Puppy Socials at Atlas Paws

Safe, structured socialization for growing puppies

Puppy Socials give your puppy the chance to explore, play, and learn social skills in a carefully supervised, indoor environment, during the most important developmental window of their life.

Supervised by me personally, Puppy Socials focus on quality social experiences, not chaos. Puppies learn how to interact appropriately with other dogs, build confidence around new people and environments, all while having fun.

It’s intentional, thoughtful socialization designed to set puppies up for lifelong success

Puppy Socials are ideal for:

Puppies under 6 months of age
Shy or sensitive puppies who need gentle exposure
Confident puppies who need to learn polite play
Families who want to prevent future behaviour issues

Why Puppy Socials Matter

The first few months of a puppy’s life are a once-in-a-lifetime learning window.

During this period, puppies need positive, safe exposure to:

Other puppies and dogs
Different people
Sounds, surfaces, handling, and movement
Being calm around excitement

Puppies who participate in socials are less likely to struggle with fear, reactivity, and anxiety later in life.

How it Works

Open enrollment – start anytime
Open to all puppies, even if you’re not enrolled in training classes
Pre-registration required so we can review age and vaccination records
Each session is trainer-led and closely supervised
Sessions include guided play, calm breaks, and confidence-building exposure

$ 30

Certified professional trainer supervision
Force-free, science-based approach
Small, carefully managed groups
Clean, indoor facility
Focus on confidence, consent, and emotional safety
Ideal complement to Puppy School or private training

Popular

Location

Atlas Paws

161 Spadina Ave.
(Spadina & Queen)

Schedule

Sundays @ 1pm

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Testimonials

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Amrit, Shalin & Lilah

Anji is magic, I've never seen someone as a stranger enter my home and my dog just does what she says, our dog, Lilah, who had been rambunctiously demand barking before she met Anji, somehow turned into a quite and obedient dog inside the house in 4 sessions.
Anji is very knowledgeable and teaches you how to train your dog and works with both, the owners and the dog. Anji never used force or harsh corrections, and she taught Lilah to follow commands with such ease and love, just her presence is somehow enough for dogs to just understand what we want and expect.
Thanks you so much Anji for being the best teacher for our naughty Lilah. We got the basic training but I am sure we will reach out soon for some more advanced stuff, best dog trainer in Toronto! <3

Angela & Arlo

We absolutely loved Anji Barton! Her expertise and guidance on positive reinforcement training for reactive dogs was excellent. Her was very clear and encouraging in training us to training our dog = we had been at wits end for seeing any improvement. Anji gave us both hope that things could change and a map to make this change. We would highly recommend Anji.

Peter, Matt & Toast

Anji is caring and considerate, offering a tailored plan for our dog Toast, as well as a training plan and resources for work to do in-between sessions. We saw a big improvement from our 4 session package with Toast’s temperament, polite greeting, loose leash walking, manners, and recall. We will definitely sign up for further lessons. It’s very convenient that anji comes to our condo and sees our dog in our environment. I can tell she really cares for our dog, and vice versa. The price point is well worth it for individual lessons, in your own home.

Michelle & Summer

Anji is fantastic. Her professionalism, patience, techniques and her pure love of dogs was evident in each visit. She made sure we understood each new technique, but was always available for extra support. After each visit, Anji sent us additional tips, tricks and Google links for our use. Our puppy Summer was a handful at times, but Anji was always in control. She just had a way of calming her down to focus. We will continue to be consistent in using Anji’s techniques as we already see a huge difference in Summer’s behaviour. I highly recommend Anji’s services.

Yeseul, Andres & Oli

We had the doggo manner package class with Anji and the outcome is amazing! What we really liked about her training is, she will make the training plan very personal. She will communicate with us what we would like to work on and make the plan as we progress in the training. She was also very quick to respond to our questions besides the training session and sent us lots of tips and videos that you can watch at home. Also, her way of training is very gentle and calm which we really appreciate. If anyone is looking for a trainer who enforces positive dog trainer that works, we would definitely suggest you to go for it!