Beyond The Beginning
Continue Their Journey
Our commitment to each puppy doesn’t end when they’re ready to leave for their new home.
While our standard puppy development program prepares puppies to join their families beginning at eight weeks of age, we recognize that some families may benefit from additional professional training before bringing their puppy home.
Beyond the Beginning is an exclusive continuation of our early development program, offering individualized training in the familiar environment where each puppy was raised. Having worked with them since birth, we understand their temperament, motivations, and developing strengths, allowing us to build upon their existing foundation while tailoring their training to their future home.
With limited enrollment, this program provides additional one-on-one attention, structured learning opportunities, and continued confidence-building experiences during an important stage of development.
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Every Program is Individually Tailored
No two puppies develop at exactly the same pace, and no two families have the same goals.
Once puppies have been matched with their future homes, we begin shaping portions of their continued development around the life they are preparing for.
A puppy destined for sport or working disciplines may spend additional time developing engagement, toy drive, confidence, environmental stability, and age-appropriate training foundations.
A future family companion may focus more heavily on household manners, cooperative care, confidence in public, appropriate greetings, leash skills, and preparing for everyday life with their new family.
Our goal is never simply to teach as many commands as possible. Our goal is to help each puppy become a thoughtful, confident, and resilient dog.
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What Your Puppy May Learn
Every program is customized, but training may include:
• Crate training and building independence
• Potty training reinforcement
• Household manners
• Sit, Down, Place, Stay, and Recall foundations
• Loose leash walking
• Marker training and engagement
• Confidence building through new environments
• Car rides
• Public outings (when age and vaccinations allow)
• Grooming and cooperative care
• Veterinary handling exercises
• Appropriate greetings with new people
• Toy development and food engagement
• Problem-solving and enrichment activities
• Confidence away from littermates
• Exposure to a variety of sounds, surfaces, and environments
Training always progresses at the puppy’s pace and is adjusted to their maturity and confidence level.
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AKC Opportunities
When scheduling and eligibility allow, puppies may have the opportunity to participate in:
• AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy
• AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
While participation cannot be guaranteed due to scheduling and eligibility requirements, we are happy to discuss these opportunities with interested families.
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Weekly Progress Reports
Families enrolled in Beyond The Beginning remain closely involved throughout their puppy’s journey.
Each week, you’ll receive a personalized progress report that may include:
• Training goals for the week
• Skills introduced and practiced
• Confidence milestones
• Areas of improvement
• Photos and videos
• Notes about your puppy’s personality and development
• Recommendations for continuing success once your puppy comes home
Watching your puppy grow shouldn’t stop just because they’re staying with us a little longer.
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Graduation Package
When your puppy goes home, you’ll receive a personalized graduation package documenting everything accomplished during their continued development.
This includes:
• Personalized training summary
• Commands introduced
• Marker words used
• Favorite rewards and motivators
• Feeding schedule
• Crate routine
• Potty routine
• Grooming routine
• Individual recommendations for continued success
• AKC paperwork and certificates (when applicable)
• Beyond The Beginning Graduation Certificate
Our goal is to make the transition into your home as smooth as possible while giving you the tools to continue your puppy’s education with confidence.
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Program Investment
Choose the level of continued development that best fits your puppy and your family’s goals. Each program builds upon the previous level, allowing your puppy to continue developing through individualized training, confidence-building, and purposeful experiences.
To preserve the individualized nature of this program, enrollment is intentionally limited. We accept a maximum of two puppies per litter, subject to availability.
This allows every puppy to continue receiving the same level of one-on-one attention, structured development, and personalized training that has been the foundation of our program since birth.
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Continuation
$900
Purpose: Maintain momentum.Perfect for families who simply need a little more time before bringing their puppy home. This program focuses on reinforcing the routines and foundation established during the first ten weeks while keeping your puppy progressing through daily training, socialization, and confidence-building.⸻
2 week program
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Development
$1,700
Purpose: Expand the puppy’s world.Ideal for families who want their puppy introduced to a wider variety of environments and experiences. Greater emphasis is placed on public outings, environmental confidence, leash skills, and adapting to everyday life outside the home.
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4 week program
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Advancement
$2,400
Purpose: Build skills.Designed for families wanting a stronger training foundation before bringing their puppy home. We begin placing a stronger focus on individualized goals, marker training, engagement, obedience foundations, impulse control, and preparation for your puppy’s intended future.⸻
6 week program
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Signature
$3,000
Purpose: Individual preparation.Our most comprehensive continuation program. Every aspect of your puppy’s development is individually tailored around their future home, lifestyle, and goals—providing the greatest amount of one-on-one training, confidence building, environmental exposure, and personalized preparation before they join your family.⸻
8 week program
Is Beyond The Beginning Right for You?
This program may be an excellent fit if you:
• Want additional professional training before bringing your puppy home.
Plan to pursue sport, working disciplines, or performance events.
Would like your puppy to develop greater confidence and familiarity with new environments.
Want a stronger foundation in crate training, leash skills, engagement, and everyday manners.
Value individualized training tailored to your puppy’s temperament and your family’s goals.
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A Personalized Experience
Because every puppy deserves individualized attention, enrollment in Beyond The Beginning is intentionally limited.
Limiting the number of puppies enrolled allows us to dedicate the time, consistency, and personal investment necessary to continue each puppy’s development while maintaining the high standards of care and training that define our program.
For us, this isn’t simply extra time.
It’s an opportunity to continue shaping confident, capable dogs while helping every family begin their journey with the strongest foundation possible.