Open the guideBeginner15 min
Getting your puppy used to a collar and harness
The first collar should not be a struggle. With a few minutes a day, treats and pleasant associations, the puppy learns to wear it without stress.
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The first months
The first months have a dense calendar with deadlines that cannot be recovered later. These guides lay it out week by week with verifiable goals.
10 guides
- Open the guideBeginner20 min
Managing play and biting in a kitten's first months
A kitten that bites hands is not being naughty: it is hunting. In the first months you can teach it where to aim the bite, before the habit sets.
Cat - Open the guideIntermediate20 min
Introducing a new arrival to the resident pets
A first meeting is not improvised. Here is how to introduce the new arrival to the resident pets in stages, reading the signals and without turning cohabitation into conflict.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner15 min
Manage puppy teething and mouthing
Mouthing is not spite: it is how a puppy explores and eases sore teeth. Here is how to redirect it without punishing, and when the vet is needed.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner15 min
Helping a puppy or kitten sleep the first nights
The first nights with a young pet are the hardest. Here is how to prepare the sleep area, build an evening ritual and read when crying is a need and when it will pass.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner15 min
Socialising a puppy in the sensitive window
The sensitive window is short and does not return: here you build a plan of positive encounters with people, surfaces, sounds and animals, dosed to the puppy and never forced.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner10 min
Weighing a puppy or kitten and recording growth properly
One repeatable weighing beats ten approximate ones: the resolution each size needs, how often to measure, and how to read the slope instead of a single number.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner30 min
Setting the routine for the first days at home
A simple, repeatable routine for the first two weeks that gives a newly arrived animal fixed points to build trust on, rather than leaving it to guess what happens next.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner45 min
Preparing a puppy or kitten first veterinary visit
A checklist so you do not arrive empty handed at the visit that sets up the first twelve months, with an eight step procedure and the data to transcribe before you leave the clinic.
DogCat - Open the guideBeginner30 min
House training a puppy without punishment
A protocol built on early trips outside, a reward within three seconds and complete odour removal, with the holding time table and the rules for extending intervals.
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