Puppy Training- What 99% of People Get Wrong

The best way to confuse a puppy is to send him mixed messages. if you bring home a new puppy you need to set some ground rules even before you get it home ans stick to them. this will ensure your puppy both respects you and does what he is told.

If you have ever brought a new puppy home you will know the joy and excitement it can bring to a home.

You might also know that after the novelty of having a new puppy wares off, sometimes it can be tough to handle a puppy. They can be full of energy usually even after you have run out of energy yourself.

Sometimes it can all get too much trying to control an unruly puppy who won't listen to anything you say.

Know what your doing

It helps to know what you're doing. To know why your puppy isn't obeying your commands. Most of the time it is because you have already done a lot of damage in the first couple of weeks since bringing your new puppy home.

Yes it's hard to chastise a cute little puppy. So you let him get away with a few things. Chewing on your old socks, jumping up on the sofa or biting you when you play with him. But these are bad habits that you are teaching a new puppy are alright to do. For you to then turn around a month later and try to teach it some manners will prove to be very hard work.

Getting in there and doing it right from the start can save you time, money and your sanity.

It is very confusing for a puppy to be allowed to get away with murder in the first few weeks and months. Then, all of a sudden, the things that were ok before, even encouraged are now things that he is scolded for. There is a lot more work in trying to un-teach than teach properly from the beginning.

If you allow your puppy to jump up on the sofa for the first 3 weeks you have him home how will he know not to do it when he gets bigger?

The best plan is to give your puppy some sort of formal training from a very early age. Sometimes people wait a few weeks or even a few months then they enrol their puppy in puppy school because they have lost the ability to control him or they think the puppy is now "ready" for training because they have reached 2 months old. The truth is that they will never need puppy school if they are taught well from the beginning.
It is never too late but you give yourself a bigger challenge if you wait this long.

Puppy school can be expensive and time consuming. So get your hands on some documentation from the professionals and start training your puppy from the beginning. I'm sure you will have great times with your puppy for many years as you watch him grow from a puppy into your best friend.

You can complicate things further for yourself if you try to so it on your own. There are some great professional resources that step you through every stage of your puppy's development. This is one of the best and most comprehensive I have found. Save yourself a lot of time and frustration obedience course