Adult Dog Training Online

Each course has its own purpose. When you combine multiple courses, they become a "Training Toolkit" giving you support and guidance in all aspects of your dogs training journey.

Our self-led online courses are designed to help you build a great relationship with your dog while teaching them important skills and setting the stage for a lifetime of positive training. 

Mobile friendly - Access our courses anytime, anywhere on your smartphone.

Expert support – Developed by Dogs Trust experts with real like experience.

Bite-sized learning – Easy to digest content with practical lessons that fit into your daily routine.

Learn at your own pace – flexible learning, with reminders to help you stay on track.

Step-by-Step Content - Daily lessons, videos, and training exercises you can access on your phone or tablet.

Self-Paced Learning – Unlock new content each day as you progress. You can take up to two days’ break without losing your progress streak, perfect for working around real life! Some people move quickly, while others take a little more time - either way, we’re here to support you.

Quizzes & Interactive Exercises - Reinforce your learning and track your dog’s progress.

5–10 Minutes Per Day - Easy to fit into your day-to-day .

Puppyhood is exciting but can feel overwhelming for young dogs discovering the world for the first time. As owners, our job is to guide them, build confidence, and create strong habits, routines, and boundaries early on. This foundation makes later stages, especially adolescence, much easier.

In these early weeks, puppies learn what the world is, where they can go, and basic skills like sit, settle, and loose-lead walking. Our courses are designed to help you build these essentials and support your puppy’s growth.

Benefits of training a puppy:

• Curious and eager to engage, making it easier to capture their attention. 
• Quick learners, absorbing new information easily. 
• Fewer bad habits, so you can establish good behaviours early. 
• Builds confidence in new environments and situations. 
• Strengthens the bond between puppy and human. 
• Improves communication, helping them understand cues from the start. 
• Helps prevent future behaviour issues through early guidance.

Common challenges:

• Short attention spans, keep training sessions to 1-3 minutes. 
• Mouthiness and nipping, especially when overtired or teething. 
• Training inconsistency, skills need reinforcement throughout life. 
• Easily distracted, especially in busy environments. 
• Developing impulse control, so patience and calm behaviour take time. 
• Limited bladder control, meaning accidents and frequent breaks are normal.

From 6 months onward, dogs enter their teenage phase; a normal but challenging period filled with big physical and emotional changes. You may see new fears, reactivity, or moments where your dog seems to stop listening.

Routine, good habits, and stepping in when your dog feels overwhelmed are key to getting through this stage.

Our Teenage Dog Training Course gives you the tools to understand these changes, manage behaviours, and keep your bond strong throughout adolescence.

Benefits of training an adolescent dog:

• Better learning capacity as their brains mature. 
• More physical ability and energy for fun, skill-building activities. 
• Strengthens your bond during a big developmental stage. 
• Reinforces earlier training and prevents habits from slipping. 
• Builds emotional resilience through structure and consistency.

Common challenges:

• “Selective hearing” - really just distractions and curiosity taking over. 
• Big emotions that can lead to overarousal or exaggerated reactions. 
• Testing boundaries and ignoring cues they previously knew. 
• High distractibility in new or stimulating environments. 
• Energy spikes that make calm behaviour harder. 
• Fear periods causing temporary sensitivity.

Things begin to slow down in the adult dogs life stage. Hormones start to settle, behaviours start to reduce in severity, and the training that has previously been done has helped them grow into a well rounded dog. Dogs are creatures of habit, and although things may feel easier now this is where training tends to fall to the wayside and can lead to bad habits and routines forming. 

While adult dog's don't need as much support or guidance as a puppy or adolescent dog does, an adult dog still needs to stay consistent with their training to avoid it being forgotten or completely lost.

Benefits of training an adult dog

• More stable hormones, making focus and calm behaviour easier. 
• Greater impulse control compared to puppies or teens. 
• Stronger attention span, allowing longer and more effective training sessions. 
• Clearer preferences and personality, making it easier to tailor training. 
• Reliable learning ability adult, dogs can pick up new skills just as well as younger dogs.

Common challenges:

• Established habits, good or unwanted, may take longer to adjust. 
• Harder to undo undesirable behaviours, but change is absolutely possible with consistency. 
• Lower motivation in some dogs, especially if they have had little training in the past. 
• Less flexible routines, making new patterns slower to form.
• Need for ongoing consistency to maintain and build good habits.