Training a puppy is key to raising a healthy dog, but above all so that living with your new companion at home and in the street develops under optimal conditions. It is very important to train a puppy during the learning stage. We tell you some tips to follow to give it the best.
The importance of the first months
Indeed, this stage has to do with learning the basic concepts that your pet will naturalise both in its relationship with people and with other animals. In fact, if a disorder occurs while it is still a puppy in its perception of these associations, it will later be harder for you to get it to overcome that trauma.
Firstly, remember that it is worth the little one being with its mother and the rest of the litter during its first eight weeks of life. This will be the turning point for bringing it home. During the first months of life puppies acquire instinctive learning, alongside their relatives, that we people cannot give them.
What we can do during this time is to gather materials to ensure good care for our pets. We are referring, for example, to the utensils for their rest, cleaning, play, and so on.
Below we give you some practical examples on how to train a puppy in a timely way. Take note of them and, if you need help, remember that you will always be able to count on the advice of dog trainers, who specialise in encouraging or redirecting dogs’ behaviour patterns.
Teaching it to stay alone
One of the fears when leaving a little dog alone is that when you return home everything is in a mess. And, in the worst case, chewed. To avoid these behaviours resulting from the anxiety your absence causes it, we advise you to get your pet used to being alone little by little. Gradually increase its times of solitude at home. Buying it toys will help it not to get stressed and to satisfy its urge to chew with them. It must never play by biting your hand. Above all, teach it to let go of objects.
Doing its business when and where it should
Firstly, get it used to setting aside a place in the house for this purpose. It will be essential that its surface differs from that of the rest of the house. Once it is ready to go out into the street, set schedules and routes that make its body and mind work like clockwork to do its business.
Let’s do the walk together
In this respect, do not start with a lead that is too long or too flexible. Practise at home and get the animal to adapt to the movements with which you instruct it. Remember that the street is full of stimuli for it, and it will be very attentive to all of them.
Turn it into a healthy member of the family
Apply this care to your puppy and it will grow up in a framework of wellbeing for your family and for itself. It is important that it learns to face everyday situations naturally and to relate normally. Only then will it become one more member of the family and live happily with you.
