Comprehensive Puppy Wellness and Training
Comprehensive Puppy Wellness and Training
Comprehensive Puppy Wellness and Training
Our collaborative Puppy Wellness and Training Sessions combine Second Stride's expertise in veterinary physiotherapy with EchoTrack K9's proven training methodologies. Give your puppy the best start in life. Enrol today and watch them thrive!
Our collaborative Puppy Wellness and Training Sessions combine Second Stride's expertise in veterinary physiotherapy with EchoTrack K9's proven training methodologies. Give your puppy the best start in life. Enrol today and watch them thrive!
What Our Training Sessions Include
Our Services
Comprehensive physiotherapy services for both equine and small animals
Puppy Socialising
Introduce your puppy to a world of positive interactions in a safe, controlled environment. Through guided playdates and group activities, we help them build social skills, reduce fear of new experiences, and prevent future behavioral issues. Perfect for creating a confident, well-adjusted companion who loves meeting people and other dogs.
Puppy Socialising
Introduce your puppy to a world of positive interactions in a safe, controlled environment. Through guided playdates and group activities, we help them build social skills, reduce fear of new experiences, and help reduce the risk of future behavioural issues. Perfect for creating a confident, well-adjusted companion who loves meeting people and other dogs.
Puppy Obedience
Lay the foundation for a lifetime of good manners with our beginner-friendly obedience training. Puppies learn essential commands like sit, stay, and come through fun, reward-based methods. This service empowers owners with tools to manage everyday behaviors, ensuring a harmonious home and stronger communication between you and your pup.
Puppy Obedience
Lay the foundation for a lifetime of good manners with our beginner-friendly obedience training. Puppies learn essential commands like sit, stay, and recall through fun, reward-based methods. This service empowers owners with tools to manage everyday behaviors, ensuring a harmonious home and stronger communication between you and your pup.
Confidence Building
Boost your puppy's self-assurance with tailored exercises that tackle common fears and insecurities. From navigating obstacles to gentle exposure to novel stimuli, we focus on building resilience and bravery. Ideal for shy or anxious pups, this program helps them approach life with enthusiasm, reducing stress and enhancing overall well-being.
Confidence Building
Boost your puppy's self-assurance with tailored exercises that tackle common fears and insecurities. From navigating obstacles to gentle exposure to novel stimuli, we focus on building resilience and bravery. Ideal for shy or anxious pups, this program helps them approach life with enthusiasm, reducing stress and enhancing overall well-being.
Puppy Conditioning
Enhance your puppy's physical fitness with age-appropriate conditioning routines. Our sessions include light strength-building, flexibility exercises, and endurance activities to support healthy growth and prevent injuries. Backed by veterinary physiotherapy insights, this service promotes strong muscles, joints, and coordination for an active, pain-free life ahead.
Puppy Conditioning
Enhance your puppy's physical fitness with age-appropriate conditioning routines. Our sessions include light strength-building, flexibility exercises, and endurance activities to support healthy growth and prevent injuries. Backed by veterinary physiotherapy insights, this service promotes strong muscles, joints, and coordination for an active, pain-free life ahead.
Puppy Body Awareness
Teach your puppy to understand and control their body movements through interactive proprioception games and sensory challenges. This builds better balance, agility, and spatial awareness, crucial for avoiding accidents and excelling in future activities like agility or sports. Watch your pup gain precision in every step!
Puppy Body Awareness
Teach your puppy to understand and control their body movements through interactive proprioception games and sensory challenges. This builds better balance, agility, and spatial awareness, crucial for avoiding accidents and excelling in future activities like agility or sports. Watch your pup gain precision in every step!
Owner Education for Lifelong Health
Empower yourself with knowledge to support your puppy's health throughout their life. Covering nutrition, preventive care, early warning signs of issues, and home exercises, this session equips you with practical tips from experts at Second Stride and EchoTrack K9. Become a proactive partner in your dog's wellness journey.
Owner Education for Lifelong Health
Empower yourself with knowledge to support your puppy's health throughout their life. Covering nutrition, preventive care, early warning signs of issues, and home exercises, this session equips you with practical tips from experts at Second Stride and EchoTrack K9. Become a proactive partner in your dog's wellness journey.
