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Why choose My Complex Canine?
Fully supported progressive puppy learner journey's for your family to follow, from before you pick your puppy up, to adolescence and beyond, with both private and group training pathways to choose from.
Our Qualifications and Accreditations
Choose Your Puppy Pathway
Choose Where To Start
Choose between 1:1 and group training support. Need help with your decision? See the flow chart below.
Turn Up and Practice
Commit to consistent practice and implementation of the training techniques.
Choose Your Next Step
Flexibility to switch your next level of support, between classes and 1:1s.
Puppy Starter Arrival Preparation
Get set up with accurate, science-based knowledge to help you to settle your puppy into their new life.
1:1 Training
Group Classes
1:1 Puppy Foundations
Fully supportive, covering all the foundational life skills that puppies need, delivered in your home environment and tailored to your own situation and puppy.
Puppy School Group Training
Help your puppy develop essential life skills and good behaviour from an early age. Small class sizes, individual coaching and reward-based, ethical methods to ensure a positive learning experience for both you and your puppy.
1:1 Puppy Booster Separation Prevention
Provides you with knowledge and practical steps to support your puppy to learn to have periods of happy, relaxed alone time and avoid separation issues.
Happy Handling Group Training
Helping you to grow your puppies confidence with husbandry procedures such as grooming, wearing equipment, veterinary procedures and more.
1:1 Puppy Advanced
Fully supportive follow-on for families that would like to progress to advanced puppy or happy handling on a 1:1 basis .
Youth Club Group Training
Follow-on course, for puppies that have already completed positive reward-based foundation training and are looking to progress.
Additional Support for 1:1 Clients
Puppy Coach - This is an ‘on the go’ coaching session which allows you to put in place the skills you have learnt and build your confidence out and about.
Additional Support for Class Attendees
Ask the Expert - 1:1 online video session to provide support for any at home problems you are having with your puppy.
My Complex Canine Membership [In Development]
Access to online bite-sized courses, discounts for in-person workshops and new services and opportunity to be part of a supportive member community.
A Puppy Play Biting Challenge For Families
This guide will help you overcome the fears and frustrations of puppy play biting, ensuring your family's interactions with your furry friend are safe, calm, and joyful. Requires sign up to My Complex Canine’s mailing list
Upcoming Puppy Training Classes
Our upcoming puppy training classes are designed to provide your puppy with the best start in life. Our classes progress gradually, building on your puppy's understanding and reliability.
A course runs for 6 weeks.
Puppies MUST be fully vaccinated to attend Puppy School.
If you have any question about our classes please see our FAQs at the bottom of the page.
Puppy School Group Training
Help your puppy develop essential life skills and good behaviour from an early age up to 20 weeks on the first day of the class. Small class sizes, individual coaching and reward-based, ethical methods to ensure a positive learning experience for both you and your puppy.
Upcoming Starting Dates:
Lingfield 18:00 12 DEC (no class 26 Dec)
Hartfield 18:00 6 JAN 2025
Hartfield 16:45 27 JAN 2025
Lingfield 18:00 6 FEB 2025
Puppy School Group Training
Help your puppy develop essential life skills and good behaviour from an early age up to 20 weeks on the first day of the class. Small class sizes, individual coaching and reward-based, ethical methods to ensure a positive learning experience for both you and your puppy.
Upcoming Starting Dates:
Lingfield 18:00 12 DEC (no class 26 Dec)
Hartfield 18:00 6 JAN 2025
Hartfield 16:45 27 JAN 2025
Lingfield 18:00 6 FEB 2025
Happy Handling Group Training
Helping you to grow your puppies confidence with husbandry procedures such as grooming, wearing equipment, veterinary procedures and more.
Upcoming Starting Dates:
Happy Handling Group Training
Helping you to grow your puppies confidence with husbandry procedures such as grooming, wearing equipment, veterinary procedures and more.
Upcoming Starting Dates:
Youth Club Group Training
Follow-on course, for puppies that have already completed positive reward-based foundation training and are looking to progress.
Upcoming Starting Dates:
Youth Club Group Training
Follow-on course, for puppies that have already completed positive reward-based foundation training and are looking to progress.
Upcoming Starting Dates:
Which Pathway is Best for Your Family?
Which Pathway is Best for Your Family? Pointers to consider if you're not sure if group, or private training is the right option for you.
Key Benefits of 1:1 Puppy Training
Training tailored to what you need to be working on with your individual puppy.
Flexibility on exactly what needs to be worked on, in what order, and when.
