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Puppy Socialization
The Board Hound offers a variety of puppy-specific solutions to your puppy-specific problems in an enriching and supportive environment. Our services are designed specifically for you and your new puppy to build confidence, play, and learn in an environment that enriches your puppy’s social development.
Here’s how to get registered for Puppy Socialization:
- All new clients must first complete and submit their New Client Registration Form.
- Submit your registration by selecting your class using the scheduling portal.
Schedule Puppy Socialization Workshops here:
Scroll down this page for course descriptions and additional details about our Puppy Socialization classes.
Puppy Party Workshops
50-minute session – $10 each
Puppy socialization opportunity for puppies up to 16 weeks old. Puppy Party is led by CPDT-KA Certified Dog Trainers. Workshops are held on Sundays at 3pm. Your puppy’s first session is free!
Puppy Party is for pups up to 16 weeks old. If your puppy is over 16 weeks old, please email training@theboardhound.com to inquire about registration.
Puppy Kindergarten Workshops
50-minute session – $45 each
Curriculum in each class follows positive experience socialization, name recognition, healthy play, voluntary attention, and exposure to new experiences. Each individual class focuses on a unique topic to help puppy owners with common speed bumps in puppy-raising. The course is designed to help owners with puppy problem solving, and customized recommendations for your puppy’s unique needs. Puppy Kindergarten is led by CPTD-KA Certified Dog Trainers.
Each class covers one of our rotating topics from the list below:
Chew This, Not That
Topics include puppy biting, mouthing, teething, providing appropriate outlets, stages of development, socialization, troubleshooting challenges, and more.
The House is Not a Toilet
Topics include house training overview, crate training overview, separation anxiety prevention, stages of development, socialization, troubleshooting challenges, and more.
Shots Equal Lollipops
Topics include preparing for vet and groomer visits, nail trims, handling desensitization and tolerance, socialization, troubleshooting challenges, and more.
Patience is a Virtue
Topics include attention & impulse control games, socialization, troubleshooting challenges, and more.
To view the Puppy Kindergarten schedule, please view The Board Hound’s calendar.
The Puppy K curriculum is designed with workshop-style registration to accommodate owners schedules and the needs of each puppy. Puppy Kindergarten meets Sundays at 4pm.
At The Board Hound, our daycare was established to enrich the lives of the dogs in our community through healthy outlets for play and socialization. Our smaller play groups come with individual care and attention, while providing a low-stress, safe, daycare environment at our location in Alexandria, Virginia. Since safety is our first priority, we start with providing a high staff to dog ratio of about 1 to 10. This personalization ensures that your dog is always closely monitored.