Our Instructors
Meet Léa
The visionary behind Second Stride Veterinary Physiotherapy, has nurtured a lifelong love for animals that inspired her to complete a BSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy at Equine-Librium College in 2024. She focuses on crafting bespoke rehabilitation programs suited to every animal's specific requirements, partnering hand-in-hand with owners to deliver exceptional results. By fostering teamwork and sharing valuable insights, Léa is committed to elevating the health and happiness of each pet she cares for.
Qualifications
BSc Veterinery Physiotherapy (ELC)
SAVC Registered Practioneer
The visionary behind Second Stride Veterinary Physiotherapy, has nurtured a lifelong love for animals that inspired her to complete a BSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy at Equine-Librium College in 2024.
She focuses on crafting bespoke rehabilitation programs suited to every animal's specific requirements, partnering hand-in-hand with owners to deliver exceptional results. By fostering teamwork and sharing valuable insights, Léa is committed to elevating the health and happiness of each pet she cares for.
Qualifications
BSc Veterinery Physiotherapy (ELC)
SAVC Registered Practioneer
The visionary behind Second Stride Veterinary Physiotherapy, has nurtured a lifelong love for animals that inspired her to complete a BSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy at Equine-Librium College in 2024. She focuses on crafting bespoke rehabilitation programs suited to every animal's specific requirements, partnering hand-in-hand with owners to deliver exceptional results. By fostering teamwork and sharing valuable insights, Léa is committed to elevating the health and happiness of each pet she cares for.
Qualifications
BSc Veterinery Physiotherapy (ELC)
SAVC Registered Practioneer
Meet Courtney
Proud owner of Echotrack K9 Training & Kennels, where her deep passion for animals drives her work in canine behaviour and training. A dedicated Belgian Malinois enthusiast, Courtney volunteers her expertise—alongside her loyal canine partner—to assist local law enforcement.
She is also the local agent for Rawvolution Dog Food, promoting natural, high-quality nutrition for dogs, and a representative for War Dog Tactical Equipment, supplying durable, professional-grade training gear for working and sporting dogs.
Qualifications
Diploma in Canine Behaviour and Training
DipCABT, DH5 Sasseta, and PSIRA.
Proud owner of Echotrack K9 Training & Kennels, where her deep passion for animals drives her work in canine behaviour and training. A dedicated Belgian Malinois enthusiast, Courtney volunteers her expertise—alongside her loyal canine partner—to assist local law enforcement.
She is also the local agent for Rawvolution Dog Food, promoting natural, high-quality nutrition for dogs, and a representative for War Dog Tactical Equipment, supplying durable, professional-grade training gear for working and sporting dogs.
Qualifications
Diploma in Canine Behaviour and Training
DipCABT, DH5 Sasseta, and PSIRA.
Proud owner of Echotrack K9 Training & Kennels, where her deep passion for animals drives her work in canine behaviour and training. A dedicated Belgian Malinois enthusiast, Courtney volunteers her expertise—alongside her loyal canine partner—to assist local law enforcement.
She is also the local agent for Rawvolution Dog Food, promoting natural, high-quality nutrition for dogs, and a representative for War Dog Tactical Equipment, supplying durable, professional-grade training gear for working and sporting dogs.
Qualifications
Diploma in Canine Behaviour and Training
DipCABT, DH5 Sasseta, and PSIRA.
FAQ
What age is suitable for these sessions?
What age is suitable for these sessions?
What age is suitable for these sessions?
How long are the sessions and how often do they run?
How long are the sessions and how often do they run?
How long are the sessions and how often do they run?
Are the trainers certified?
Are the trainers certified?
Are the trainers certified?
What if my puppy has special needs or health concerns?
What if my puppy has special needs or health concerns?
What if my puppy has special needs or health concerns?
How do I enrol?
How do I enrol?
How do I enrol?
Contact Us
Puppy Wellness Contact Details
Lea's Cell: +27 73 373 6931
Courtney's Cell: +27 79 219 5450
EchoTrack K9 Kennels,
N2 (Across from Harkerville Market),
Plettenberg Bay,
Western Cape, South Africa