The countdown
An honest shopping list, including the things you can skip. Puppy-proof your home in 20 minutes. And the one decision you need to make beforehand.
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The first 30 days with a puppy
From the countdown to the first month: what you really need, what you really need to do and what you can safely ignore.
- An honest shopping list
- The first night, hour by hour
- Printable 4-week plan
- An emergency page for the fridge
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What is inside
Four parts, a calmer start
The first 72 hours
Hour by hour. Including the first night that hardly anyone talks about honestly, and the day when almost everyone has doubts.
Four-week planner
Each week: useful knowledge, three exercises, a weekly tracker and a look back. Made to print out and put on the wall, so it stays where you can use it.
Your tools
A toilet training log, socialisation bingo with 50 experiences, changing food, a vaccination schedule and an emergency page for the fridge.
Further reading
Puppy advice in the Magazine
How much sleep a puppy needs
18 to 20 hours of sleep is normal for a puppy. How to recognise overtiredness, how much walking they can manage and why settling...
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The imprinting period: why "as much as possible" is the wrong advice
The imprinting phase shapes a dog more than any later training: why more is not better, the distance rule and ten situations that really...
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Puppy Won't Sleep: What Really Helps on the First Night
Why your puppy cries on the first night and what really helps: evening preparation, the night hour by hour and when it finally gets...
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