Our Puppy Training Options
8-Week Old Puppies
Price: $2,000
These are our youngest puppies, raised with Puppy Culture protocols from birth and ready to go home at the start of their critical learning period. From 3 to 12 weeks old, puppies enter a sensitive socialization window where early experiences (or the lack thereof) shape confidence, sociability, and behavioral development.
Pros of bringing your puppy home at 8 weeks:
- Early bonding and imprinting
- Full control over their environment and training
- A clean slate for experienced handlers
Cons to consider:
- Socialization, structure, crate/potty training, and desensitization fall entirely on you
- Risk of missed windows if you’re not ready to guide development
12-Week Puppy Culture Graduates
Price: $4,250
Puppies in this program remain with us through the entire critical socialization window and complete the full Puppy Culture curriculum, ensuring foundational confidence and environmental resilience.
They will be:
- Confident on a variety of surfaces, objects, and textures
- Desensitized to common sounds, consistent reinforcement patterns
- Comfortable riding in the car and entering new environments
- Exposed to crates, pens, and early household manners
- Introduced to age-appropriate tug and toy play
- Given early exposure to flirt poles, restrained recalls, and prey drive outlets
- Taught basic cues like sit, down, touch, and engagement games
- Socialized with neutral adult dogs and people under supervision
- Primed for training with marker cues and clear reward delivery
- Increased impulse control and focus around distractions
Best suited for:
Newer working dog handlers, serious hobbyists, or performance homes wanting a puppy with a solid training base and age-appropriate foundations in obedience, sport, and drive channeling. You’ll receive a well-prepared partner ready to advance into your training goals without starting from scratch.
16-Week Started Puppies
Price: $6,500
Puppies in this program receive everything included in the 12-week package, plus an additional month of daily training and sport-specific development.
At this stage, we layer in:
- Ongoing environmental exposure and structured field trips
- Reliable crate and house routines
- Strong foundation in leash walking, stationing/place, and duration work
- Advanced engagement and neutrality exercises
- Introduction to luring for sport heeling and basic position changes
- Prey drive and bite development through structured play, early targeting, and confidence-building exercises with sleeves, tugs, or rags
- Polished marker training with calm, confident social neutrality
- Crisp leash handling and heeling foundations
- Solid communication through markers and cues
- Ongoing confidence building through bite development and sport prep
- Stronger impulse control, environmental fluency, and travel experience
Best suited for:
Handlers wanting a more mature partner ready to begin formal training, or homes looking for a dog who already has structure, exposure, and the ability to settle in new environments.
6–8 Month Old Started Prospects
Price: Varies by dog and level of training
These are puppies we’ve continued to raise and develop into adolescence. By this point, they offer reliable obedience, more advanced structure, and sport/working foundations depending on the individual dog and training path.
Best suited for:
Experienced handlers, performance homes, or sport/working homes looking for a young prospect with a strong training foundation and additional maturity.
Which Puppy Is Right for You?
If you’re new to Malinois or working dogs, we typically don’t recommend bringing home an 8-week-old puppy unless you’re working closely with a trainer and fully prepared for that critical 3–12 week period.
Our 12-week and 16-week started puppies allow you to skip the riskiest developmental phase and bring home a partner who already has structure, confidence, and early foundations in place.