Puppy Training from Day One: The Practical First-Year Guide to Housebreaking, Crate Training, Commands, Socialization, and Good Behavior

By John Muzurio

A step-by-step plan for your puppy's first year, from the first 48 hours at home to the adolescent months.

Accidents on the rug, crying in the crate, needle teeth on your hands, a leash that never goes slack. Most new owners meet all of it in the first few weeks. This book gives you a clear protocol for each problem, in the order you will meet them, so you always know what to work on next.

Every chapter follows the same pattern: why the behavior happens, a numbered protocol with session lengths and repetitions, the common mistakes that undo progress, and what success looks like so you know when to move on.

Inside you will findThe first 48 hours: puppy-proofing, a confinement zone and a daily rhythmHow puppies learn: markers, rewards and why timing mattersA 21-day housebreaking plan for fewer accidentsCrate training that turns the crate into a calm denFive core cues taught with a lure-then-fade method: sit, down, stay, come and leave itBite inhibition: how to stop mouthing and nippingThe socialization window before sixteen weeksLeash manners: no pulling, no lungingBarking, jumping and counter-surfing, fixed before they become habitsA graduated departure plan to prevent separation anxietyGetting through the six-to-eighteen-month adolescent regressionA month-by-month first-year training roadmap

Written for first-time owners who want a short, practical plan they can follow every day: short sessions, small rewards and realistic expectations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H21KXML2
• ISBN13: 9798197069849
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"