Training & Behavior · Dogs
The Land Shark Phase
Surviving Puppy Teething and Potty Training
There is an alligator in your living room and it needs to pee. 10 modules on the first 48 hours, the 45-minute potty timer, soft-mouth basics, the 7 p.m. witching hour, pre-exhausting a puppy before it meets the cat or the budgie, rewarding calm around small pets, the trample threat, socialization vs. flooding, the teenage regression, and the puppy blues.
About this course
Nobody warns you that a puppy is an infant with teeth. This is the short, honest survival guide for the first few weeks — especially if there's already a cat, a bird or a rabbit in the house. It covers the sleep you won't get and the 18 hours the puppy needs, the 45-minute potty timer that beats guessing, the soft-mouth basics, and the 7 p.m. zoomies that are really an overtired brain melting down. Then the multi-pet part: never introduce a wound-up puppy to the cat or the budgie, pay chicken for boring sniffs, and act as traffic cop so a clumsy ten-pound tornado doesn't trample a guinea pig. It finishes with flooding vs. real socialization, the teenage regression that's coming, and permission to feel the puppy blues.
What you'll learn
- The first 48 hours: sleep deprivation, puppy-proofing, and the 18-20 hours of naps a puppy needs
- The 45-minute potty timer, the biological triggers, and why punishing accidents teaches hiding
- Soft-mouth basics, redirection, and the reverse time-out for ankle biters
- The 7 p.m. witching hour as an overtired brain, and the lick-mat decompression that ends it
- Pre-exhausting the puppy before it meets the cat, bird or small pet; rewarding calm; the trample threat
- Socialization vs. flooding, the adolescent regression, and surviving the puppy blues
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons