Puppy Training – Part 1

What age to start training?

Puppies are capable of learning at a very young age. In nature, the mother dog , along with the littermates have been educating each other since about 3-4 weeks of age. By the age of 7 weeks the puppy has a fully developed nervous system and his brain is completely developed. This is the optimum age for a puppy to leave his mother and littermates in order to assure the strongest human ties and best socialization. If you get a slightly older puppy, he may be more oriented towards other dogs in the beginning. What ever age you bring your puppy home, the only thing your puppy will be lacking is experience.

This means that training can begin as soon as your new pup comes home! Training at this early stage will consist of the essentials. House Training, Chewing, Digging, Jumping , Learning to wear a collar and walk on a leash etc.

To read more about puppy training tips see the complete article written by Toni Drugmand and Fred Hassen.