Teenage Pup Classes for the older puppy 4 to 6 months of age

Midweek 6pm to 7 pm. 4 x weekly with maximum of 4 puppies.
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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:

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

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)

Thanks Margaret, we have a happy puppy who is practicing all your great tips and techniques that we learnt from all your puppy courses

Suzy and Charlie

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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