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Puppy Classes

Give your puppy the confident start they deserve, around other dogs and other owners just like you.

What it is

A small group course for puppies, where your puppy learns the foundations in the company of other dogs and you learn alongside other owners going through exactly the same stage. Practical, supportive, and built so the training fits your life at home too.

Who it is for

New puppy owners who want solid foundations, early confidence around other dogs, and a friendly room of people who understand the chaos of a new puppy.

What is included

A trainer You Can Trust

Run by a trainer with deep study in puppy development and behaviour. A recognised Puppy Training Specialist with The Dog Training College. 2026/7 Dog Trainer of The Year – Lancashire with The Prestige Awards, 2026 The Best Dog Trainer in Preston, UK with Quality Business Awards, 2026 Best Dog Training Service – Preston with Top 100 Business Awards and 2026 Dog Training Specialist Of The Year 2026 with E2 Media Award of Excellece and featured in The Lancashire Post and Blog Preston

“The classes were so helpful, I would definitely recommend to anyone with a puppy. Lydia is really knowledgeable and gives everyone individual time each week to discuss progress and next goals to work towards. This makes training feel so much less overwhelming! Betsy’s confidence has grown massively through the training we’ve been doing and her engagement with me has got so much better.”

Price: 120 pounds for the full course.

Next Puppy Course:

Tuesday 13th October 6pm
Brand New Venue: Galloways, Howick House in Penwortham PR1 0LS.
Only 5 spaces available
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Frequently Asked Questions

As soon as they have finished their puppy vaccination course they are welcome to join! Puppies can join up until roughly 18-20 weeks old.
The course is 5 weeks, on Tuesdays at 6.30pm and classes are 1 hour each.
The classes are held at Paws and Play Daycare, Ward Street, Lostock Hall, PR5 5HR

Testimonials

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I highly recommend Lydia, I really thought she was going to come to my house and say “nope lost cause”😂 She didn’t, and proceeded to work with my boy Rex, he wouldn’t walk through the front door on his lead. Lydia tailored a plan for him to build confidence to help him make good choices. He was scared when I took his collar and lead out of the cupboard. In just 4 sessions he’s done amazing. Lydia is very quick thinking, if she can see something isn’t going to work, she will have another tactic. 😉 I’ve just come back from the beach with him, loads of dogs and distractions for him, but he was totally focussed on what I was doing with him. Thank you so much from Lianne and Rex ❤️
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Lianne Harris
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Friendly instruction with demonstration and ideas to further good behaviour response . ( for dog and owner!) Plenty of follow up literature to reiterate the teaching. It was a positive experience for me.
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Margaret Crook
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I had my cockapoo trained by Lydia from the canine coven, I would highly recommend if you need your dog training at any age
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Katie. T
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I used canine coven to help with my reactive Daschund Hugo, Lydia proved to be very knowledgeable patient and experienced with dogs and canine behaviour. Lydia showed me how to process Hugo’s behaviour and react in a way to him that would help him, so not only does she train dogs but humans too! Lydia is very patient and calm with the training and shows you how to use the techniques and when. Hugo showed a significant improvement after spending time working with Lydia. Overall a great experience and I can’t recommend her highly enough. Alex and Hugo
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Bluto
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Had a great time bringing my puppy to Lydia’s 5 week puppy course, very informative and helpful, would definitely recommend. Thanks again Lydia 😊
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Ruby May
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We worked with Lydia on her 1-1 puppy training with our Rottweiler Ernie. Lydia was so supportive and took the time to understand Ernie and what he needs most. She was able to show us how to properly use training techniques like a clicker and how to make training fun and engaging. Ernie has come such a long way with Lydia and it gave us great foundations to build on. Lydia regularly checked in and we could reach out with questions. Would definitely recommend Lydia to work with your dog!
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Amber Balcombe
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Lydia has been amazing during our 1-1 sessions with our border collie pup. He has come on amazingly in terms of his behaviour and the training has been a great way of connecting with him and teaching him how we’d like for him to behave. Lydia explains everything really well and the reasoning behind each training method used, as well as considering the individual needs of the dog (eg breed specific needs and the issues that crop up between sessions that can be resolved in the next). She provides lots of resources, hand outs and all the methods are tried and tested many times before, and she leaves me with confidence to continue training our pup. I would recommend her to anyone because it’s like we have a different dog for all the right reasons, thankyou so much Lydia for all your help!
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Jess Hesketh-Jones
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Finn our 4 year old dog already knew Lydia through his daycare, however this did not matter as Lydia treated and trained Finn like a dog who had not met her before; Lydia's professionalism and positive, force-free approach were great to see and she gave Finn the time and space to understand what she was asking of him. Lydia took the training at Finn's pace and always out Finn's needs and wellbeing first and foremost. Lydia kindly gave us notes after each session that we could review and knew what to practice to help Finn. At the end of each session Lydia made sure to end things on a playful and happy note with Finn, to not overwork, overtire or stress Finn. We are very grateful to Lydia and would recommend her (The Canine Covern) services to all of our dog friends.
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Finny Doggo
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Millie the Dachshund and myself gained lots of tips, advice and training techniques at the group. We both enjoyed it 😀
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Rita
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Snoopy and Rebecca Highly recommend puppy class. Was amazing to see how using such simple methods and games/ rewards how everything else falls into place within home life. Snoopy absolutely loved his weekly class and the socialisation with three other amazing puppy's. The classes were small and well organised which made it thoroughly enjoyable and easy to train. Next stop for us middle school we can’t wait miss our little group already
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