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Residential training · Near Chelmsford, Essex
While your dog or puppy waits until it's old enough to be exported to its new country, it stays with us for residential training: daily training, socialising and getting used to its travel crate.
Dogs have come to us from across the UK, and from as far as Los Angeles and Germany.
5.0 on Google from 250+ reviews
The weeks of waiting become weeks of training. Your dog or puppy arrives in its new country already used to a crate, walking on a lead and settling calmly, so the new home starts with a dog that is easier to live with.
“Alex toke my cockapoo in for residential training. He was reactive to other dogs and people but after spending 3 weeks with Alex the issue appears to be all but gone. Thank you soo much!”
“Alex toke my cockapoo in for residential training. He was reactive to other dogs and people but after spending 3 weeks with Alex the issue appears to be all but gone.
Thank you soo much!”
Half of the residential fee (non-refundable) confirms the booking; the rest is paid before drop-off or collection.
We reply Monday to Saturday, usually within the hour, by email.
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This is residential training. You arrange the export paperwork, the vet visits and the flight with your vet and your pet-travel agent; your dog is trained every day to Alex's plan during the stay.
That depends on the rules of the country your dog is going to, and they change. Check with your vet and the official guidance before you book: GOV.UK: Taking your pet abroad. Outside the EU, your dog needs an export health certificate signed by an Official Veterinarian (GOV.UK). Once you know the date your dog can fly, tell Alex and the stay is planned around it.
A dog who walks into the crate, lies down and sleeps there is a dog who travels well, so crate conditioning is part of the daily training. There's a checklist in crate and travel kit for a dog flying abroad.
Alongside the crate work, your dog or puppy gets daily training and socialising: recall, walking on a loose lead, settling and manners, at the field and in busy real-world places. They arrive easier to live with in a new home, not harder.
Puppies can be collected from the breeder anywhere in mainland Britain, or from any London airport (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton or London City), and stay for residential training until they're old enough to fly to their new country. The cost of collection is quoted when you enquire.
Residential training is £850p/w (Standard Package) or £1250p/w (VIP). Collection from the breeder, your home or any London airport is quoted when you enquire. Every price is on our prices page.
Yes. Training is done calmly, because frustration, anger and harsh methods only slow progress. We never punish a growl or fear, we explain everything we do and why, and you see exactly what we're doing. Alex is a Master Dog Trainer with the Guild of Dog Trainers.
Yes, that's often the point. You fly ahead and set up; your dog trains with us and you get updates as you go (1 a week on Standard, 3 a week on VIP), until it is old enough and your paperwork is ready.
No. You arrange the export paperwork, vet visits and flight with your vet and your pet-travel agent. Your dog is trained every day to Alex's plan during the stay, including getting used to its travel crate.
Yes, from anywhere in mainland Britain, or from any London airport. The cost of collection is quoted when you enquire.
Yes, and it works best that way. Get the crate to us early and your dog will sleep in it before they ever fly in it.
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Before you book: what to pack for a residential stay
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