The Modern Guide to Puppy Routines
A day your puppy can rely on
When families come to me with toilet accidents, night-time crying, evening nipping or a puppy who won't settle, the first thing I ask for is their puppy's day. Very often, the routine is the problem, and fixing it makes a lot of other problems shrink.
This guide takes you from day one to a year old. It gives you a sample day for young puppies, shows how the routine changes as your puppy grows, and covers sleep, bedtime, toilet trips, nipping, play, training and health care, with a six-week plan to follow.
I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd explain it if we were sat at your kitchen table together.
What's inside
Why routine matters, and why the order beats the clock
Day one, the first nights and the first week
A sample day for puppies of eight to twelve weeks
How the routine changes from twelve weeks to a year
Sleep, nap signals, children and a bedtime routine
Toilet trips, nipping, play, enrichment and training time
A six-week plan, and health care in the routine
Pages to print and keep
A daily routine planner for the fridge
The six-week plan
A health record for vet visits
Why this guide is different
It covers the whole first year, from the first weeks onwards
The times are examples, so it fits any family
Sleep is built in from the start
It never uses punishment or telling off
It's built on games plus structure, with reward-based training
Who it's for
Families getting ready for a new puppy, families in the first weeks, and anyone whose puppy's day feels like guesswork, wherever they live.
What you get
A 49-page PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer, and print the pages at the back.
