This video covers what I believe to be the 10 most essential behaviors to begin training your puppy in the first week that you bring your puppy home.



Video tutorial on what to train your puppy first depending on their behavior and personality:
   • What to Train Your Puppy First  

The top 10 behaviors to train in the first week along with socialization and toilet training:

1. Reinforce playing with toys and chewing chews
The beginning of this video on mouthing and biting:    • Stop puppy biting with handling games  

2. Attention game and the Attention noise
Attention game:    • The Attention Game!  
Attention noise:    • The Attention Noise  Puppy Training  

3. Recall – Come when called

   • COME when CALLED  First training ses...  

4. Reinforcing walking with you at your side Proactive leash training    • STOP Leash Walking Problems BEFORE th...  

5. Harness and leash games:    • What to do FIRST  Getting Started wi...  

6. Calm settle    • The Calm Settle  for dogs and puppies  

7. Go in pen or crate, the beginning of separation training
Go in crate:    • Teach Go in Your Crate   Separation training:    • Separation Training for Puppies and A...  

8. Follow a treat lure calmly and take treats nicely
   • What to do in FIRST training session ...  

9. No biting – movement, Handling Grooming
Handling and grooming:    • Handling and Grooming for PUPPIES  S...  
Biting clothes:    • STOP puppy BITING clothes  
Mouthing and biting:    • Stop puppy biting with handling games  

10. Drop a chew stick – to prevent learning to run away or guard    • Preventing Resource Guarding in Puppi...  


For house training and socialization see these in depth tutorials:
House training:    • Housetraining 101  
Video tutorial on socializing a puppy:
   • Puppy Socialization Guide  the BEST ...  
Socializing a puppy during Covid:    • Socializing a Puppy During the Pandemic  

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