Puppy Training Program

Puppy Development - 8 Weeks to 6 Months Old

A:  Proper Socialization

B:  House Manners Do's and Don'ts
1. Quiet Command
2. Place Training

C:  Crate Training / Truck Training

D:  House Training
1. Potty Training
2. Exposure to Various Floor Coverings
3. Vacuum, dishwasher, washing machine, lawnmower

E:  Grooming Manners
1. Biting and Being Still

F:  Leash or Check Cord Training
1. Running with Cord

G:  Basic Obedience (treat training)
1. Here
2. Sit
3. Heel
4. Rotation

H:  Retrieving
1. Hallway Retrieves:
a. knotted socks
b. fluffy toys large and small
c. noise maker toys, hard and soft
d. feather-covered bumpers
2. Field Retrieving:
a. paint rollers, weighted and un-weighted
b. small plastic bumpers
c. canvas bumpers (puppy, two inch, three inch)
3. Also Includes Exposure to:
a. dummy e-collar, pinch & choke collars
b. other dogs
c. children
d. strangers & crowds
e. gunfire
f. light to heavy cover
g. birds
1. large
2. small
3. alive
h. field cover
1. light grass
2. medium vegetation
3. heavy vegetation
4. roads
a. paved
b. gravel
5. cover changes
a. grass to road
b. light grass to medium density
c. light grass to heavy density
6. obstacles
a. jumping over logs
b. running through ditches, wet and dry
i. truck training
j. introduction to water
1. learning to swim
2. learning to retrieve
k. decoys
1. land
2. water
l. double retrieves
m. hold and drop commands
n. duck calls
o. intro to gunner
p. intro to multiple gunners
q. side hill marks
r. losing site of gunners
s. retired guns
t. intro to whistle


After this training program, puppies will be ready for formal/advanced training.