Each week is organized around a real - life theme,
incorporating beginning foundational skills with a focus on good manners,
socialization and other issues specific to puppies: Play Biting, Chewing, House
Training, Sit, Down, Stay, Polite Greetings, Leave It, Coming When Called, Settle on a Mat
and Polite Walking.
While manners
training, practicing household skills such as settling
and chew toy
training,
and continued
socialization are very much top priorities when deciding what sort of environmental enrichment to provide for shelter dogs (see openpaw.org for more info), playgroups may be
incorporated as one ingredient in a wellness program for maintaining or creating healthy, adoptable shelter dogs.