Puppy Essentials

• Your puppy is using the house as his own personal port-o-let.
• He jumps on everyone and is confused about why you don’t like it.
• He bits pants, feet, hands, ponytails, and anything else within his reach.
• He appears to change his name on a daily basis and ignores you when you use the name you’d originally given him.
• The only command he responds to is the sound of the box of dog treats being shaken.
• People who want to visit ask “will the puppy be there?” (and not in a good way).
• Your kids are afraid of the puppy and so are their friends. (These are the same children who begged you non-stop for 5 years about getting a puppy in the first place).
• You wonder if everyone’s puppy only sleeps for 20 minutes in a 24-hr period of time.
• Your spouse comes home and sees the puppy sleeping (the first nap in the last 10 hours) and says “He seems easygoing to me”.
• You wonder why you agreed to this in the first place.
• Or, you have a great puppy (you lucky person!) that just needs to learn some manners and a few handy commands

If one of these scenarios sound familiar, don’t worry. We have solutions!

• Where to go to the bathroom (outside or indoors on the wee wee pads).
• To chew on authorized toys only.
• Ways to greet people that will be endearing, not fear-inducing.
• Social skills that include how to greet dogs in a way that will result in a fun time, instead of a fight.
• The basic commands in a puppy friendly way – sit, down, come when called, stay, walk on leash, stand, and more.
• How to go from grabbing, lunging, impulse driven to “Mother, may I?”

In short, we’ll help you to have a puppy who gets invited everywhere.