Your Complete Puppy Training Schedule By Age

In this video, I'm going to show you a puppy training schedule by age, so you can plan your training sessions with your new puppy! Did you know that a puppy's brain is fully developed by the age of 7 weeks? That means, by the time your puppy is ready to come home with you they're ready to learn! Knowing where you should be with your training can be helpful. It is actually more important to understand where you are with your own puppy in terms of progressions, but having a straightforward guide that allows you to schedule your puppy training can be a great way to measure your progress!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Your Puppy Training Schedule By Age
00:53 8 Week Old Puppy Training Schedule
06:16 9 Week Old Puppy Training Tips
09:10 10 Week Old Puppy Training Tips - 16 Weeks Old
14:03 Puppy Handling Training
20:44 Teaching Your Puppy Their Name

Thanks for watching,
Happy Training! ~Ken
#puppytraining #puppytrainingschedule

[yoselenlezama]

Hi
A summary:
8 week
- feeding by hand and putting a bit on his bowl so he learns that you give food
- learn his name, when feeding is name then reward (food)
- yes word, say yes and then reward.
- Crate training
- Potty training: after food, after a nap, after playing
- Extra: teach follow food in your hand.

9 weeks
- Supervision is key, they puppy is more comfortable, so you need to reach them to behave.
- Same as week 8, reinforcement there.
- Follow food to do a circle, make the puppy work, if they work they receive a reward.
- Extra: hold the collar and reward.

10- 16 weeks

- 1st week. sit, down and stand commands can be teached, better to pick just one: sit. Then way of doing is Command > stimulus > reward. So you said the command, do the movement for them to sit and then reward.
- 2nd week: 1. continue with same command but now with the same gesture but without the reward. The reward comes after, this is to teach that not always need a reward. 2. Start bond, like touching them paws, ears, nails...and rewarding if they behave.
- Continue teaching through those weeks other commands, 1 command per 1 or 2 weeks.
- Important to learn “come” commands with their name. Use a leash to make him come with food & follow your hand with food. Increase challenge with distractions.

[reinamcdermott]

19:04 very important! my dog went deaf because my family couldn't recognize the ear infection in time. we did notice the smell but didn't understand though. Make sure to smell the ears

[jilljohnson]

“Yes!” has so much value at our house that when the Bears score and we yell “YES!!” All our dogs come running for a reward! LOL

[maryanderson]

I have a 10 week old golden doodle and have watched countless puppy training videos. I think yours is the most helpful so far! Thank you!

[JulAlxAU]

My puppy is 10 weeks old, he sits, stayes, goes down, stands, heels and sits when I come to stop; all on command. I started his training since his 7th week.

[noth]

I love how her little baby yoda ears perk up the second you say yes while training without the food. It really is a place keeper she knows means food is coming. I’m using all of your techniques with my 10 week old GSP I’ve had her for only 3 whole days and she’s already heeling, leaving my cats alone, sitting, lying down, turning left and right, sleeping all night in her crate without complaining. She’s a dream dog, I hope I can continue to do this amazing intelligent beauty justice because I work in an animal shelter (where I’ve adopted her from) and it’s heartbreaking to see the potential all the dogs would have but they haven’t had those foundations of good manners and exposure to socialisation opportunities when they were younger.

[BrenDoneIt]

Your videos are sooo much more valuable than some of the other (not so “revolutionary”) dog training channels that YT’s algorithm gives preference to. Also, thank you for not killing us with a borage of endorsements and ads for the first fifteen minutes of every video.

[johanlindh]

I can't put a price on the helpful tips I've gotten from this channel! So much appreciated by a first-time dog (puppy) owner!

[cptjck_]

Coming up to 9 weeks- recapping the video ready for the next stage. Thanks so much for making my first days with my new puppy such a joy!

[Mike-Hughes-Timmins]

I love all of your training videos. We are adopting a 6 month old Patterdale Terrier tomorrow so I have to adapt your methods as she has not had any training and has never lived in a house. So we are in for a lot of work but also a lot of fun.

