Private Puppy School
Private In-Home Puppy Training in Adelaide
Feeling overwhelmed by puppy biting, toilet training, sleepless nights or a puppy who just won’t settle?
Bringing home a puppy is exciting — but the reality of puppyhood can be exhausting.
Between biting and nipping, toilet accidents, barking, zoomies, chewing, jumping, pulling on the lead and trying to teach your puppy how to settle, it’s completely normal to need some extra support.
Private Puppy School provides personalised, one-on-one puppy training in your own home across Adelaide’s southern suburbs and Adelaide Hills.
Rather than following a set class curriculum, we focus on your puppy, your family and the challenges you’re experiencing at home, using positive, reward-based training to help you build strong foundations for life together.
Whether this is your first puppy, you’re struggling with a particular behaviour, or you simply want to make sure you’re getting things right from the beginning, we’ll give you practical strategies that fit into everyday family life.
Why Choose Private Puppy Training?
Every puppy and household is different. Private Puppy School gives you personalised, one-on-one support in your own home, so we can focus on the challenges that matter most to you and see them in the environment where they actually happen.
We can help with:
✔ Puppy biting and nipping
✔ Toilet training
✔ Jumping and overexcitement
✔ Settling and calmness
✔ Crate or pen training
✔ Walking nicely on lead
✔ Recall and focus
✔ Chewing and barking
✔ Puppy socialisation and confidence
✔ Being home alone
✔ Puppies and children
✔ Living with other pets
Private training can be particularly helpful if you’re a first-time puppy owner, feeling overwhelmed, have children or other pets, have a shy or sensitive puppy, or simply prefer individual guidance tailored to your family.
Looking for a Puppy Training Class Instead?
If you’d prefer to learn in a small-group environment, take a look at our Puppy College.
Designed for puppies aged 3–6 months, Puppy College combines online learning with small, supportive in-person classes of no more than six puppies, giving you a structured introduction to the essential skills every puppy needs.
Training packages
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🥉 Bronze Puppy Package
Strong Foundations & Professional Guidance
Ideal for families wanting personalised guidance through the early stages of puppyhood.
Includes:
1 × 90-minute in-home consultation
1 × 60-minute follow-up consultation
Personalised training plan tailored to your puppy and family
Puppy training resources and handouts
Written session summaries
Practical, positive training strategies to use at home
Investment: $395
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🥈 Silver Puppy Package
Extra Support for Busy Puppy Owners
Ideal for families who want personalised training plus some extra hands-on support with their puppy between consultations.
Includes everything in Bronze, plus:
2 × 45-minute While-You-Work Puppy Visits
During these visits, your trainer works directly with your puppy while you’re at work, out of the house or simply busy with other things.
Visits can focus on areas such as:
Toilet training
Enrichment
Calmness and settling
Puppy manners
Training games
Confidence building
Investment: $550
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🥇 Gold Puppy Package
Our Most Comprehensive Puppy Support Program
Ideal for first-time puppy owners or families wanting more ongoing guidance throughout the early puppy months.
Includes:
1 × 90-minute in-home consultation
2 × 60-minute follow-up consultations
2 × 45-minute While-You-Work Puppy Visits
Personalised training plan tailored to your puppy and family
Puppy training resources and handouts
Written session summaries
Practical, positive training guidance throughout the program
Investment: $695
Private Puppy Training FAQs
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Private Puppy School is designed to support puppies during their early development.
If you’re unsure whether your dog is better suited to Private Puppy School or one of our adolescent or adult dog training services, please get in touch and we can help you choose the most appropriate option.
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Yes. Private Puppy School is an in-home puppy training service, allowing us to work with you and your puppy where most of your everyday challenges actually occur.
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We provide private puppy training across Adelaide’s southern suburbs and Adelaide Hills, subject to our private training service area and applicable travel fees.
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Yes. We can look at your puppy’s current routine, environment and toilet-training setup and help you develop a practical plan to make toilet training easier and more consistent.
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Yes. Puppy biting and nipping are some of the most common challenges puppy owners experience.
We’ll help you understand why your puppy is biting and give you practical strategies for managing it, meeting your puppy’s needs and encouraging more appropriate behaviour.
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Our adaptable methodology serves manufacturing, retail, professional services, and public sector entities.
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Yes. We can help you introduce alone time gradually and build positive foundations for your puppy being comfortable when you’re not with them.
If your puppy is already showing significant distress when left alone, please let us know when booking so we can make sure you receive the most appropriate support.
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Absolutely. Involving the family can make it much easier to keep your puppy’s training consistent.
If you have children, we can also help you establish safe, positive interactions between your puppy and children and make training practical for family life.
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Bronze is a great choice if you want professional guidance, a personalised training plan and support to implement the training yourself.
Silver adds two While-You-Work Puppy Visits, giving your puppy extra one-on-one training between your consultations.
Gold provides the most ongoing support, with an additional follow-up consultation as well as two While-You-Work Puppy Visits.
If you’re unsure which package best suits your puppy and family, please get in touch and we can help you decide.
Give Your Puppy a Great Start
The early months with a puppy can be wonderful, exhausting and everything in between.
Private Puppy School gives you personalised support, practical strategies and one-on-one puppy training in your own home, helping you navigate the challenges of puppyhood while building skills that will support your puppy as they grow.
Choose the package that suits your family and get the support you need to enjoy puppyhood a little more.