The first months of your puppy's life are the most important for shaping behavior. Our certified trainers at Sit Means Sit Westchester build the foundation your puppy needs — obedience, socialization, and house manners — during the window when it's easiest to get right.
Call: (914) 687-5532 — or schedule a call with our Training Advisor, Emily, using the form.
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Puppies have a critical socialization window that closes around 12–16 weeks. Dogs that miss positive, structured exposure to people, environments, and other animals during this period are significantly more likely to develop fear and reactivity as adults.
Every behavior your puppy rehearses — jumping, mouthing, pulling on leash — becomes more ingrained with each repetition. Early training addresses these patterns before they turn into hard-to-break habits.
A puppy trained at 4 months is a dramatically easier case than a 2-year-old dog with established reactive or aggressive behavior. The cost of prevention is always lower than the cost of correction.
We meet your puppy, assess where they are developmentally, and recommend the right program and timeline.
Your puppy trains at our Valhalla facility one full day per week. Six to eight hours of professional instruction per session instead of one.
You get a private coaching session at pickup so you learn to reinforce the same skills at home between sessions.
Structured socialization and distraction-proofing, included for the lifetime of your dog.
We recommend starting at 16 weeks old. The first several months are the most critical window for shaping behavior and socialization. Early training builds the foundation that prevents serious behavioral problems from developing later.
Our puppy program is designed for dogs 16 weeks to 8 months old at our Valhalla, NY facility. Older dogs are welcome in our standard Day Train and Private Lesson programs.
Yes. Puppy training is about building communication and structure before problems develop. Dogs trained early are dramatically less likely to develop serious behavioral issues — reactivity, aggression, anxiety — as adults.
Sit, down, stay, come, heel, leash manners, house manners, not jumping on people, socialization with other dogs and people, focus and impulse control.
Schedule a call with Emily to discuss what's going on, learn how our training programs work, and see if an in-person evaluation is the right next step.
Serving Westchester County & Fairfield County from Valhalla, NY