[yareyaredaz]

Im getting a puppy tomorow and it's already 2, 5 months old and he has get used to beeing 100% free since he was a stray basically. I'll have a lot of work in my hands and i've been binge watching videos and reading a bunch to be ready for him. The people who are taking care of him told me he almost died when someone left him and his 4 siblings in a box out in the wilderness alone and they found them starving and sick. Now out of all of them he is the smallest and the shyest so i imediately wanted to get that dogo out of the bunch and give him the love he needs. Hopefully i'll be a good owner ( meaning i wont spoil him too much xD).

[Allure-zbfn]

Can you refrain from using such adorable puppies, when you doing these videos. I had to watch it three times, because the first two times, I was too busy doing the to pay attention lol

[fannitrainedstars]

My puppy knows sit, stay, lay down, come, spin, shake, so far. Thank you for this video. 😉
My puppy loves to go for walks and her recall training is getting better and better. I use positive reinforcement to train my dogs.😋
I am sooo proud of Zara, my pup.😁

[julieanderson]

That observation that at 9 weeks old they start having more energy and want to explore more was so spot on! I initially thought I had made some kind of mistake and now my puppy just wants to get into everything.

[Axiomatic]

Just got a 8 week old pup 3 days agi, he'll be a gigantic boi so I want to make sure he is friendly, happy and well trained. He's already met a few dogs and people, I take him everywhere I go. This video will surely help get the basics down, thank you!

[AOUproductions]

We didn’t do any of these things the first week we had Maya, now I’m watching the videos and applying the training. I hope that week of too much freedom can be remedied

[AT-zbmj]

This video is gold. Honestly. I've been saying for years that YouTube is the best educational resource that has ever existed.

Ken, this video ought to be compulsory viewing for the vast majority of dog owners. I've always had German Shepherds and they've all been fantastic (always reward-based training) - although the last one, from a more 'working' background (I wanted a challenge for Schutzhund) was a little too challenging with crate training at night! After an 8 year gap (children) the time is right and we've a beautiful Border Collie, 8 1/2 weeks old. I found you by searching specifically for Border Collie 'tips' - understanding just how 'interesting' this breed is in particular. I've learned a lot of new methods from your video here and I'd encourage people to be aware of the subtle point when watching it that its us that needs to modify our behaviour to get the most out of value training. So many problems are unwittingly caused by the owners.

Our little one is doing a little too well perhaps. It's almost concerning. She's quickly gained confidence and has slept every night without so much of a whimper. Last night (day 6) she slept 2300-0630 and I do love to wake her by getting myself ready rather than wait for her to wake. Jan Fennell's famous methods of ignoring the dog until you're ready are a great help in keeping them calm in these respects.

Question: when a dog's doing exceptionally well - do you push on a little ahead with the training or try to keep it steady and allow it to develop naturally as she grows mentally, concentrating instead on reinforcing what they do well?

Now to train the kids....!

[susankahn]

Oh my gosh! I am so happy to have your your YouTube channel. We are bringing home our first pup ever, and you have made it seems so much easier than I was expecting. I can not thank you enough for the delight we will have to bring this pup home. I just wish you lived closer. I have started a journal for her with all of your instructions and things we will need. Again Thank you!

[lauraladd]

Thank you!! This was SO helpful! Love the week-by-week and step-by-step details! We're picking up our 8 week old puppy this weekend and will start using so much of your training in the coming weeks and months.

[sirvapalot]

im getting a new puppy soon so ive been watching your free training with great interest, ive stopped letting my 5yr old male feed himself and im doubling down on training with hand feeding only and lately ive been using his name and getting eye contact holding my treat up to my nose and locking eyes before he gets the food, im starting to notice a positive difference with these approaches, thanks for your free youtube content im a disability pensioner so i appreciate free knowledge.