Puppy training guides
The handouts from our puppy classes, rewritten for reading at home. The same advice our trainers have given in person since 2004, free to preview with no account.
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Alone-time training
Puppies aren't born knowing how to be alone: build it from day one with dozens of tiny practice absences, plus the drag-line trick that makes house freedom safe.
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Puppy socialization
Raise a confident, easygoing dog: what the socialization window really means, how to introduce new things the right way, and a full checklist of people, sounds, surfaces, and places to cover.
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Puppy developmental stages
A stage-by-stage map from birth to maturity: what's normal at every age, what to avoid, and exactly when to keep that leash on.
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Ready to train, not just read?
Puppy Foundations turns these guides into a day-by-day plan: short video exercises, a few minutes a day, from first steps to confident manners.
