Welcome to High Five Puppy Skills

Puppy Training, Socialisation & Behaviour Workshops in Christchurch

Happy labrador puppy

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:

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

Phillip, Keiko, Kenta (and Ellie)

Having tried a few different trainers, it was certainly refreshing to finally find someone who obviously loves dogs, and knew what they were doing.

Margaret had some great tips and tricks that helped us survive the puppy months.

Phillip, Keiko, Kenta (and Ellie)

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

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 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

Thank you Margaret! We had such fun at your puppy school and look forward to our next visit soon... we (family and Pipi) learned so much. thank you a zillion times over. Cath

Cath and Pipi

I took my Border Collie pup to High Five with my 11 year old daughter. We learnt some cool ways to train our puppy for round the house routines along with many tricks. Margaret is a great trainer.

Nick and Luna

Christina and Scrappy

My boy and I had so much fun learning new things. Highly recommended!

Christina and Scrappy

Amazing experience!! We got so much value from this training...and it's clear to see the progress and influence at home already!
This really helped us and invigorated us to get stuck in and look after our little pup!

Amber and Tima

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

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