Developing a Good Relationship
•The "Name Game"
•Earn the Praise
•Demanding Behavior
•Control Play Sessions
•Manage Your Puppy's World

Training Procedures
•Encouraging Good Behavior
•Discouraging Unwanted Behavior

Crate Training
•Acclimating a Puppy to a Crate
•Appropriate Limits For How Long/
When a Dog Should Be Crated
•Situations In Which a Crate Is
Not Appropriate
•How/When to Help Make the Transition
from Less Confinement to More Freedom
in the House

Housetraining Your Puppy
•Rules For Housetraining Puppies

Home Alone

Preventing Food Dish Guarding
•Some Important Considerations

Equipment
•Collars
•Leashes

Teaching "Give"

Teaching "Sit"

Teaching "Down"

Walking Nicely on a Leash

Teaching "Stay"

Teaching "Settle"

Teaching "Come"

Teaching "Wait"

Teaching "Leave It" and "Take It"

Sit Politely for Petting

Grooming & Health Care
•Bathing
•Ears
•Mouth and Teeth
•Nail Cutting
•Fleas
•Ticks
•Worms
•Inoculations

Sexual Maturity - Spay and Neuter
•The Male
•The Female