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Puppy Training Guides

evidence-informed resources to help you navigate puppyhood

Bringing a puppy home is a hugely exciting time, however through my many years of working with new puppy owners, I understand how stressful, confusing and overwhelming some puppy behaviours can be.

I have considered through my vast experience what are the THREE topics which new owners routinely struggle with the most…….puppy biting, toilet training and calmness are high on the list!

Reliable, honest, friendly and informative information can completely transform how you approach your puppy training. That’s why I have written these THREE Puppy Training Guides to support you. These are digital ebooks, they are PDF format and they are emailed out to you once purchased. They are designed to help you understand, to reduce the tension and conflict between what your puppy needs, and what you feel they should be doing, and why they’re possibly not.

What are the developmental stages and what do they mean for your training??
Exactly how much sleep should a puppy be having every day??
Why exactly does your puppy prefer to poop on your beautifully tiled kitchen floor, rather than the abundance of luscious grass in your garden??
And how long until your puppy finally understands how to STOP BITING HANDS??

No quick fixes, no unrealistic expectations, no false promises…….you will not have a perfectly trained puppy overnight, but you will have a HUGE amount of information to help you, a resource to refer back to whenever needed, and a feeling that suddenly, you’re a little more aware of WHY your puppy is behaving in a certain way, and WHAT is going on beneath the surface. Knowing this, you will be in a far better position to effectively support you puppy throughout puppyhood. Make your life much, much easier!

The Puppy biting guide - £9.99

Puppy teeth are SHARP, and extremely painful. Puppy biting is an extremely common problem owners struggle with, and whilst it’s normal, it doesn’t make it any less exhausting.

This guide helps you understand WHY puppies bite, how tiredness, excitement or the environment can affect their behaviour and what normal puppy biting looks like. We dive into the physiology, the development of puppy teeth, their structure and use, and why they're just so painful!

You’ll learn practical ways to manage biting, teach gentler interactions, provide appropriate alternatives, improve play and enrichment and help your puppy to establish better habits.

It also covers some situations which are particularly challenging, such as a guest coming over, puppies and children, or when your puppy is overtired and over-excited by life.

You’ll also find troubleshooting hints and tips and ways to track progress. And, importantly, what progress actually looks like!

Understanding puppy biting really is the first step towards improving it.

the puppy calmness & settling guide - £9.99

Whilst puppies seem to have only two settings, sleeping or crazy, learning that actually sometimes nothing happens, sometimes life is boring, and sometimes, they need to appropriately entertain themselves, is a hugely important skill .

Settling and relaxing isn’t a behaviour a puppy automatically know how to do, this guide will explore arousal, sleep, development and the developing nervous system, all helping you understand why your puppy may sometimes struggle to ‘switch off’.

You’ll learn the importance of, and how to, protect rest. You’ll understand managing stimulation, recognising and reinforcing calm behaviours, introducing mat/bed training, and start to understand the all-important transition from highly stimulated, to relatively relaxed. We'll dive into the science, we'll consider the arousal-ladder and look at what this means in practice, what your puppy may cope with within each stage and what they will struggle to achieve, and we'll look at what we can reasonably expect or learn through observation and behaviour tracking.

With a 7 day calmness start plan and simple progress-tracking guidance, you can start to focus on small, realistic, consistent and steady improvements.

Calmness is not the absence of energy, but the ability to move between states smoothly.

the puppy toilet training guide - £9.99

Toilet training can feel relentless initially! You’re taking your puppy outside as much as you can, but still the accidents happen. Owners often wonder when, if ever, the puppy will learn.

This guide will take you through the foundations of toilet training, helping you to understand how to set your puppy up for success, recognise they are likely going to need to toilet, establish positive routines and responding appropriately when accidents do happen.

There is no rigid timetable as you’ll learn, instead the understanding of HOW toilet training is developed, recognising your own puppy’s needs and requirements, and accommodating these effectively for toilet training success.

You’ll have practical steps to follow, guidance for dealing with setbacks and realistic expectations about the process based on the developing puppy system.

Minimal error = maximum success.

more than just another ebook!

Many, many hours, days, weeks and months have gone into creating these guides, all based on 20 years experience working with dogs, puppies and their owners, combining my practical work with my strong theoretical knowledge of puppy development and behaviour.

I’ve deliberated written them to be resources you can refer back to, enabling troubleshooting as you navigate puppyhood.

You may also simply just need reassurance that what you’re experiencing is actually completely normal. And that’s ok.

You don’t need a perfect puppy, you’re not expected to get everything right, and you really don’t need it all figured out on day one!

All you need is good information, realistic expectations and a little bit of support along the way. These guides give you exactly that.

These guides are evidence-informed, they dive into the science in great detail, and they are honest about what we absolutely do know through data and research, and what we can reasonably infer based on learning principles, veterinary guidance and practical professional experience.

These guides are intended as general educational information; they do NOT replace veterinary advice. If your puppy is unwell, has a sudden or unexplained change in toileting behaviour, is experiencing pain or difficulty urinating, or you are concerned about their health, contact your vet.

If you’d like to buy any of the ebook guides, simply fill in the form below! Happy learning!

I want to buy the guides!

Simply let me know below which guides you would like to buy and I'll be in touch! Once payment is received your ebooks will be sent to you within 24 hours!