Building a working relationship with your trainer that provides accountability to your progress.
Stay on track with achieving your goals due to regular contact and progression points.
My time and knowledge dedicated to your puppy and mastering your training skills
More opportunity for greater knowledge exchange, problem solving and questions.
Key Benefits of Group Classes
Build a network of local puppy parents
Gain exposure to diverse training questions and solutions
Feel supported and understand you're not alone in your struggles
Learn in a safe, non-judgmental environment
Enjoy the humour and camaraderie of shared puppy experiences
Benefit from structured, progressive training methods
Puppy Training Classes with My Complex Canine
All my puppy training classes focus on helping your puppy develop essential life skills and good behaviour from an early age. With
small class sizes and individual coaching, we use reward-based, ethical methods to ensure a positive learning experience for both you and your puppy. My Complex Canine's goal is to give puppies the best start in life, helping them become well-behaved dogs that remain with the same family for life.
My Complex Canine is the home of Puppy School Hartfield and Lingfield, hosting six week Puppy School and Happy Handling courses. Puppy School is a nationwide puppy socialisation and training scheme founded by internationally renowned trainer and behaviour expert Gwen Bailey. Puppy School has a long history of reward-based puppy training classes, over 20 years, training more than 100,000 puppies so far!
My Complex Canine also offers a Youth Club follow-on course for Puppy School graduates that would like to progress their training in a class environment with their young adolescent dog.
1:1 Puppy Training with My Complex Canine
My Complex Canine’s 1:1 puppy journey provides you with a fully supportive pathway from when you make the decision you are getting a puppy, through their first year and beyond. As a new puppy parent you can begin with the Puppy Starter arrival call to get all the expert tips on how to settle your puppy in, and get started on the right path.
Following this you can be fully supported on a 1:1 basis with Puppy Booster, Foundation and Advanced programs that are designed to offer you a fully supportive experience, as you learn to become your puppy’s expert! Including concise training plans, contact days and video reviews, so you have access to support in-between training sessions, to help keep you moving in the right direction. Or you might choose to mix and match with the classes pathway after completing a foundation 1:1 program.
Excitingly, I am working on being able to continue supporting my clients throughout a puppy’s lifetime with the option for you to join My Complex Canine’s member community and online bite-sized learning content.
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FAQ
What age should my puppy be to join classes?
Puppies should be under 20 weeks old at the start of the class for Puppy School.
Youth Club is our follow-on course for graduates of Puppy School and pups would be
between 5 and 18 months.
Happy Handling is for puppies and dogs of any age that are relaxed and happy around dogs
and people.
What will my puppy learn in class?
Puppy School - covers settling calmly on a bed/puppy play biting and appropriate toy play/ handling
(grooming, husbandry procedures)/ loose lead walking/greetings without jumping up/sit, down,
stand and stay positions/recall/accepting people near to food bowls and chews/ socialisation with
other dogs and people and appropriate puppy greetings.
Youth Club - covers leave and drop cues/recall progression/ loose lead progression/distance control/emergency stop and distance positions/manners around doorways, gates and roadsides/ calmer
greetings/ boundary training.
Happy Handling - helps puppies and dogs cope better with various different handling situations.
Covers body language and consent-based husbandry techniques/cooperative grooming/nail
trims/vaccinations/medicating and how to transfer these skills to the vets.
What should I bring to classes?
Bring a mixture of tasty treats, a flat mat or towel, a stuffed Kong, a water bowl, long soft tugging
toys, poo bags, and a lead and collar or harness.
How long are the courses?
Puppy School, Happy Handling and Youth Club are all 6 week courses, that run weekly unless
specified.
How long are the classes?
Each class session lasts for 1 hour.
Can children attend the classes?
Yes, children can attend under the supervision of a responsible adult.
How many puppies attend your classes?
Small class sizes (5-6) allow for some individual coaching.
What if I miss a class?
Please let your trainer know as soon as possible. There are no partial refunds for missed classes.
How do I sign up for a class?
Click on the link to view class dates and times, and follow the instructions to sign up.
What locations do you offer 1:1 sessions?
Lingfield (RH7), Hartfield (TN7), Forest Row (RH18), East Grinstead (RH19), Horley (RH6), Oxted
(RH8), Crowborough (TN6), some Uckfield (TN22) areas.
Where are 1:1 sessions held?
At your home address and in your local area.
How to I sign up for 1:1 Training?
Schedule a free discovery call by clicking the banner at the top of the page, selecting a date and time and completing the form.
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