The decisions you make with your puppy now will shape their Nature for years to come. Our puppy development experts help you build your pup’s confidence, resilience and responsiveness through targeted, Nature-Driven Nurture™, while providing support for any current puppyhood behavior challenges.
We help you provide your pup with everything they need to grow into a happy, fulfilled, responsive companion.
Socialization. We help you provide critical, safe socialization experiences with people, dogs, sights and sounds.
Puppy Life Skills. We help you lay the groundwork for settling skills, leash manners, off-leash skills, and patient, polite behavior as your pup grows.
Puppy Problem Solving. We help you navigate issues like nipping, chewing, barking, and crate anxiety with positive, age appropriate solutions.
I was a first-time dog owner this past year, and I’m now in love with my sweet puppy but I couldn’t have gotten through the early puppy times without the crew at Instinct. These are smart, lovely people who truly care.”
As part of every Puppy Development program, we help you parent your puppy with optimized, Nature-Driven environments, relationship dynamics, wellness routines, and learning experiences. When we meet our puppies’ behavioral needs as a species, a breed, and an individual, we set the stage for efficient learning – and for happier, more fulfilled, more responsive companions.
The first step is booking a kickoff consultation to start working toward your puppy development goals!
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Find LocationsOur flexible, custom programs are individually designed to help you achieve your goals, while meeting your dog’s unique behavioral health needs.
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