Peerless pups

At PEERLESS  we take great pride in how thoroughly we train and socialize our puppies from an early age. We start preparing them as newborns in the first 16 days of life with Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) which has been observed to improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate); stronger heart beats; stronger adrenal glands; more tolerance to stress; and greater resistance to disease. Entering about week three, once puppies are toddling, in addition to daily handling, they are immediately introduced to litter box training, a new experience every day, and short periods of individual attention/separation from littermates to discourage separation anxiety. That week is followed by sound protocols that include classical music, television sounds, quiet time at night, and startle recovery where, as the name implies, they learn to recover quickly from brief startling sounds to improve their resilience. They are introduced to clicker training from there, a variety of sounds ranging from vacuums, lawn mowers, firework sounds, etc. and “manding” which is  a technique where the puppy is taught to ask for something with a specific que - in our litters they learn to sit for anything they want (their food, affection, etc,). We LOVE for our pups to have good manners and to choose to sit rather than jump on people for attention or things they want! Entering their second month, we do a lot more training including the introduction to leash training, crate training, introduction to new people and dogs (known to us to be friendly and vaccinated), car rides, and lots of body handling (ears, tail area, paws), and started on housebreaking. We place a particular focus on nail trimming and getting our pups comfortable with nail grinders (nail trimming can be terrifying for any breed of dog, so we make sure our babies are okay with it!). 

By 10 weeks our pups are solid citizens, confident and prepared to easily make new friends and face the world! The difference between one of our pups and others who know no manners, have never worn a collar let alone walked on a leash, are terrified by new experiences and nail trims…well its night and day! We put in a tremendous amount of work raising our pups but it is so worth it! You’ll be nothing short of amazed by our PEERLESS pups! 

All our pups go home with at least their first round of vaccinations, deworming, microchips, 1 month of free health insurance, crate trained and potty pad trained, as well as started on leash training and basic commands. We encourage all families to continue to build upon this strong foundation with beginner puppy classes and proper socialization.