In hopes that our puppy will become a well behaved dog, we looked everywhere online what people do once they have a dog. Interestingly, we learned that dogs are trainable since day 1 of staying in their furrever home. In fact, dogs that know the lay of the land, and know that there are structures they ideally can follow, fare well. We’re of course no trainers, but there are a ton of resources out there that help us. We’d like to go with positive reinforcement since we think it’s the most humane way to train our pup as our family member.

Crate Training

We’d like to crate train our dog because we’d like to be able to leave her at home for an errand without coming back to a dog that chewed everything while we were gone by giving her a safe space she enjoys being in. Read more here.

(PATIO) Potty Training

As our household doesn’t have a yard, we have to be clever to make sure she can transition to outdoor potty once she can start roaming the ground outside. See our attempt here.

Online Training Resources

We wanted to learn from other people’s experiences (dog trainers) with our own puppy training, so we started looking into online training resources even before we welcomed our puppy home. Sharing what we’ve watched / listened to here.