SD Premier Training
2-Week Puppy Training Overview
Our 2-week training program aims to give your puppy a strong start in understanding how to be a member of your family through crate training, basic commands, potty training and learning boundaries within a home.
Key Areas Covered:
- Sleep Schedule: By the end of the program, your puppy will be crate-trained for sleep at night. Most will sleep through the night, but some may need potty breaks. Puppy will be taking regular crate naps during the day as well and working on being comfortable being left alone for short periods.
- Potty Training: We’ll reinforce potty training with 30 minute outdoor breaks and crate naps to support success. Puppy will be introduced to a dog door and potty bells.
- Name Recognition: Your puppy will learn to recognize and respond to their name, strengthening communication and bonding.
- Leash Introduction: Puppies will be gradually introduced to the leash, and at the beginning stages of understanding pressure and release communication.
- Basic Commands: Your puppy will master the commands “sit”, “down” and start working on “place” with positive reinforcement
- Manners Development: We’ll address basic manners, like not jumping or barking, to encourage polite behavior through positive reinforcement.
Additionally, we offer 2 weeks of ongoing support via text and phone calls to ensure continued success.
4-Week Puppy Training Overview
Our 4-week training program is our most popular option, providing a solid foundation for your puppy’s development and preparing them for adulthood. It’s ideal for first-time dog owners, families with children, or anyone seeking a smoother transition with their new puppy.
What’s Included:
- Advanced Training: Builds on the 2-week program, including higher-level skills like impulse control, crate training, and socialization.
- Socialization: Your puppy will experience outings, car rides, and school pick-ups to become well-rounded and confident.
- Weekly Updates: Receive pictures, videos, and progress reports to track your puppy’s development and goals.
Key Skills by the End of 4-Week Training:
- Crate Training: Puppies should enter their crate on command and remain quiet after the transition period (3-5 days). Puppies are sleeping longer at night and well adjusted to a solid schedule.
- Potty Training: Puppies will be nearly potty-trained, with minimal accidents once settled in their new home.
- Commands & Manners: Puppies will respond to key commands like “sit,” “down,” “come,” “place,” and more. They’ll also learn to wait for meals, leash attachments, and basic grooming.
- Behavioral Issues: Common issues like jumping, mouthing, and chewing will be addressed and controlled.
- Collar & Leash Training: Puppies will become comfortable with collars and leashes, a crucial part of their training. They are walking comfortably with trainer in controlled environments.
Additional Features:
- 10-Week Vaccines: Puppies will receive necessary vaccines.
- Doggy Door Training: Your puppy will learn how to use a doggy door.
- Grooming: Weekly baths, brushing, and grooming sessions, including exposure to clippers and grooming tables.
- Socialization with Other Animals: Puppies will interact with children, household pets, and cats.
Final Transition Support:
We’ll spend time working with you to ensure you understand the training techniques and can continue reinforcing them at home.
Ongoing Support:
After the program, you’ll receive 4 weeks of text and phone support to ensure continued success.
This comprehensive program provides everything your puppy needs to become a well-behaved, confident companion.
Price is $1800 for the 2 week and $3600 for the 4 week. All food is provided and the vaccines and supplements.
9-Week Puppy Training Program
Investment: $9,800
Who this program is ideal for?
This program is ideal for families who want to bring home a more mature, well-started puppy and minimize the overwhelm that often comes with the early months of puppy ownership. It is especially well suited for:
- Families who want their puppy to return home with strong foundations, structure, and real-world manners already in place
- Those living in apartments, condos, or urban environments where private outdoor potty areas are not available before a puppy is fully vaccinated
- Busy households who want their puppy raised with consistency, routine, and intentional guidance from day one
- First-time puppy owners who want support through the most challenging developmental stages
- Families who value calm behavior, clear expectations, and a thoughtful transition home
This program is designed to ease the transition for both puppy and family by handling the most demanding early phases while building skills that carry into everyday life.
Program Overview
Our 9-week puppy training program is a comprehensive, in-home board and train experience designed to give your puppy an exceptional start during their most critical developmental window. Your puppy will live in the Trainer’s home as part of the family and will be immersed in real-life learning from morning to night.
This is not a kennel-style program. Your puppy experiences daily structure, routine, love, and intentional training within a normal household environment. Training is woven into everyday life so skills are learned in context, not in isolation. The focus is on building calm behavior, confidence, and reliability that naturally transfer into your home.
Throughout the program, your puppy is guided through foundational skills and progressively introduced to higher expectations. By the end of the program, your puppy is not just familiar with commands, but understands structure, boundaries, and how to function calmly within a home and in public spaces.
This program emphasizes clarity, consistency, and positive reinforcement while shaping good habits and interrupting unwanted behaviors before they become patterns.
What to expect:
By the completion of the 9-week program, your puppy will be well-started in the following areas:
- Crate training and alone time.
Your puppy will be comfortable resting in a crate, settling independently, and sleeping overnight with a structured routine. - Potty training foundations.
A reliable potty routine is established, with clear structure and guidance to support continued success once your puppy is home. - Name recognition and engagement.
Your puppy learns to respond to their name, offer attention, and engage appropriately with their handler. - Foundational obedience.
Introduction and reinforcement of cues such as “sit,” “down,” “come,” and “place,” with increasing reliability. - Leash and collar manners.
Your puppy is introduced to leash walking and develops polite leash behavior appropriate for neighborhood and urban environments. - Impulse control and household manners.
Your puppy learns to regulate excitement, wait appropriately, and navigate household routines calmly. - Handling and grooming exposure.
Regular handling, grooming, and exposure to normal household activity to support confidence and adaptability. - Socialization and environmental exposure.
Thoughtful exposure to calm dogs, new environments, and everyday experiences to build confidence without overwhelm. - Behavior interruption and habit shaping.
Early guidance to reduce unwanted behaviors such as biting, jumping, barking, or ignoring cues. - Increased structure and independence.
Gradual introduction of appropriate freedom while reinforcing boundaries and good decision-making.
Plus:
- 2–3 updates per week with photos or videos of your puppy’s progress
- One detailed weekly recap outlining training focus, progress, and next steps
- A personalized take-home guide with routines, expectations, and tips for continuing training at home
- 2 weeks of unlimited text support during business hours after your puppy goes home
- Optional 30-minute phone or FaceTime session to review transition support and ongoing success