training
Place Training
Place Training
What you learn
Handling & Grooming
Handling & Grooming
Handling & Grooming
What you learn
Crate Training
Crate Training
Crate Training
What you learn
Recall
Recall
Recall
What you learn
Structured Play
Structured Play
Structured Play
What you learn
Lead Walking
Lead Walking
Lead Walking

Who is our 1-to-1 puppy training for?

Our puppy training is perfect for all puppies

You’ve all heard prevention is better than the cure and that couldn't be more true for dog training. Here at the Yorkshire Canine Academy, we’ve helped 1000s of dogs and owners ‘cure’ unwanted behaviour. So many times, these issues could have been prevented with the right puppy training. Our preventative puppy training approach ensures that our puppy clients don’t have to worry about tricky behavioural modification programs when their dog comes into adulthood.

How our puppy training works

Book assessment

Our friendly admin team or user-friendly booking system makes it easy for you to book an assessment for your dog at a time that suits you.

Initial meet & consultation

Our consultations are critical in helping us to get to know more about your puppy, their background, history and the relationship between you. They also give you the opportunity to meet our staff, have a look around the centre and touch on training methods that may be appropriate to your puppy. This allows us to optimise the plan as much as possible. ‘Going in blind’ would be nonsensical for an owner and for us.

Bespoke training programme

We offer a number of different base services at the YCA. The assessment allows an insight into which of these services may be the most appropriate and also appeals to you. Once you have decided, we set about creating a skeleton curriculum, covering the priorities of your puppy and our trainers suggestions. This can morph and change the duration of the course depending on circumstance.

Remote & in-person training

We offer both in person and remote training to suit individual commitments. 

Graduation

On completion of your course, your trainer will advise you on next steps. You’re always welcome at the YCA and we have multiple continuation services. You can take it easy while still keeping up with your training at our socialisation classes, or aim to push your dog a little further and try your hand at advanced obedience. We even have a working dog club who have great fun on a sunday, training dogs and sipping coffee while talking about dogs! Remember, if your dog’s awake, you're training (or detraining) them!

Get a head start

Puppy development days

Our puppy development is designed to kickstart your puppy's training. We ‘preload’ your puppy with new skills and training to accelerate you up the ladder. It allows more hands-on time for the trainers to better understand what makes your puppy tick.

Increase the speed of your puppy’s learning
Perfect for reducing unwanted puppy behaviours
Better diagnostic of your dog’s behaviour with more contact time. 
More time with trainer and being handled by new humans
Expose your dog to lots of novel sights and sounds in a safe environment
What if I haven’t left my puppy before?

Now is the best time to start! It’s inevitable that you will have to leave your dog at some point in the future, the vets, day care, holiday kennels/boarding etc. Leaving it too late will only make the process more difficult in adulthood.

Do they have to be consecutive days?

To get the most out of your training, kickstarter days should be completed consecutively.

Where will my puppy be kept during the day?

Puppies are trained for 20-25 mins each hour, in between sessions puppies are crated in our air-conned (in summer)/ heated (in winter) dog room. Rest periods are imperative to your puppy's ability to learn.

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What to expect from puppy development days?
09:00
Drop your dog off

Short brief to your trainer - How has the motivational work gone? Has a marker been loaded? Any health changes we should be aware of?

9:00 – 15:00
Active training sessions

Active training sessions - Your puppy will be exposed to lots of novel stimuli, and any specific issues you’ve brought to our attention will be focussed on. The day will be interspersed with periods of play, toilet time and neutral time. Active training sessions are kept quite short but with high frequency in line with learning theory. The essential food (term explained prior) is used as a reinforcer throughout the day, hence why the pre-training material is key!

15:00
Pick up time!

It’s Pick up Time! Your puppy will be brought to your car. A brief summary of how their day at school has gone and advice/homework for the evening given.

15:00 - 16:00
Handover session (on your final day)

This is your first 1-2-1 session, where we’ll teach you what we’ve taught your puppy. You’ll be armed with some homework for the coming weeks and be given the first of 3 training guides to support you.

Prefer to train your dog at home?

