BEFORE You Get Your Puppy
by Ian Dunbar
$7.95 (104 pages)
When you choose a new puppy, you need to meet six developmental
deadlines before your puppy is just five months old. If your
puppy fails to meet any of these deadlines, he will never achieve
his full potential and will be playing ‘behavioral catch-up’ for
the rest of his life.
BEFORE You Get Your Puppy covers the first three developmental
deadlines covering the period of puppy selection until your
puppy's first week at home.
1st Developmental Deadline:
Your Education About Puppy Education
Before you search for a puppy, you need to complete your education
about puppy education. You need to know how to select a good
puppy and how puppies work. Selecting a puppy is similar
to selecting a car: Do lots of research beforehand and "test
drive" a
wide variety. But first, you need to learn how to drive.
Specifically you need to know how to teach your puppy: where to
eliminate,
what to chew, when to bark, where to
dig, to sit when greeting people, to walk calmly on-leash,
to settle down and shush
when requested, to inhibit its otherwise quite normal doggy
biting
behavior, to enjoy spending time at home alone, and to thoroughly
enjoy the company of other dogs and people — especially
strangers and children.
2nd Developmental Deadline:Evaluating Your
Prospective Puppy's Progress
Before you choose your puppy, you need to know how to assess
your prospective puppy's current socialization and educational
status. Regardless of breed or breeding, if socialization,
errorless housetraining, and basic manners are not well
underway by eight
weeks of age, the puppy is already developmentally retarded.
3rd
Developmental Deadline:
Errorless Housetraining & Chewtoy-Training
Make certain that an errorless housetraining and chewtoy-training
program is instituted from the very first day your
puppy comes home. |
