![]() ![]() A few sessions a day is fine, but make sure they’re purely positive. Five minutes per session will do nicely to start with. One of my top puppy training tips is also the simplest: keep it short. ![]() But with simple tasks such as puppy recall. ![]() Should you start training your puppy as soon as you get them home? There are surprises in store for first-time puppy owners: Labradors, famously easy going dogs in adult life, can be little devils as puppies. Yes, and some individual puppies are trickier to train than others. Are some dog breeds easier to train than others? Top puppy tip: download a socialisation checklist from the internet as a start point and add things your puppy will experience in your specific environment. Puppies need to experience a huge range of smells, sights and sounds. Although it’s not safe to let them walk on the ground until their vaccinations are in force (check with your vet), it’s a good idea to take them out by carrying them or popping out for a brief trip in the car to see the world. That includes what’s normal (and not) as well as how to behave nicely. Puppy socialisation is the process of teaching them what to expect in life. Great question! It’s so much more than being sociable with other dogs or people, although that’s an important part. It’s a sobering thought that many of the dog behaviour problems I help owners resolve in later life trace back to poor puppy socialisation. Leave it later, on the other hand, and you’re missing out on precious weeks for imprinting socialisation memories. Much younger, and there’s a risk that they don't learn enough from mother. I’ve had a puppy at seven weeks and he was fine. From personal experience, I’d say seven to eight weeks is ideal. My top puppy training tips always start with this question. Is there an ideal age for a puppy to be taken from their mother? Some say before eight weeks can be damaging. Programme makers love him and we interrupted his filming schedule for the latest series of Dogs Behaving Very Badly to ask him a few puppy-focussed questions. Based in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, The Dogfather Graeme Hall travels all over the country helping people with puppy training, dog training and dog behaviour problems. ![]()
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