Puppy Foundations

Puppy training in Montreal

Your puppy’s first months are full of learning. Belle & Bark helps you build useful skills, supportive routines, and positive experiences that fit your puppy’s age, comfort, and everyday life.

Choose private puppy training in your home and neighbourhood, or join one of our small-group outdoor classes offered during the summer.

Two ways to learn

Choose the support that fits your puppy

Private training is available throughout the year, while our small-group outdoor course runs during the summer. Both include clear coaching, practical homework, and support between sessions.

Private puppy training

Available throughout the year

Individual guidance in your home and neighbourhood, with five sessions built around your puppy and your goals.

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Seasonal group course

Offered during the summer

A five-week outdoor course for puppies who are under 16 weeks at the first class.

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Private training for puppies under five months

Puppy Fundamentals private course

Five private sessions give you individualized guidance in your home and neighbourhood, with training shaped around your puppy, your household, and your priorities.

We can work on settling, recall, handling and cooperative care, household routines, leash foundations, positive experiences with new environments, and common puppy concerns such as nipping, chewing, and potty training.

What you’ll gain

More confidence guiding your puppy through everyday routines
Practical strategies for nipping, chewing, and potty training
A clearer understanding of your puppy’s communication and needs
Ways to support confidence and positive experiences as they explore
Guidance you can continue using as your puppy grows

What your puppy will learn

Name response and early recall foundations
How to engage and disengage in stimulating environments
Early handling skills and comfort with touch
Confidence around sounds, objects, and unfamiliar situations
Early leash walking skills and reinforcement patterns
Package details

Private Puppy Fundamentals

$495 for the five-session course

Five 60-minute sessions in your home and neighbourhood. Your course includes individualized coaching, practice guidance and resources, support between sessions, and access to your Belle & Bark client portal.

Additional sessions are $110.

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Small-group learning for puppies 8 to 16 weeks

Puppy Foundations group course

This five-week outdoor course gives puppies guided opportunities to learn around people, other puppies, and everyday distractions.

You’ll practise engagement, early recall, handling, leash foundations, and calm observation while learning how to support your puppy through new experiences.

What you’ll gain

A better understanding of puppy body language and communication
Guidance for supporting your puppy around new people, dogs, and environments
Practical ways to build attention and engagement around distractions
Confidence managing real-life puppy situations in a small-group setting
Simple exercises to continue practising between classes

What your puppy will learn

To check in and engage with you around other puppies and people
Early recall and response-to-name skills
Foundations for comfortable leash walking
Cooperative handling and body awareness
To observe, explore, and settle around everyday distractions

Summer 2026 sessions

Wednesdays at 18h00, May 20 to June 17
Wednesdays at 18h00, July 8 to August 5
Package details

Group Puppy Foundations

$360 per puppy for the five-session course

Five weekly classes with a maximum of four puppies. Classes are one hour and held outdoors in local parks, with guidance and support between sessions.

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Common questions

What to know about puppy training

When should puppy training begin?

Puppies begin learning as soon as they arrive home. Training can start right away with short, simple activities that support routines, communication, comfort, and confidence.

Should I choose private training or the group course?

Private training gives you individualized support in your own environment and more flexibility around your priorities. The group course offers structured outdoor practice around other puppies, people, and everyday distractions.

Puppies who need additional space, focused support, or a slower introduction to new environments may be more comfortable starting privately.

Does my puppy need to be fully vaccinated for group classes?

Puppies need to have started their vaccinations and be under 16 weeks old at the first class. Speak with your veterinarian about your puppy’s health and local risk factors before attending group activities.

Is the group course a puppy play class?

The course focuses on guided learning, calm observation, engagement, and positive experiences in a small group. Any interactions are managed according to the puppies’ comfort, communication, and readiness.

Can you help with nipping, chewing, and toilet training?

Yes. Private puppy training can include household routines, toilet training, nipping, chewing, settling, handling, and other concerns affecting daily life.

What happens after Puppy Foundations?

Dogs five months and older can continue through Everyday Skills, with support for adolescence, walks, recall, greetings, settling, and learning around real-life distractions.

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Give your puppy a thoughtful start

Choose private guidance or explore the next seasonal group course. We’ll help you find a format that suits your puppy and your family.

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