Private Puppy Training

Private Puppy Training is our puppy program run entirely in your home. It has the same four levels as Puppy School, but there is no group class. Instead, every level gets one extra 90 minute home session: one on Bronze, two on Silver, four on Gold and eleven on Platinum. Everything else matches the Puppy School level of the same name.

You've tried everything with your dog. The endless treats, brain games and a range of random YouTube videos with trainers saying they have some magic bullet but nothing sticks. You're not doing it wrong, you are just trying to fix the wrong thing. Your dog isn't broken.

Whether you've got a barking dog or a dog who pulls on the leash or a dog who jumps up or is becoming a little bit aggressive, the chances are they are getting far too excited, reactive and far too emotional at that point in time. The real trick I found is to get those dogs to turn to you, to listen to you when it really matters. Because if you get that bit in place and they're not all scattered-brain and over excited and over emotional you're halfway there. If they're calm and they turn and look to you, then you have the opportunity to show them how you want them to behave.

So in a nutshell, before you start to train the dog you need to know how to win their mind. The problem is that most trainers jump straight into commands and training your dog when they are overstimulated. The problem isn't that your dog doesn't know what to do, it's that they are choosing not to listen.

Think of it like having a terrible fear of flying and being dragged towards a plane. Someone telling you how safe planes are isn't going to make you calm down.

At The Toe Beans Co, we don't start by training your dog. We start by understanding the why, through the dog's eyes. Once your dog actually chooses to come alongside you, everything else becomes easy.

We come to your home in Sydney. Sessions run sixty to ninety minutes, in your space, with your specific issues. On the 32 weeks and over program the first session runs two hours. No generic advice. We look at the cause, we show you exactly how to change it, and you leave with a plan you can start that same day.

This is completely force-free. No shouting, no pain, no fear, no force. We work with your dog's natural instincts, not against them.

One to one training happens in your home, anywhere in Sydney within roughly a forty five minute drive of the Harbour Bridge. That covers the:

• Inner City and City Centre
• Eastern Suburbs
• Inner West
• Lower North Shore
• Upper North Shore
• Northern Beaches
• Hills District
• Western Sydney
• South Sydney and St George

Group puppy school runs at six fixed venues within about eight kilometres of the Harbour Bridge: Paddington, Edgecliff, Neutral Bay, Zetland, Alexandria and Marrickville. All six are taking bookings. See the puppy school dates page for current dates.

We have covered a range of issues including:

• Leash and walking issues - pulling, reactivity, and aggression during walks
• Jumping up on people - inappropriate greeting behaviour and attention-seeking
• Excessive barking - at doors, for attention, when left alone, in cars, and around property
• Aggression problems - toward people, other animals, or objects
• Separation anxiety - destructive behaviour and distress when left alone
• Biting, nipping, and destructive chewing - especially common in puppies
• Recall issues - not coming when called or running away
• Potty training problems - house-breaking difficulties
• Fearfulness and anxiety - phobias, scared behaviour, and hyperactivity
• Puppy behavioural issues - general new puppy adjustment problems
• Inappropriate elimination - including eating faeces
• Furniture and boundary issues - jumping on furniture, accessing restricted areas
• Multi-dog household problems - dogs not getting along with each other
• Muzzle training - teaching dogs to accept and wear muzzles properly

No honest trainer can promise a specific behaviour or result. Puppy development and dog behaviour vary a lot from dog to dog and owner to owner.

What we can promise is the support, and the Do The Work Guarantee. If you do everything we ask and you are not happy, you get a full refund of your program fee. It covers Silver, Gold and Platinum on Puppy School and Private Puppy Training, every Adult Dog Training session, and the Never Guess Again online course.

Doing the work means attending your sessions, messaging us and trying our suggestions, working through the course on Skool, and keeping a training log. Never Guess Again has its own simpler conditions. The full conditions are on our terms and conditions page. The guarantee is on top of your rights under Australian Consumer Law.

It suits owners who would rather train one to one, in private, with a trainer who works only with them and their puppy. Every session happens in your home, at a time that suits you.

It also works for puppies over 16 weeks, who are too old to join a puppy school class.

If you want your puppy to meet other puppies in a small class, Puppy School is the one for that.

Luke trained in Relational Leadership and under the Dog Trainer Academy, six months of training and a final exam. He is also a Certified Professional Pet Sitter with Pet Sitters International.

Everyone on the team passes an Australian Federal Police background check and the Red Cross Australia pet first aid course before working with your dog.

Yes, we are fully insured.

Yes. Excessive barking in apartments usually comes down to separation anxiety, boredom or attention seeking. We work on the root cause through structured independence training rather than just quieting the symptom.

Yes. You can join at any point. There may be one or two elements you have already passed, but plenty of owners join later and get just as much out of it.

The course is divided into age brackets so you are only ever reading the part that matches the puppy in front of you. If your puppy is already past 16 weeks, Private Puppy Training is usually the better fit, because it swaps the group class for an extra home session. We will tell you that rather than sell you the wrong thing.

The only hard limit is group puppy school. Your puppy needs their second vaccination to join, which usually happens somewhere in the eleven to thirteen week range and most commonly at twelve weeks. That is for safety.