Training

Puppy Steps

Start your puppy off on the right paw with our calm, structured Puppy Walks. These 121 sessions are designed to gently introduce your puppy to the world, helping them build confidence, develop key obedience skills, and form positive associations with new sights, sounds, and experiences.

Each walk is tailored to your puppy’s individual stage of development and might include:

• Loose lead walking

• Name response and recall foundations

• Calm greetings and polite manners

• Impulse control (e.g., around food, people, other dogs)

• Exposure to different environments and distractions

We focus on creating calm, positive experiences to support your puppy’s emotional development while also teaching essential training behaviours.

Puppy walks can be booked as a one-off or part of a longer term plan to support your dog’s development. They’re also perfect for dogs who aren’t quite ready for group walks and need to build solid foundations first.

You’ll receive a personalised update after each session, with progress notes and follow-up exercises to keep things moving forward.

Training Walks 

Our Training Walks are customised, real-world sessions for dogs of any age who need help in specific areas or a refresh on foundational training. Whether you’re struggling with loose lead walking in busy places, recall at the park, or want your dog to feel more at ease in distracting environments — these sessions are tailored to your goals.

Each walk is designed around your dog’s needs and can focus on a range of environments and training challenges, such as:

  • Local streets with real-life distractions
  • Building focus and calm in busier areas like garden centres or town centres
  • Strengthening recall in parks or open spaces
  • Practising polite behaviour around people, dogs, and traffic
  • Learning to settle in everyday environments like cafés or restaurants 

Using calm, consistent guidance, I’ll work on practical skills with your dog in real-life settings to help them generalise their training and build confidence. If there are situations you’d like your dog to handle more calmly but don’t have the time (or headspace!) to work on them yourself, I can do the groundwork for you. Helping your dog feel more relaxed, focused, and prepared for everyday life.

Training walks can be booked as a one-off or part of a longer term plan to support your dog’s development. They’re also perfect for dogs who aren’t quite ready for group walks and need to build solid foundations first.

You’ll receive a personalised update after each session, with progress notes and follow-up exercises to keep things moving forward.

1-2-1 Training 

Personalised sessions for dogs of any age, covering everything from foundations to more complex behaviour work. These sessions are tailored to your goals.

What can 1-2-1 sessions help with?

  • Focus and calm behaviour at home
  • Loose lead walking and recall
  • Puppy foundations and early socialisation
  • Jumping up, overexcitement, frustration
  • Threshold training, door and boundary manners
  • Confidence building and resilience
  • Place training and self-regulation
  • Manners around people, dogs, or visitors
  • Resource guarding and handling food and items
  • Behaviour modification for reactivity, anxiety, or more complex cases

Sessions are one hour and take place in a location that suits your dog best, at home or out in the real world. You’ll get clear guidance, practical homework, and ongoing virtual support.

Obedience Class

Join us every other Saturday from 10–11 AM at Nonsuch Park for Obedience Class. A structured group class designed to help you and your dog build confidence, improve engagement and strengthen key obedience skills in a real-life setting. 

This class is ideal for those looking to advance their dog's training in a supportive environment, improve focus around distractions, and work on neutrality around other dogs and people. Unlike a traditional course, you can drop in when it suits you, making it a flexible way to continue your training journey.

What We Work On:

• Obedience & Commands (sit, down, wait, leave, recall, place, middle etc) 

• Heel Work & Lead Manners

• Coexisting with Other Dogs

• Distraction Proofing 

• Confidence Building

• Equipment Advice & Support 

 

Who Can Join?

This class is exclusive to existing Lead & Ramble clients who have either had a 1-2-1 session or are group walk members. If you’re new to us, you’ll need to book a 1-2-1 session first to ensure you and your dog are ready to join.

 

Why Join?

✔️ Weekly support

✔️ Train alongside like-minded dog owners

✔️ No course commitment, drop in when it suits you

✔️ Real life setting to prepare your dog for everyday challenges

 

📍 Location: Nonsuch Park

💰 Price: £20 per session

📅 Time: every other Saturday, 10–11 AM

🔐 Who Can Join: Existing Clients Only 

 

For more information or to book your 1-2-1 session, get in touch today!