Puppy Social Club
Day training program - $45
The Puppy Social Club offers a structured daycare program designed to enhance your puppy's manners, social skills, house training, and basic obedience cues. Each day is thoughtfully divided into group play, group classes, and kennel training. This program is specifically tailored for puppies aged 8-16 weeks and is ideal for busy puppy parents seeking professional support during the challenging early stages of puppyhood. Your puppy will receive expert guidance from Amanda Hall-Phillips, DVM, our experienced trainer Nicholas Hathaway, and the entire Southern Hound Club team, ensuring comprehensive care and training. It will provide a strong foundation and prepare your puppy for more advanced training.
Must be a minimum of 8 weeks of age, with first vaccines given by a veterinarian seven days prior to the start of puppy class.
Must be on a 3 week vaccination schedule.
Position Statement on Puppy Socialization
American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior
The primary and most important time for puppy socialization is the first three months of life. During this time puppies should be exposed to as many new people, animals, stimuli and environments as can be achieved safely and without causing over-stimulation manifested as excessive fear, withdrawal or avoidance behavior. For this reason, the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior believes that it should be the standard of care for puppies to receive such socialization before they are fully vaccinated.
Because the first three months are the period when sociability outweighs fear, this is the primary window of opportunity for puppies to adapt to new people, animals, and experiences. Incomplete or improper socialization during this important time can increase the risk of behavioral problems later in life including fear, avoidance, and/or aggression.