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:

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

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

Margaret knows her stuff! Great training for the humans and a great relaxed atmosphere with lots of brilliant tips and advice.

Kerrie and Roxy

I couldn't recommend Margaret more! We took our girl Lulu to High Five Puppy Skills and completed the one-on-one sessions and workshops. Lulu really benefited from the sessions and it was a great introduction to how to be a well rounded …

Jon and Lulu

Margaret has been great in helping us with our little fur baby Harley. From sleeping create set up, tricks, training & puppy socialisation we now have a very confident and smart pup. Thanks for all your help.

Cortnee and Harley

Diane, David (and Maisy)

The decision to choose a one-on-one training session with Margaret has definitely paid off.

Having quality time with a very experienced puppy trainer was the most efficient way to gain the information we were looking for.

Maisy, our miniature schnauzer, is our dream dog because we knew how to train her and what she needed right from the start. All our friends want to take her home with them - that speaks for itself.

Thanks Margaret for your tried and true wisdom.

Diane, David (and Maisy)

We spent a 2hr session with Margaret and our new sheltie, Oakley ( 6months), he has a issue with cars and barking. Margaret was full of knowledge, advice, and suggestions to help us with this, and more. She treated Oakley as one of her own, and he responded well. Well worth the visit. Thanks Margaret.

Janine and Oakley

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

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

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