| Don't you just melt at how cute puppies are? | | | | gentle and careful in dealing with your new |
| Thick fur and chubby bodies and those tiny | | | | puppy. As with kids, your puppy's experiences |
| whines and barks, you can just hug them and | | | | early on will mold him in to who and what |
| squeeze them till next week. What's even | | | | kind of dog he will be later on. You reap a |
| cuter is if your puppy can learn tricks you | | | | dog whose memories you sowed. Still, like |
| can dazzle your friends and family with! This | | | | children, puppies tend to be expected to act |
| starts with training and each training is | | | | like kids. And they will. They will touch |
| supposed to instill a single behavior at a | | | | everything with their mouths and chew for |
| time. Later in his life, you'll smile with a | | | | further studies. Expect curtains to be yanked |
| proud smile: it was worth it, the hard work | | | | down, throw pillows to be peed on, newspapers |
| and the sleepless nights and long hours | | | | chewed up, your left shoe to go missing. As |
| together, all just to make sure your puppy | | | | with little children, you would have to be |
| can do those cute and jaw dropping tricks. | | | | firm in instilling discipline and be the |
| But even before you begin to train your | | | | authority in the house regarding what your |
| puppy, you would have to understand how | | | | pup can and cannot do. When you've |
| puppies behave and how their minds work. This | | | | established this, so many tricks are out |
| is the key to the highest level of puppy | | | | there waiting to be learned by your puppy. |
| training. If you know what makes them | | | | The fundamental of course is plain dog |
| interested to do things, you can use that | | | | obedience. Leash him and get him used to the |
| knowledge to make your puppy want to do | | | | routines in your house and the routines of |
| tricks for you. Another thing to keep in mind | | | | your schedule. And like kids, again, pups can |
| is that you should not ever expect a puppy to | | | | only learn from cause and effect and |
| think and behave as we humans would. Yes, you | | | | punishment and reward. When your pup is about |
| can bond with your pet and he'll eventually | | | | to pee and he pees where you expect him to, |
| learn to conform, but you can't really expect | | | | give him a reward, a pat on the head, a good |
| him to act, say, like human kids. Keep this | | | | doggie fur-rubbing moment, some food, |
| instilled in your mind to spare yourself the | | | | anything to make him wag his tail and act |
| frustration of wanting to teach your puppy | | | | submissive to you. You can keep giving it him |
| tricks, and expecting him to be like a child. | | | | so long as he does what you want, be it |
| It's always a great experience to have a new | | | | pooping and peeing in the assigned spot, or |
| puppy at home. Naturally, he will have the | | | | rolling over and playing dead or fetching. |
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