After You Get Your Puppy

Veterinarian and behaviorist Ian Dunbar explains what to do before bringing a puppy home. It covers choosing the right dog, the developmental deadlines for housetraining, socialization, and bite inhibition, and how to find a good puppy class.

Ian Dunbar

A week-by-week puppy class manual built on positive reinforcement. It covers reward markers, targeting, sit, down, and stand, plus chewing, exercise, socialization, and how to prevent aggression.

Norma Jeanne Laurette

A step-by-step guide to raising a well-behaved puppy from day one. It covers potty training, crate training, socializing with new people, places, and dogs, handling, and how to deal with play biting.

Unleashed Unlimited

An easy guide for new puppy owners, from choosing a breeder or adopting to the first nights at home. It covers puppy-proofing, crate and toilet training, chewing, feeding, socialization, vaccinations, and fleas, ticks, and worms.

petGuard

An animal welfare guide to settling a new dog or puppy into your home. It covers identification, first health checks, diet, toilet training, settling puppies at night, dogs and children, and how to read dog body language.

RSPCA