Teaching Tucker – Training your new puppy - Part 1
As soon as your new puppy arrives in your arms, it’s all go!
There is so much to achieve and it’s best introduce good habits in the first few months.
The first stage to raising a new pup is to start routines.tuckers_tum.jpg
- Establish sleeping, toileting, feeding and training routines
- Be calm and consistent when handling your puppy, so he quickly learns to trust you.
- Socialise your puppy in dynamic but safe environments
- Keep you pup stimulated with toys and short but fun training sessions.
Training your pup Stage 1.
Introduce the collar and lead – it’s really just a matter of popping an appropriate collar on your pup – not too tight and not too loose. Then allow the pup to wear the collar and get used to it – at first he will scratch at it allot. But the novelty will soon wear off.
As for the lead, let the pup wonder around with the lead attached to the collar once again getting used to the feel of it.
Pick up the lead (don’t tug or pull on the lead – this will encourage the pup to fight back) then in a very perky encouraging voice ask your pup to come to you, when he does give him a pat or a treat, then move away a step and ask the pup to come again, give him another pat or treat and so on. If you your pup tries to walk away from you don’t tug or pull the lead just stand still for a moment while he finds his boundaries, ask him again to come. He will very quickly learn that moving forward with you is fun and rewarding and that tantrums and trying to get away get him nowhere.
Remember to use a happy and enthusiastic voice. Treats may also distract the pup from throwing tantrums.
Begin to teach the “sit” command.
Hold a treat in your hand; let the pup sniff it, once the pup is interested raise the treat up over the pup’s head, as he follows the treat with his nose he will plop down backwards into a sit. As the pup sits say the word “sit” followed by good boy and allow him the treat.
Very quickly the pup will associate the command “sit” with the action “sit”.
It’s that easy!