Your stress-free guide through the first 4 weeks of Puppy Life
Learn what to do with your puppy, day to day, in those early weeks, to try and provide the best quality learning at this early developmental stage and age.
Our printable, 4-week Puppy Training Day Planner workbook template will show you what a day looks like, in 15-minute intervals.
Download for A$11.99spreadsheet + pdf
A Day in the life of... Puppy
Successfully raising your puppy, will require a lot of patience and understanding.
For our young puppies between the age of 8 weeks and 16 weeks, these are the puppy priorities:
- Manage your puppy's environment to limit accidents and mistakes.
- Condition your puppy's emotional responses to novelty.
- Train your puppy to do specific behaviours on cue, and develop your puppy's understanding of what the most appropriate behaviour is depending on the circumstances.
Our Puppy Training Day Planner Workbook template puts these puppy priorities in the context of your 24h day, for your puppy's first four weeks at home.
Each week's worksheet contains one 24h day as a template.
- A 24h day divided into 15-minute segments.
- 4 consecutive weeks in your puppy's early development.
- Incl printable PDF File Download (40 page A4 document).
- Incl editable spreadsheet to customise your day.
- Incl blank day worksheet.
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Download Sample PDF file (6am to 9am from Week 1)
About
The Mindful Dog
At the Mindful Dog, we help you and your dog develop a healthy and happy relationship, so you can enjoy each other's company for many years to come.
We run puppy classes and loose leash walking workshops on Sydney's North Shore, as well as a separation anxiety dog training program.
In fact, this puppy training workbook is part of, and included in, our Puppy School curriculum.
As your qualified instructor, Radica will help you set the right priorities and put effective strategies in place to teach your puppy how to get it right.
Radica Raeves
CPDT-KA Certified Professional Dog Trainer
& Puppy Class Instructor.
Using This WorkBook as a Template
You Will Learn About :
Environment:
Where is puppy?
- Minimise mistakes
- Maximise success
- Remove temptations
- Limit options until capable
- Crate, Playpen,...
Activity:
What is puppy doing?
- Play time
- Nap time
- Toilet breaks
- Socialisation
- Training
- Feeding,...
Experience:
What is puppy learning?
- What should I chew?
- Where should I sleep?
- Where should I do my business?
- What is "that"?
- Being alone is ok...
What's Inside
Week 1
Settling In
"Set the Scene..." (Calmness. Family Rules.)
"Management, Calmness
& Instructive Activities"
Week 2
Proximity Value vs Separation
"I pay close attention to you
and love staying close."
"Being Alone is OK"
Week 3
The Wider World on Walks
"Help me make sense
of the world."
"What is that,
and what does it mean for me?"
Week 4
Finding the Family Rythm
Blank Day
Choose your own adventure!
PDF Version
Ready-to-print A4 PDF version of all 4 weeks daily planners, including blank day (40 pages total).
Download day planner sample
Sample 1 page PDF file (6am to 9am from Week 1)Keep up-to-date with day planner changes
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F.A.Q.
We also included a blank worksheet day for you to "choose your own adventure".
For the spreadsheet, to customize the workbook to your own daily schedule needs and puppy's level, you need an office application like Microsoft Excel, or Apple Numbers, or upload to Google Sheets. This would then allow you to print it onto other document formats, like A2, Letter,...
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