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Take it easy with your puppy. She needs time to adjust to her new home and family. She needs to get acquainted to her new surroundings. She will need a little time to feel safe and secure, knowing that her new family is a place of love and safety.

You don´t want to rush into things. Be patient. Don´t try to teach her all those things you want to teach her during the first weeks.

Establish a relationship

First of all, focus on getting to know your puppy - and her to get acquainted to all of you. Focus on creating a healthy relationship with your dog. Be gentle - take things slowly. A good relationship does not come automatically. You need to earn the trust and love from your dog.

The first weeks are maybe not crucial, but nevertheless important. You are probably so full of enthusiasm, so full of ideas you want to try… But you need to put that aside for now.

Distraction

Something that do come automatically, though, is the word from our lips: No!  Thousands of them, if we don’t try to reduce the numbers of “no” to maybe two or three. If we keep correcting the puppy for this and that all day long, we are ending up doing nothing else. On top of it, you will also make you sweet puppy feel like shit…

Instead, choose a few - two or three at the most - things that the puppy is absolutely not allowed to do. These should in my opinion be things that are dangerous, and may cause her harm.

But, you say, there are fifty-twelve other things she is not allowed to do?

Yes - there are a lot more. Some of them are not that important - right? And the others? There is another solution to that problem. You simply distract her. Is she chewing on your shoe? Give her something that she is allowed to bite at.

Your voice

The most important instrument in the communication between you and your puppy, is your own voice. Don’t be afraid of using a high, pipy or happy voice when praising her. And, if the opposite i required, a low, angry voice.

Remember - there is absolutely no need to yell at the puppy (or a grown dog for that matter) for any reason what so ever. There is nothing wrong with her ears. She can hear you perfectly well without yelling.

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