We do home visits in & around Leeds!

If you don’t see your location on the list, don’t worry. We may still be able to come to you. Give us a quick call on 0113 4861 980 to check.

Adel
Alwoodley
Bradford
Calverley
Dewsbury
Guiseley
Harrogate
Ilkley
Kippax
Middleton
Morley
Otley
Pudsey
Woodhouse
Yeadon

State of the art facilities

Coffee shop

Relax with a coffee in our coffee shop before or after your training sessions and test your dog’s ability to do nothing before trying it out in the real world.

Canopy

We have a large canopy in our field so, come rain, hail or shine we can continue your dogs training in shelter and shade. 

Enclosed training field

Our large training field is perfect for training your dog in a safe environment while enabling us to increase the level of distraction they face.

Yorkshire Canine Store

Pick up all the equipment you might need for training your dog in our onsite store. We stock various leads, collars, toys and dog food, making us your one stop shop for all things dog!

Air-conditioned/heated dog room

Our dog room is air-conditioned in the summer months and heated through the winter so no matter what the weather, your dogs can rest in comfort between their training sessions.

Living room

Separate to our consultation space we have a mock living room for you to practice the art of doing nothing with your dog.

Free guide

10 Puppy Commandments

Start your puppy off the right way with our FREE 10 puppy commandments guide. Submit your name & email below so that we can send you to the PDF guide.

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Indoor & Outdoor Facilities

We have 2 indoor consultation areas, a covered outdoor space, a coffee shop and over 3 acres of enclosed outdoor space.

Bespoke training plans

All training plans are designed specifically for your dog and based on the individual goals discussed in your pre-training assessment.

Stooge dogs

We use stooge dogs during training sessions to allow your dog to practice real life scenarios, in a controlled environment.

Online supporting material

You get access to all YCA premium content online when you purchase a training programme.

WhatsApp support and feedback

Not sure if you’re getting it right at home? You can send us your training footage via WhatsApp and your trainer will send you some feedback.

Group classes for different levels

Upon graduating from your 1-2-1 programme you’ll have the option to continue your training one of our group classes.

Meet the team

Yorkshire Canine Academy is a team of expert trainers and behaviourists. We use cutting-edge, motivational techniques for dog training. Tailoring our methods to each dog's specific needs, we ensure that our approach stays at the forefront of canine behaviour and training.

Meet them all
Jacob
Head Trainer & Co-Founder
Ian
Head Trainer & Co-Founder
Chloe
Cat Herder
Dan
Trainer
Suzanne
Social media Manager
Elisha
Junior Dog Trainer
Jake
Junior Dog Trainer
Once your puppy has graduated

What next?

After you’ve graduated from puppy training you’ll have the option to move into our Junior Dog training programme, choose from Junior Dog Class or 1-2-1 sessions with your trainer.

Learn about junior classes
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Puppy training FAQs

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How old should my puppy be when I start training?

Your dog’s critical learning period starts at 6 weeks old so it’s (you’ve guessed it) critical that you start off on the right foot. So in short, puppy training starts as soon as your new pup comes home at 8 weeks. Sometimes even sooner, we’ve had clients book sessions before they’ve even got their pup, just to make sure that they’re doing everything correctly from the off!

Do I need to wait till my puppy has had his second vaccination before I come to training?

In theory, yes. But puppy training starts at 8 weeks, not at 12 weeks. Your dog’s critical learning period starts at 6 weeks so it’s (you’ve guessed it) critical that you start off on the right foot. Many puppy owners ask us to visit them in their home before their dog can venture out, or even come to visit us without the dog to pick our trainer’s brains about how to give their new addition the best start possible.

Training is going well, my puppy already knows sit, down and paw. What else should I do?

For us, puppy training is about setting the foundations for a well-rounded, balanced dog that is motivated, confident and secure in the world around him as an adult. A dog that holds these attributes will be a doddle to train in adulthood. Our puppy training focuses on socialisation, house manners, life skills, cultivating a healthy, respectful and loving relationship with the owner and building confidence.All of this goes far beyond teaching novel skills for cheese in the kitchen.