Give Your Puppy The Best Possible Start
The first few weeks at home shape how your puppy learns, settles, copes and responds to the world around them.
Coached Canine Puppy Development Program gives you step by step support to help you build routine, toileting, crate confidence, calmness, training foundations and real life puppy skills from the beginning.
Whether your puppy is coming home soon or has already arrived, these resources are designed to help you feel more prepared, supported and confident from the beginning.
The First Weeks Shape Everything
Bringing a new puppy home is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. The broken sleep, toilet accidents, biting, crying, chewing and not knowing what to do next can quickly become a lot.
What many owners do not realise is that the first few weeks are not just about getting through puppyhood. They are the beginning of your puppy’s routine, confidence, independence, calmness and ability to cope with everyday life.
The right support early on can help you feel more prepared, reduce overwhelm and give your puppy a calmer, more predictable start at home.
Coached Canine Puppy Development Program has been created to help you understand what your puppy needs first, what is normal, what to avoid, and how to start building strong foundations from the beginning.
You do not need to have everything perfect. You just need a clear place to start.
The Puppy Development Program
Bringing a new puppy home comes with a lot to think about. Sleep, toileting, biting, crate training, routines, socialisation and teaching them how to listen can quickly feel overwhelming.
The Puppy Development Program is designed to simplify those early weeks and help you focus on the foundations that matter most right now.
We work on building your puppy’s engagement with you, both inside and outside the home, so they begin learning to check in, respond and feel confident following your guidance in everyday situations.
Training is personalised around your puppy, your home and your routine. Rather than trying to teach everything at once, we prioritise what your puppy needs first, review how they are progressing and adjust the plan as they develop.
Private puppy support that focuses on what matters first.
Support that continues between sessions
Whether you are local or further away, puppy support is available in person or online, so you can get guidance that fits your puppy, your home and your everyday routine.
You will receive clear action plans after each session so you know exactly what to practise next without feeling like you need to do everything at once. You will also have access to relevant puppy resources covering areas such as sleep, toileting, crate confidence, biting, routine, alone time, training and safe exposure.
For online clients, sessions are adapted to your home and puppy through video coaching, with practical guidance you can apply between sessions and support as new questions or challenges come up.
The goal is to help you feel confident raising your puppy, build strong engagement and foundations at home, and prepare them to handle the world around them as they grow.
Puppy Development Reviews
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Catherine ★★★★★
“I cannot rave about our experience with Hayley at Coached Canine enough! With young boys and a busy household, I was keen to get straight onto training with our little girl. She thrived on walks around the block with the lead and all the difficult parts of puppy life had been tackled by Hayley in her program. I cannot praise this experience enough and it allowed us to have such a fun introduction to puppy life for our family. I also appreciated the check-ins from Hayley even after the program was completed, you can tell she cares deeply for these puppies and their families. 5 star rating, she’s a legend!”
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Christine ★★★★★
“Hayley at Coached Canine we are so grateful we did!
Hayley was amazing from the start. She provided daily updates, photos and so much helpful information throughout the process. Hayley also gave us lots of training tips and ongoing support with follow-up chats after we brought her home. We’ve now had our girl for a few months and she has settled beautifully into our big family. She adores our kids, has been easy to continue training, and truly is the best dog.
We would absolutely recommend Hayley to anyone bringing a puppy into their home. The amazing start and early training she gave our girl made such a difference to settling into family life so smoothly.” -
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Nick ★★★★★
“We honestly couldn’t be happier with our experience with Hayley and the Puppy Development Program. From the start, you can tell how much care, knowledge and thought goes into everything she does.
This program has set our puppy up so well. Bringing a puppy home can feel pretty overwhelming, but Hayley made the whole process so much easier and gave us a lot of confidence moving forward. The guides we received have been amazing especially the socialisation, behaviour and training ones. Everything is explained in a really simple, easy to follow way, which has made continuing the training at home feel manageable and not stressful with a puppy.
We’re so grateful for everything Hayley has done and would absolutely recommend her to anyone wanting to give their puppy the best possible start.” -
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Anne ★★★★★
“We are incredibly grateful for the wonderful Puppy Development Programme that Hayley provided for our little groodle, Henry. Throughout the programme, she kept us updated with regular videos, and messages, which gave us real peace of mind that he was in excellent hands and making great progress. As we live overseas, Hayley also arranged a video call before Henry flew out to us, as well as a follow‑up call a week after his arrival, which we really appreciated.
She shared extremely helpful short videos and one‑page PDFs on important topics like crate training, toilet training, and other key areas that we could easily refer back to once Henry was home. This made us feel well-prepared and confident as new dog owners.
We feel incredibly fortunate that Henry had the chance to spend time with Hayley before joining our family. She set him up brilliantly, and we couldn’t be happier.
A huge thank you, Hayley.”
Hi, I’m Hayley
I'm the trainer and founder behind Coached Canine, and I specialise in puppy training and early behaviour development. My approach is built entirely on positive reinforcement, guiding puppies gently and clearly to build confidence, calmness, and the essential life skills they need to thrive.
