Puppy Parties & Training Classes

At CVS the nurses run puppy parties which provides everyone with a chance to get to know everyone. The puppies learn how to socialise with other pups and also it gives them a chance to gain confidence with strangers and relax in the surgery so subsequent visits are not so stressful. Everyone has a fun time and usually the puppies go home exhausted so the clients have a quiet afternoon!

Puppy parties are now regularly held on Sunday from 10am until 11am every week. Provided your puppy has started it's vaccinations or had a health check at the surgery you can attend. The puppies do not have to have completed their vaccinations before they come along as long as they have all been examined and appear to be free of disease. Check with the vet at your puppy's health examination that the puppy is healthy enough to attend.

We would encourage any clients with new puppies or kittens to have a free health assessment with the Vet before starting their vaccinations.

Training Classes

We have a professional dog trainer visit the surgery every Sunday morning.

He runs a puppy foundation course, which follows on from the puppy socialisation classes, these then run onto the kennel club good citizen classes, bronze through to gold.

All classes are limited to a maximum of 8 dogs and are an hour long; and each course lasts 8 weeks. This is an ideal way to achieve the level of discipline you require for your canine companion.

All dogs need some basic training to make sure they turn into your ideal companion. Because the class size is limited we have to limit the classes to clients of the practice.

All these classes, puppy onwards, help to reassure the dog that a visit to the surgery is "good news" so hopefully if you need to attend with problems at least you need not be worried that your companion is stressed about the visit.