Welcome to High Five Puppy Skills

Puppy Training, Socialisation & Behaviour Workshops in Christchurch

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

Let Margaret van Oosten help you achieve your aim of living in harmony with a confident and well-adjusted puppy. Margaret offers exclusive one-on-one sessions followed by specialised group workshops covering socialisation, games and tricks.

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

A professional, committed and highly experienced puppy trainer
Individual and professional training to cater for the puppy and family needs
Indoor venue and backyard which is safe and secure for your puppy
The one-on-one course gives you and your puppy the essential basic skills
A fun puppy pack containing useful information
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

What High Five Puppy Skills clients say:

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

Kim and Charlie

My partner and I took our 7 month old french mastiff puppy Charlie to one of Margaret's one on one sessions. We would both highly recommend her as a trainer, we learnt a lot in one session! I think Charlie enjoyed herself as well. Thank you so much!

Kim and Charlie

Totally recommend High Five Puppy Skills. I teach Canine Good Citizens Classes and still took my pup to the classes, a great starting point for any pup.

Steve Kenmare (and Cash)

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 learnt a lot from Margaret & came away with a bag of goodies & the confidence to put our puppy in a kennel which has gone well so far. She definitely knows her stuff. Thanks for a great session. From Jason, Jo & Tilly

Jo and Tilly

We went to see her with our puppy Nova, we have previously trained two dogs but after 11 years since puppy training thought we would refresh our memories. She gave us some great training ideas and techniques that we are using every day glad we went.

Beth and Nova

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)

Jean (and Chica)

So pleased that Margaret was recommended to train our Chica - a lovely spoodle puppy with attitude! Margaret gave practical advice, which has helped so much. The one on one session followed by the group classes were great!

Jean (and Chica)

Thank you Margaret for all the great advice and training for Cody. We learnt heaps and I'm sure Cody did too. He is very full on - as he demonstrated! so once we put all the training into effect I'm sure he will be a very well mannered boy who is a pleasure to be around. We can definitely recommend you to anyone who is looking for an excellent trainer.

Alison (and Cody)

Katrina and Murphy

Fun socialization for young puppies to give them a great head start in life. Margaret is a true professional. She has a true bond with the little ones all shapes and sizes!

KATRINA AND MURPHY

Katrina and Murphy

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