NEW! Nuts & Bolts Session - One-on-One or Phone Consultation

This session will cover the basics of dealing with Puppy Issues. You tell Margaret the issues and she will give you the solutions.
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Welcome to High Five Puppy Skills

Puppy Training: Individual sessions and Group Classes in Christchurch

A well-trained, confident, happy puppy - sound too good to be true?

Let High Five Puppy Skills help you achieve your aim of living in harmony with a confident and well-adjusted puppy. Margaret offers exclusive one-on-one sessions - prepuppy, nuts & bolts, or 2.5 hour indepth sessions.  And, if you prefer classes with puppy play, Margaret also offers
5 x weekly Group Classes.
 

Why choose High Five Puppy Skills for your dog training needs:

  • A professional, committed and highly experienced puppy trainer
  • Individual and class-based puppy training options to cater for the puppy and family needs
  • Indoor venue and backyard which is safe and secure for your puppy
  • The Group Classes and the One-on-One session gives you and your puppy the essential basic skills
  • A fun puppy pack containing useful information
  • The individual session gives you flexibility of time to suit your schedule.
  • Conveniently located in Avonhead, Christchurch
  • On-going support is just a phone call away!
Margaret Van Oosten is a member of the APDT: The Association of Professional Dog Trainers

Margaret van Oosten is a member of the
APDT: The Association of Professional Dog Trainers

What High Five Puppy Skills clients say:

Michelle and Alfie
Thank you Margaret for your practical advise and putting us on the right track to having a happy well behaved puppy. Alfie thoroughly enjoyed his session as much as we did. We both feel so much more confident now and will recommended you to any new puppy owners!
MICHELLE AND ALFIE

Michelle and Alfie

We had such a lot of fun learning from Margaret, Chester enjoyed his time and we learnt so much from her that we are putting into practice at home.

We highly recommend you give her a call if you have a new puppy.

Phillipa (and Chester)

I heartily recommend High Five Puppy Skills. Margaret is so knowledgeable and was adept at training both us and our Spoodle pup. And it was great fun. The one on one session and the workshops have been a fantastic start to our relationship with our new pup. Thank you, Margaret!

Jane and Tilly

Margaret was fantastic with Harley. She also taught us to be better parents! We were doing so many things the wrong way. There’s peace at home now. I would highly recommend High Five Puppy School. Don’t wait until your pup is 14 weeks. The sooner the better.

Maria and Harley

We recommend this puppy school especially for those who haven’t owned a dog before! We learnt so much and our puppy Irie did too! Thanks for everything 

Jo and Irie

Kate and Caruso

Fantastic session with Margaret and our puppy Caruso. Thankyou for all your advise and contacts . We all learnt so much.

Kate and Caruso

Hi Margaret 
A BIG thanks for your valuable time spent with us and Cosmo yesterday.
A very tired doggy last night and a couple, or four, wide-eyed owners!
We all learned some great tools to bring about a well mannered young dog through to adulthood.
Looking forward to our free session (thank you) with Janice.
We would be very happy to recommend your services.
And Cosmo loves his tug rope!
Kind regards
Dave and Lindy

Dave, Lindy and Cosmo

Margaret is a wealth of knowledge. The value of her one on one session with puppy classes was WAY more than we paid. Her priceless advice about recall and all her tips and tricks have set us up with a great foundation. We know where to go if we have any issues with our wee guy through the years. Being in her own property meant I felt safe in the space and the sessions (no other random dogs coming to join the session!) had a lovely feel in that we got to know the other dogs and owners and enjoy our time together. Thanks from us and Chico 🐶.

Deb and Chico

Kacey Louise and Loui
Enjoyed this sooo much! Highly recommend to everyone. im so pleasently pleased how trainable my wee man is, and how easy it all was. 
I learnt so much, and you show your extremely knowledgeable and passionate about what you do. 
Thanks so much for your help, u have made life for all of us alot more enjoyable.

Kacey Louise and Loui

Margaret's intelligent assessment and advice that is specific to each puppy's individual character as well as her many fun exercises

Angelica and Lucy

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