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Experience across 80+ breeds and every personality.

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Meet Cara Putnam

Professional Dog Trainer/Instructor

Cara Putnam is a Professional Dog Trainer/Instructor with over 20 years of in-person experience. She’s personally guided more than 2,000 families and logged more than 10,000+ hands-on hours across 80+ breeds. At her business Cara Putnam‘s Crossroads School of Dog Training, she has earned a reputation of offering solid programs that people keep coming back for. She has real proven expertise AND a passion for helping people start puppies off right. Using methods that puppies understand instantly, she transforms the usual puppy chaos—nipping, potty accidents, jumping, and wild energy—into improved, confident, lifelong good manners. As creator

of the Puppy Foundations Academy at Puppy Training Depot, Cara gives new puppy parents her proven step-by-step system for fast house-training, gentle mouths, confident socialization, and a good start to obedience, so you can enjoy the happy, well-behaved dog you’ve always wanted without the stress or guesswork.

Struggling with Common Puppy Problems?

OUR ONLINE PUPPY TRAINING WILL HELP YOU SOLVE & PREVENT COMMON PUPPY PROBLEMS LIKE..

Potty training accidents

Resistance to crate training

Jumping up people or furniture

Unruly Puppies

Digging in the yard

Pulling on leashes

Growling, Biting, Barking

Excessive and destructive chewing

Separation anxiety

PUPPY FOUNDATIONS ACADEMY

"From First Bark to Forever Friend"

Designed for puppies 10 weeks to 18 weeks old

Video Training

Watch Cara demonstrate each technique with real puppies

8 Week Program

One module per week keeps training manageable and effective

WAG Webinars

In-depth topics covering common puppy challenges

Proven Methods

50 years of time-tested training techniques

By The End of This Program, You Will Have:

Everything you need to give your puppy a solid foundation in basic obedience and socialization

Potty & Crate Training

Master proper potty training and crate training techniques for a well-adjusted puppy

Leash Walking

Teach your puppy to walk nicely on a leash without pulling

Essential Commands

Learn sit, break, come, down, stay, heel, and drop it - all down pat!

Proper Socialization

Build confidence and trust through strategic field trip checklists

TESTIMONIALS

What others are saying

"Cara classes started my puppy out right. ALL of her advice and skills were helpful to

me in starting my puppy’s training. She told me I really need to socialize my pup as

she's a Rottweiler, and to take her everywhere I go like, Lowes, Home Depot, etc.. The

leash training worked well to start her walking nicely on a leash. The overall experience

of her classes were so important. I highly recommend Cara. She is very knowledgeable."-Warnick, Rottweiler puppy

"Training my pup early helped lay a solid foundation for how to work with my dog. I went

into the class thinking it was all for the benefit of my dog, but realized that I was really

the one being trained and once I knew what to ask of my dog and how to ask it, my dog

could understand what I wanted and would (usually) respond correctly." - T. Springs, Rough Coat Collie puppy

"After attending training classes with Cara my puppy was more disciplined and learned

early on what was acceptable and what was not. He is very well mannered because he

went through the training and gained the knowledge and tools necessary to succeed.

The most important thing I learned was how to communicate with my dog in a way that

he is able to understand and follow. The most useful command I learned was “stay”.

Being able to walk away and getting him to stay where I left him without him getting up

and moving around has been great!" - M. Griffel , Malinois mix puppy

"Training my puppy early was a great benefit as it allowed my dog and me to open up

lines of communication early. We didn't have any bad habits to break down the road.

Honestly, the part of training that helped the most was learning about how to be a better

owner for my dog. We were both in training to connect with each other and learn

together. One thing I found very helpful was learning that my dog doesn't understand

what we are saying but rather we have to show them and teach them what we want. We

can just get mad at them when they don't understand it not their fault they don't

know, it our job to teach them." - C.W. Forrest, Golden Doodle puppy

Make All The Difference

Going through our 8 modules (or 8 weeks) makes all the difference between correcting months of poor behaviors and starting your pup off on the right paw from day one! All from the comfort of your own home and neighborhood.