Puppy School
For puppies under 14 weeks, with an emphasis on critical socialization and everyday manners.
Explore Puppy SchoolPractical skills, stronger bonds
Dog training for real life
Classes for puppies and adolescent dogs, plus specialized learning for behavioural challenges and future trainers.
Training options
Find the right starting point
Surviving Adolescence
Designed for dogs beyond puppy class and up to approximately two or three years old.
Explore the classReactive Dog Class
Designed for barking or lunging on leash. The complete video program is available free.
Class is currently unavailable
Read about the programTraining apprenticeship
Hands-on learning for people interested in professional dog training and behaviour consulting.
Class is currently unavailable
Explore the apprenticeshipTherapy Dog Primer
Preparation for dog-and-handler teams interested in an independent therapy-dog evaluation.
Class is currently unavailable
Read about the primerResource library
Training advice
Helpful resources for common questions, manners, behaviour, safety, and everyday care.
Browse the advice libraryCurrent class prices
| Surviving Adolescence | $170 |
| Puppy Level 1 | $170 |
| Puppy Level 2 | $160 |
Nova Scotia HST of 14% is added where applicable. Class schedules and availability should be confirmed before registering.
Training & behaviour advice
Practical resources for life with your dog
These Jollytails resources are for every dog owner—not only first-time puppy families—and can be used whenever you need help with training, behaviour, safety, nutrition, or everyday care.
Puppy start
Three free resources for a confident beginning
Prepare before your puppy comes home, guide the first few months, and make socialization positive and purposeful.
Before You Get Your Puppy
A practical eBook about choosing, preparing for, and welcoming a puppy so good habits can begin on day one.
Open the eBookAfter You Get Your Puppy
The follow-up eBook focuses on the important first months at home, including training, handling, and social development.
Open the eBookPuppy Socialization Checklist
A checklist of people, places, sounds, surfaces, handling, and experiences to introduce gradually and positively.
Open the checklistGive your puppy a great start
Pair these downloads with Jollytails Puppy School and supervised puppy socials.
Everyday training
Practical guides for common questions
Short, reward-based starting points for the skills most families work on at home.
Biting & chewing
Mouthing is normal puppy behaviour. The guide covers brief play breaks for hard bites, gentle hand-feeding, redirecting to appropriate chews, and making food-puzzle toys more rewarding than household items.
Read the complete guideClicker training
A click marks the exact moment your dog performs the behaviour you want. Good timing matters, every click should be followed by a reward, and the clicker can be faded once a new skill is learned.
Read the complete guideHouse training
Success comes from supervision and consistency: offer frequent outdoor trips after sleep, meals, drinks, and play; reward immediately outside; and use an age-appropriate confinement plan when you cannot supervise.
Read the complete guideCrate training
Introduce a crate gradually with choice, food, and enrichment. It can help with travel, veterinary stays, and early house training, but it should never be punishment or a substitute for exercise, company, and training.
Read the complete guideLoose-leash walking
Begin somewhere easy, reward often while the leash is loose, keep moving when there is slack, and pause when tension appears. Clear, consistent feedback helps make walking together worthwhile.
Read the complete guideBehaviour, calm & safety
Support for the harder moments
Here are some management and foundation skills to support your dog through harder moments. If you need more help, contact Jollytails for information about private training.
YouTube · Full program
Watch on YouTube
The Leash Reactivity Blueprint
Filmed at Jollytails with Tristan Flynn, this detailed program follows dogs and their people through management skills, calm attention, alternative behaviors, and practical ways to work with barking or lunging on leash. The reactive dog class is currently unavailable but the complete video remains free to watch.
Protocol for Relaxation
Dr. Karen Overall’s 15-day program uses calm, consistent reward-based exercises to teach relaxation in changing situations—not simply a formal sit or down-stay.
Dog-bite prevention
Supervise children, make every social experience positive, respect a dog’s need to rest or disengage, use humane training, and never punish warning signals such as growling. The guide also covers what to do if a dog threatens or bites.
Nutrition & behaviour
Food supports the whole dog
Good nutrition supports overall health, steady energy, attention, and behaviour. The right food can help a dog feel ready to learn, play, and settle throughout the day.
Dog food & nutrition
Explore food formats, learn the basics of reading ingredient information, and talk with the Jollytails pet-store team about the options available for your dog.
Read the Jollytails nutrition guideHealth & everyday care
Prepare for informed veterinary conversations
Use these educational overviews to understand Jollytails attendance requirements and prepare questions for your veterinarian.
Vaccinations & titer testing
Learn how core vaccines, lifestyle considerations, titer testing, and Jollytails requirements can differ between daycare and Puppy Socials.
Read the vaccination overviewSpaying & neutering
Review the health, development, breed, sex, lifestyle, and behaviour factors that can inform an individualized conversation with your veterinarian.
Read the spaying and neutering overview