My work is strengthened by years of experience as a qualified veterinary nurse. That clinical background gives me a deep understanding of canine stress, canine health, gentle handling, and how to support dogs through care and change — knowledge that directly shapes how I work with puppies and their families.
I know how overwhelming the first few weeks with a new puppy can feel. I also know how much of a difference it makes when those early weeks are guided well. That's why every program I deliver is thoughtful, evidence based, and tailored to the individual puppy in front of me.
When you learn with me, you’ll feel supported, informed and confident with what to do next with your puppy.
Get in Touch
Not sure which option is right for you and your puppy?
Book a call or send through an enquiry and we can discuss your puppy, what support you are looking for, program availability, and whether in person or online training is the best fit.
Not sure where to start? Begin with the first two weeks
If your puppy is coming home soon or has only just arrived, you may not need a full training program straight away. Sometimes the most helpful place to start is simply having a clear plan for those first few weeks.
Start with the free First 48 Hours Guide to help you understand what your puppy needs first, what is normal during the settling-in period, and how to introduce routine, reassurance and calm support from day one.
From there, Puppy Essentials: The First 14 Days gives you a structured online plan to follow at home. It takes the guesswork out of those early weeks by giving you clear priorities, practical training exercises and guidance on what to focus on as your puppy settles in.
You’ll be guided through:
Toilet training
Sleep and overnight routines
Crate confidence
Calmness and settling
Biting and jumping
Handling and grooming foundations
Safe exposure and socialisation
Alone-time foundations
Early engagement and training skills
The program is designed for owners who want trainer led guidance they can work through in their own time.
If you are unsure whether you need personalised training yet, this is a great place to begin. You can start building the right foundations at home, then move into the Puppy Development Program or online private coaching later if you need more individual support.
The first two weeks are not about creating a perfect puppy. They are about giving you a clear direction and helping your puppy build strong routines, trust and foundations from the beginning.
The First 48 Hours
With Your Puppy
This free guide helps you feel more prepared for the first few days at home and understand what your puppy needs first when bringing them home.
Inside, you’ll learn how to prepare your home, support your puppy overnight, understand what is normal, avoid common early mistakes and begin with calm, clear foundations from day one.
Prepare your home
Know what to expect
Understand what to avoid
Support the first nights
Start with calm foundations
Puppy Essentials:
The First 14 Days
A step by step training program to help you stop guessing and start building your puppy’s first foundations with more confidence.
Inside, you’ll be guided through routine, toilet training, sleep, crate confidence, calmness, early skills, handling and safe exposure, with clear daily tasks and printable trackers to support you.
Before your puppy comes home
Day-by-day training plan
Daily routine guidance
Common puppy problem support
Sleep, toilet and rhythm trackers
What’s Included?
Bringing your puppy home is exciting, but it can also leave you thinking
“What do I actually focus on first?”
Should my puppy sleep in a crate, a bed, or near me? How often should I take them outside for toilet training? When do I start training? What do I do when they cry, bite, jump, chew, or struggle to settle? The first two weeks can feel overwhelming because there is so much to think about at once.
That is exactly why Puppy Essentials: The First 14 Days was created.
The 14-Day Structure
This training program gives you a clear day by day plan so you are not left guessing what your puppy needs next. Each day includes one focus, a simple routine to follow, training education, step by step tasks, common puppy problem support and an end-of-day checklist.
You’ll also receive printable tracker PDFs to help you notice your puppy’s patterns and build a routine that actually works for them, including a Daily Rhythm Tracker, Toilet Training Tracker and Sleep Tracker.
Instead of trying to teach everything at once, this guide helps you focus on what matters most first, routine, toileting, sleep, crate confidence, calmness, early training, handling and safe exposure.
It is designed to help you feel more prepared, more confident and more supported during the first two weeks at home.
This Is For You If….
Frequently Asked Questions
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You can start before your puppy comes home. The First 48 Hours Guide helps you prepare your home, routine and expectations so you feel more confident from day one.
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The free guide helps with the first 48 hours. The 14-day training program gives you a full day-by-day plan for 14 days. There is 50 pages of support for you.
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The program is completed online at your own pace, with clear daily guidance, practical training exercises and puppy resources you can access from home.
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Yes. It is ideal to read before your puppy arrives so you feel more prepared from day one.
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No. The free guide and 14-day ebook are digital resources and can be used from anywhere.
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If you are struggling with sleep, toileting, crate training, biting, routines, confidence or simply feel unsure what to focus on next, you can move into personalised puppy coaching. The Puppy Development Program is available in person or online and gives you individual guidance based on your puppy and your home.
Ready To Feel More Prepared?
You do not need to figure out puppyhood on your own.Start with the free guide, or take the next step with the 14-day training program so you know exactly what to focus on during your puppy’s first two weeks at home.
More puppy training support is coming soon.