Puppy Playschool
A Drop-Off Play & Train School for Puppies!
Inspiring confidence and a lasting love of learning in Portland Puppies!
Wednesdays from 9:00am - 1:00pm
LOCATION: NOBLE WOOF CANINE EDUCATION CENTER
8502 SE STARK ST, PORTLAND, 97216
What Is Puppy Playschool?
An intrinsic canine learning program to boost your puppy’s skills and long-term quality of life!
Noble Woof Puppy Playschool Play-And-Train program in SE Montavilla, Portland, Oregon
Raising a puppy takes a village and you’re not alone! Let us give you the support you both need.
Our Drop-off Puppy Playschool program in SE Montavilla, Portland offers dogs ages 8 weeks - 5 months opportunities for dynamic socialization, enrichment and training with our team of certified professionals. This program provides ample time and space for both indoor and outdoor socialization activities and follows a rhythmic schedule that fosters intrinsic canine learning in a peaceful and nurturing setting. The focus of the program is to give puppies the chance to develop and learn at their natural pace.
Each puppy gets regular potty breaks, sniffari strolls, play time with well matched puppies and ongoing training through the day with three Certified Professional Dog Trainers. The group size is maximum six puppies.
How It Works
Our goal is to shape optimism and confidence into your puppy so they have a positive lens on life.
We do this through meeting their core needs, capturing desirable behaviors, and facilitating healthy play with other pups. Exercise, structured skill building, practice with separation and mentally stimulating games will ensure your puppy is wholly satisfied by the end of their stay.
Drop-off:
Drop your puppy off at our facility at 9am
Enjoy four hours of peace: Take care of your own needs knowing our Certified Trainers are giving your puppy premium training and socialization.
Pick-up: Pick your puppy up at 1pm and enjoy a verbal recap of their progress. You will also receive a written report card complete with photos and videos.
Training & Enrichment
This program prioritizes meeting your puppy’s species-specific core needs through enrichment and training. This is a holistic and evidence-based approach intended to help your puppy learn how to navigate modern living with ease while considering their unique personality and needs.
Every puppy gets one-on-one focused training time with our Certified Professional Trainers.
Socialization & Play
We will systematically expose your puppy to novel sounds, surfaces, handling, and husbandry procedures in a way that builds positive associations. Puppies will also spend time playing with a well-matched classmate or group of classmates.
All puppies get solo training time to practice their unique goals with one of our Certified Professional Trainers.
Nap Time
Providing ample time to rest and decompress after each activity is a very important aspect to holistic and effective canine learning. We ensure all Playschoolers get enough quiet time to down-regulate from stimulating activities.
Being able to settle is an incredibly important skill, especially as it’s transferable to other activities and environments, such as working from home or sitting at a cafe or patio.
Socialization Field Trips
Watch the video below to preview their field trips!
Skill building & play
Watch the video below to preview in-facility activities!
WHy You should enroll
Want a well adjusted dog?
Puppy Playschool is an investment in your dog’s future. While genetics influence a dog’s temperament, their early experiences play a critical role in how those traits are expressed in adulthood.
Puppies need varied, safe, and controlled socialization.
Quality socialization in controlled environments with trainers who understand the neurobiology of play and how it effects your dog’s sociability in the future, is as good as it gets. Additionally, studies have shown that early socialization and exposure to varied stimuli can help to prevent fear memory generalization in dogs, but socialization is a science and an art form.
Play can enhance a dog’s cognitive function.
Our certified trainers develop effective play-based training and enrichment strategies for your puppy to promote positive behavior and enhance well-being. Research has suggested that play can enhance a dog’s congnitive function and improve their ability to learn and adapt to new environments.
Some puppies may show us that this training set up is too much for them to handle. Even if they start off doing well in the program, as puppies grow up their temperament and behavioral needs change.
Please note that sometimes puppies need to be pulled from this program before they reach 20 weeks of age.
This is because they are showing behaviors that indicate that this type of training set up or environment is not conducive to healthy learning or socialization.
While we cannot offer refunds, should this happen we will work with you transfer your Playschool credits to another Noble Woof service that is more suitable for your pup's needs. We most commonly will recommend Private Training, or our Group Classes!
Why you should enroll in our other puppy programs too
This program is invaluable, but we do not consider it a one stop shop for all of your puppy’s needs. Quite frankly, a one stop shop doesn’t exist. Your puppy needs variety! We strongly recommend enrolling in at least one 45m Puppy Social a week so they get experience with puppies beyond the Playschool Program. Our Noble Puppy Socials will also educate you on how to carry out socialization without us. We also strongly recommend enrolling in our Puppy 101 Skills Class. It’s not enough for your puppy to learn just with us, you need to learn with your puppy too!
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Please familiarize yourself with our Health Requirements and Terms & Policies before enrolling: