Puppy Training for First-Time Owners: A Calm, Reward-Based Week-by-Week Plan from 8 Weeks to 6 Months - Couverture souple

Whitmore, Dana

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3690488478 ISBN 13 : 9783690488471

Editeur : Lucid Page Media, 2026

Synopsis

Crying crate, sharp teeth, puddles on the rug: a calm, reward-based plan for your puppy's first six months.

It's 2 a.m., the crate is crying, and three websites give you three opposite answers. If you feel exhausted and afraid of getting it wrong, you are not failing. You need a plan you can trust. This puppy training book gives you one, from the first night home to six months, with no yelling, scruffing, or alpha rolls.

Each chapter opens with a moment you'll recognize: a chewed table leg, an ankle chase at dinner, a puppy who listens in the kitchen but not outside. Then it explains your puppy's side and gives you short, reward-based steps that fit into meals, toilet trips, and walks. The advice follows veterinary behavior guidance from groups like AVSAB and AAHA, and it says plainly where the evidence runs thin. A week-by-week calendar tells you what to practice now, and you can repeat a week without guilt.

What you take with you:

A calm first week: an easy arrival day, a first-night setup, and a day-by-day playbook.

House training that treats accidents as information, not disobedience, with trip timing, instant rewards, and a toilet log.

A crate your puppy walks into on their own, built step by step and never used as punishment.

Safe socialization during the window that matters, without risky dog parks or total isolation.

Softer puppy bites, fewer chewed shoes, and a quick way to tell what a bark is asking for.

Sit, stay, a recall your puppy wants to answer, and loose-leash walks with room to sniff.

The red flags that rule out a trainer, and why a seven-month-old who seems to forget everything is not starting over.

Start tonight with the crate setup, then follow one week at a time. You get a clear daily plan and a puppy who learns to trust you, not fear you.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lucid Page Media
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3690488478
• ISBN 13: 9783690488471
• Reliure: Copertina flessibile
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible