Puppy training tips are mostly common sense, but some tips are good to have. A big thing to remember here is the age of your pup. All the training in the world won’t sink your pup if it’s too complicated. Starting with the basics, like the puppy learning his name and responding to you. This can be done with your pup at playtime with you. Puppies are just babies, so little fun-filled play sessions work well.

As soon as possible you’ll want your pup to go potty, so whatever methods you use, stay consistent. The puppy needs to go to the bathroom, at first ten times a day. While he praises you for using the correct area, he can use his name, this way he is doing both at the same time. Puppies love praise, so the more praise they get for correct behavior, they will quickly learn that this is a great and easy way to get praise from you. Giving your new puppy lots of new situations helps him grow into a well-adjusted dog who can cope with situations as they arise. By this I don’t mean taking your pup to a main road right away, with heavy traffic, but rather building the experience over time.

Help your puppy to deal with the different situations it may encounter. If you are likely to meet children, let’s face it in a park, eventually you will meet children. Introduce your puppy to children early on. Perhaps you have related that you use a wheelchair, again introduce this early for the dog, this way you develop the pup’s ability to cope. This reduces any problems you may have later. Basic leadership work is also a good area to work on. Allow your pup to get used to a leash and collar.

At this point, you are not expecting to work with the heel, but are expecting the introduction of the collar and leash. One piece of advice here is to have the dog wear the leash while you are out and not taking the pup with you. Taking your pup along can become a bad habit, and if you have a big dog soon it’s something you’d rather not do. If you have a car, you should start introducing the puppy to the car. Think about car safety and whether you want to use a dog seat belt or maybe a crate in the car.

Some puppies like children can get car sick, if this happens, don’t yell or hit the puppy, it really can’t help what happened. This is why a reserved area in the car can work very well, you just have the clutter in that place. If your pup gets car sickness, he should think about shorter trips and build up trips as the dog gets used to riding in the car.

Think about your puppy and what you want out of his training and then determine the program you want to follow, you’ll soon have a puppy training the way you want.