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:

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

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)

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

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

So glad we met Margaret for some much needed puppy training. Such great tips and advice and easy to put them into practice. A happier pup as a result and pet owners who have a better understanding of their pup.

Mel and Zoe

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

Dina, George (and Lola)

Margaret gave us some great guidelines to follow that were easy to instigate into our family life. Our kids have been thrilled to be able to help train Lola with the help of simple commands that you suggested.

Thanks to you we have been able to raise a happy, confident dog who generally follows instructions. We often get comments on how happy and well behaved Lola is.

Thank you Margaret!

Dina, George (and Lola)

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

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

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