Puppy Training – begins upon arrival!  By the age of 8 weeks your puppy has a developed brain and nervous system that can begin to retain information

Boundaries: immediately set the boundaries and house rules, which are essential concepts for house breaking

House Training: House training is easy! Dogs are clean by nature and have a natural inherent denning instinct.  Close supervision is important when potty training, remember to give the puppy multiple chances to go outside, and always take the puppy to the same area when he has to relieve himself. 

House training fails only because owners give the puppy more freedom than he is ready for

Crate Training: Use a crate to imitate the "den environment” to ensure the dog to feel safe and secure.  Remember, do not feed or water the puppy inside the crate. The crate is used for sleeping, or alone time only The puppy is given the opportunity to get out of the crate when he needs to potty, his natural desire to be clean will keep him from relieving himself in the crate.

Supervision: When the puppy is not in his crate, constant supervision must be utilized in order to teach the puppy what are acceptable behaviors.

Puppies will chew, especially if left alone

Use the leash: Take your puppy on leash to the area outside where he should eliminate.  Each time you take him from his crate, use a word to associate the action of going to the bathroom, “go outside”, “go potty" the word association will help when traveling, or in public, to cue your dog to relieve himself quickly.  After he eliminates, praise him.  Distractions are powerful at this age!  If he does not go potty on the first trip, put him back into his crate, repeat the process in 15 minuets, and keep repeating until you have successful elimination.  You should continue this routine in order to establish a schedule.  The successful elimination earns the puppy freedom; and his free time is steadily extended as he grows older and more reliable

Do not expect a puppy to go more than a few hours without having to eliminate

Puppy Management: Dogs are pack animals and prefer to be with someone rather than alone.  We want to help the puppy avoid mistakes that could increase a bad habit, and those bad habits could easily have been prevented with good management, and schedules.  The puppy will learn early on to deal with being alone, without the opportunity to dig, chew or destroy things

Most canine "separation anxieties" would never develop if the puppy had been trained inside using a management system/schedule!