Bringing your new
puppy home for the very first time can be full of mixed emotions. You
are excited because you have a new member of the family, but then you
realize that you need to train your puppy and you start to feel a bit
overwhelmed.
The first week is the most important. It is
here that you will lay the foundation for all your puppy's training
efforts. Training a puppy correctly from the start
will make things much easier on your entire family.
Make sure you have all the supplies you
need, which will be a crate, bowls for food and water, a leash and
collar and some toys for your puppy to play with.
Don't let the excitement and emotions of
having a brand new puppy make you forget your routine or break the
rules that you have set out for your puppy to follow. For example,
don't let your puppy jump around everyone because she is excited, she
needs to know from the beginning that this type of behavior is not
allowed.
If you forget the rules and let the puppy
run wild the excitement wears off very quickly and suddenly you find
yourself with stains all over your nice carpet. This is certainly not
your puppy's fault, she is just a baby who was taken from her mother
and placed in a strange environment.
Remember that your puppy will need a lot of
sleep, just like a human baby. So make sure to give her a nice quiet
space to call her own.
Crate training your puppy is a great way to
get off to a successful start. We have plenty of articles here to get
you started in training a puppy quickly and easily.
If you need even more help, we recommend you
check out Dog Train Academy. It is an all
online dog training academy
and is shockingly affordable at under ten bucks a month. It is a small
price to pay to make sure your puppy has the best training possible.