Everything you need to know 

This online puppy training course teaches you everything you need to know to train your puppy, from essential skills and behaviors to solving problem behaviors.

Training tailored to your puppy

Because every puppy is different, this course helps you adjust your training plan to fit your puppy’s unique personality and needs.

Stop problems before they start

Learn how to address common puppy challenges early, including mouthing, chewing, house training, separation and overexcitement.

About the course

This course begins with what 3 things to focus on in the first 3 days you get your puppy. Besides building your relationship and trust with your puppy you want to get a head start on behaviors that will make daily life for you and your puppy easier which are how to be loose in the house, house training and initial separation training.  The next part of the course covers what to train in the first 6 weeks that you have your puppy. I suggest focusing on these three categories: addressing problem behaviors, mindful socialization and puppy training essentials.  The puppy training essentials section goes over skills to teach puppies how to learn as well as in depth tutorials on how to train the most important behaviors that are helpful for all dogs to know. It depends on your puppy’s issues as to which you will work on more. For example, if you have a puppy that guards toys you would be working on that more than a puppy that doesn’t guard toys at all.  The final part of the course covers what you should cover in the first 3 months that you have your puppy. Here I cover more training session skills and talk about how to add criteria and build on the training done in the first six weeks.  This course comes with a PDF download of the written part of the course and a shorter version to refer to when training your puppy. 

Emily Larlham

Before I was a dog trainer I was an animal care giver at a shelter where I had to look after rooms full of puppies.  I learned so much from working at the shelter and I then apprenticed to mentors and learned from attending seminars and conferences around the world, which I also spoke at. At APDT Australia one of my lectures was on raising puppies. I created this course from the 20 years of experience raising 8 of my own puppies as well as helping students with their new family members. 

Curriculum

17 Chapters · 45 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction

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      Welcome!

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      Download the handout

  2. 2

    Preparing for your puppy

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      Preparing for your puppy

  3. 3

    Getting started using food to train

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      Getting started using food to train

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      Building your relationship

  4. 4

    First training games to play with your puppy

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      The first game to play - The attention game

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      Teaching an attention noise to mean ‘look at me’

  5. 5

    The first three days

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      What 3 things to focus on first

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      Optional: Puppy Fetch

  6. 6

    The first six weeks

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      What 3 categories to focus on in the first 6 weeks

  7. 7

    Addressing problem behaviors

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      Addressing problem behaviors

  8. 8

    Mindful socialization

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      Mindful socialization

  9. 9

    Puppy training essentials for the first six weeks

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      Puppy training essentials for the first 6 weeks

  10. 10

    Training session basics

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      Wait patiently when no information is given

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      Follow a lure as a behavior

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      Offer behavior

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    Tutorials of behaviors to train in the first six weeks

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      Settle

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      Continue training attention game and attention noise from first three days

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      The recall

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      Leash walking exercises

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      Stop biting, handling and grooming

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      Restraint

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      Go to your bed / Go in your crate or pen

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      Separation training

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      Drop it and get it

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      Leave it

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      Resource guarding prevention for toys and chews

  12. 12

    The next three months

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      The next 3 months

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    Tutorials of training session skills for the next 3 months

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      Training session skills

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      Teach your puppy to listen when treats are not present

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      Using the environment as reinforcement

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      Asking for multiple behaviors before reinforcement

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      Removing a lure and turning it into a hand signal

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      Respond to just a verbal cue

  14. 14

    Adding criteria

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      Adding Critiera

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      Adding criteria to 'Go to your bed'

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      Adding criteria to the recall

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      Adding criteria to the leave it behavior - leave food on counters

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      Adding criteria to leash walking games - using crossing the road

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      Practicing behaviors out and about

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      Planning to Plan

  15. 15

    What to expect in adolescence and adulthood

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      What to expect in adolescence and adulthood

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      Jumping up on guests – train the greeting as a behavior

  16. 16

    Puppy Safety

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      Puppy Safety

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    Resources

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      Congratulations on completing the course!

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