The Modern Guide to the Calm Puppy
Teaching your puppy to settle
The question I hear most from families with a new puppy is how to get them to calm down. A puppy who can't switch off is exhausting to live with, and often exhausted themselves. The nipping, zoomies and wild evenings usually have the same answer underneath: more rest and a puppy who knows how to settle.
This guide shows you how much sleep your puppy needs, how to set up your home and your day for calm, and how to teach a settle on cue, step by step. Then it takes the settle into real life, from the car to cafés and visitors, and shows you what to do when your puppy is wound up.
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
What settling really is, and how much sleep puppies need
The signs of an overtired puppy, and what to do about them
A calm space, a routine and the right kind of busy
Rewarding calm moments and ending play calmly
Teaching a settle on a mat, step by step
Settling at home, in the car, out and about and with visitors
Switching off after excitement, and when to get help
Pages to print and keep
A calm diary to track progress
A quick-reference page
Why this guide is different
It starts with sleep, the thing most families miss
Calm is taught as a skill, step by step, so you're never left hoping for it
Every step is short and doable in a busy day
It never uses punishment or telling off
It's built on games plus structure, with reward-based training
Who it's for
Families with a puppy who struggles to settle, nips when tired or goes wild in the evenings, and anyone who'd like a puppy who can relax at home and out and about, wherever they live.
What you get
A 40-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.
