New Puppy Schedule

We hope you find these tips helpful with your new puppy.

FIRST POTTY OF THE MORNING:

Your puppy wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30 AM.

• Take them right out of cage (but don’t talk to them).
• Take them to the spot you would like them to go potty.
• Put them on grass area- back and forth saying to them “Hurry, go potty”.
• As soon as they squat, say “Good puppy goes potty outside!”
• Then let them run around for a little while.

FEEDING TIME:
When your puppy comes back into the house, it is feeding time. Food is put down for 15 minutes. Whatever they do not eat gets picked up.  About 15 to 30 minutes afterward, they will need to go outside to go poopy.

POTTY SCHEDULE:

Puppy will need to go outside after the following:

• first thing in the morning
• after eating am & pm
• waking up from a nap
• playing excessively
• coming out of the crate

Example of Puppy Schedules

The signs of having to go potty are sniffing and circling around. When you CANNOT be with your puppy, they need to go into the crate or playpen.

Puppy can choke on bones, stuffed toys, beds and blankets! So be careful about what you put in their enclosure with them.

BEDTIME:

Bedtime for puppy is 10-10:30 PM. Again, they must go potty outside before going into their enclosure.  When you put them back into their enclosure for the night and they cry, you tell them in a low and (serious) voice “NO - QUIET!”

If puppy still cries in the crate, then you can tap the top of the crate and again in a low voice say
“NO - QUIET!”

Here is a post about puppy crying that might be helpful if your puppy won’t be quiet.

NOT INTO THE CRATE IDEA?

TRY POOCHIE BELLS OR BOTH EVEN…

3 step training instructions

• STEP ONE – INTRODUCTION – Hang PoochieBells inside the house on a doorknob or hook next to the door your dog exits to go out and leave it there so it is accessible at all times for your dog to ring.
• STEP TWO – ASSOCIATION – Every time you let your dog out to potty, bring the dog to the bells to sniff, ring them, and state a command such as “Outside, ring your bells!”, praise the dog, then take him/her out to potty. We do not recommend playing with or giving the dog a treat at that time. You want him/her to associate ringing the bells with potty time only.\
• STEP THREE - PRAISE AND REPEAT – Throughout conditioning, continue your command, be consistent and praise your dog for their attention and wanted behavior. Consistency is key.

BUY POOCHIE BELLS ON AMAZON HERE!

LEASH TRAINING

For leash training- let puppy drag the leash around so puppy gets used to having the weight pulling on the collar.  Then, once puppy feels comfortable, you can pick up the leash in your hand and start walking with puppy.

For additional tips, visit our GENERAL TIPS section.

Recommended Puppy Books

Everybody dreams of having a perfect dog – one that is happy, healthy, well-balanced, and socializes well with other animals and people. Cesar Millan shows you how to make this dream a reality in “Raising the Perfect Puppy.”

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