The next step we suggest in this course, is watching any of the below videos, or reading the relevant chapters in our attached Puppy Training Guide Ebook, that relate to any of the common puppy behaviours your puppy may be exhibiting.

In this module, you will find methods for the management and training of a range of common puppy behaviours such as:

- Biting

- Jumping Up

- Chewing & Digging

- Barking

- Separation Related Anxiety

As well as information on:

- Toilet Training

- Crate Training

- Puppy Pen Training

- Managing Multi-Dog Households

This Socialisation Module is for EVERY puppy owner! 

Your puppy's CRITICAL SOCIALISATION PERIOD is between roughly 8-16 weeks of age.

If your puppy is in this age group, then we recommend reading the attached SOCIALISATION EBook, and watching the videos ASAP, to ensure that you start socialising your puppy correctly before they are 16 weeks of age.

If your puppy is over 16 weeks of age, then they will still greatly benefit from the implementation of correct socialisation. These socialisation activities are also required to help your puppy with any behaviour issues such as fear or reactivity, that may have occurred from lack of correct socialisation during it's missed Critical Socialisation Period.

You will find additional practical activities through the weekly lessons, on habituation to sounds & machinery, and building confidence, which are also all part of your pup's socialisation.

This is your first week of practical skills training for your puppy.  The main focus is on building relationship and engagement with your puppy, especially when they are on the lead and out in public, as well as a clear reward and communication system. 

Spending time on these basics this week and over the next few months, will help set a solid foundation for all further training with your puppy, both now and throughout their adult life. 

Exposure to sounds, collar handling, Come when Called (Recall), and how to use PLAY as an appropriate outlet for biting and chewing, as well as build relationship, 

Introduction to walking on the lead, Place Training, confidence building and exploring the use of food toys that provide an appropriate outlet for biting, mouthing & chewing

Progress your puppy's loose leash walking, learn a new tug game to further build engagement and mental stimulation, teach the DOWN command, how to teach puppy to relax into restraint, 

Learn impulse control, and conditioning to touch and grooming, as well as progress your puppy's recall on a long lead, and add distance-stay to your PLACE training

Let's work on sit-stay and down-stay this week, as well as adding distractions to your pup's recall, and build confidence with the Muzzle Game