PUPPY DAILY HABITS!! 🐶 & Common Mistakes to Avoid 👉 Part 2 of 2 

Rachel is not just training dogs; she's training owners.

My puppy was so great with sleeping since the first day I got him! He goes to sleep around 9-10pm in his crate with no fuss and doesn’t wake up until around 8-9am to only go potty then right back to sleep until 11am. I’m very blessed because I love my sleep too 😭

My dog is a very good sleeper actually it surprised me. He had no crate issues he didn't cried and he slept from around 22/23.00 to 6.30

I’m picking up my new puppy soon and watching your videos has given me so much confidence and guidance to ensure that I’m not only giving her the correct food but also making sure that I’m prepared and going to be the best dog parent. ❤️🐶

I guess I must have been incredibly blessed! I brought my two bundles of fur home when they were 10 weeks old. And from day one, they slept in a literal baby play pen. There is a bed in there on one end and a potty pad at the other. They slept straight through the night. They’re now 17 weeks old, and they still sleep through the night. The pen is in my room right next to me so they can smell me. And they’ve never cried at night. Of course, it might have helped that I had them on a schedule from day one. The first day, we got home in the late afternoon. We weren’t taking them outside at that age, but we set them down immediately on the potty pad. They used it immediately, and we praised and treated them. We used their names while we touched them or interacted with them, so they knew their names within the week. At about 8pm that evening (and every evening since) we sat down and I began some extremely simple commands. We also did a bit of grooming because they loved the strokes of the brush. By the time I finished brushing both and cleaning their faces and hineys, they were relaxed and ready for bed. So we were in bed by 9:30pm. Now, they naturally settle down around 8pm because they know I’ll spend some time with them training. They sit quietly and watch me, waiting. We usually do about 15 minutes at most each night before bed time and several additional times throughout the day. They’ve already learned sit, stay, lie down, come, jump, sit pretty, outside (AND ring the door jingle bells), inside, leave it, touch, kiss, wait and we are now starting to work on dance (getting them to turn in a circle standing up). They’re also comfortable in their collars and harnesses and will walk with me on a leash for short times before they get “done”. After about five minutes right now, I let them off the leash. We’ll gradually extend the time as I teach them commands like heel. One thing I did learn from here though is to feed at least a partial raw food diet. And I hand feed at least one meal a day. They immediately sit in front of me because they know they don’t get a bite if they’re not sitting. And lucky for me - feeding by hand - by fingers really - they never once used their teeth. They lick it off my fingers or my hand. Just gotta say - I love these videos and this channel. So informative, great presentation, great helper tips, and just generally a fun channel to watch. Rachel - thank you! I love your enthusiasm and your dedication not just to dogs, to rescue dogs or even to your own pets - but also to helping others with training. You’re awesome!

i set an alarm for every 2 hours on my phone for the 1st 2 months after i got my puppy. forget sleep, it ain't gonna happen

All these puppy videos are helping me with my pup, thank you Rachel!!!

My puppy sleeps from 10pm til 11am/12pm 😳 he’s only 10 weeks old and goes right in his crate for bed time. He may whimper for a minute but he comforts himself and goes right to sleep

I'm getting a puppy in few days and these videos are rly helpful, thank you ! (:

Hi picked up my 2 puppies yesterday. Followed all tips, puppies did not cry once and did not have any accidents in the house!. All through night took them out every 2 hours. I know there will be accidents, but they learn so quick. Have a set of hanging bells on back door which I ring for potty time and they already know what this means. When first feeding by hand they went straight to sit position. Wow thank you so much for training ME ❤

I am getting a dog in October for my birthday, I know pretty far, I just want to be prepared! Not my first dog, but I am still nervous because I have made many mistakes with past dogs and I dont want to do those again. I want a puppy so I love her posting these videos! ❤

How many weeks (estimated) should we be proactively waking them? How do we know when we can stop doing that and let them sleep through the night?

Watching this whilst my new pup is crying for the first time in her crate at night. Thank you.

Can't wait to see it either. Me and my dog are trying roll over to do he done 2 and never again. And we trying the quite command too which is working fab most times.

My dog takes one nap from 12 to 3. I go to bed at 10 and she sleeps then from 7 to 10 and she NEVER wakes up during the night. So that first one is false for me.

Do you have a video of you preparing the food Or is it something already prepared that you buying if not where do you well either way where do you get the meat from any specific store and how do you blend it together this might be silly questions but I am truly interested and would like to know more information on the food please!

Hi Rachel, your videos are just amazing!! We will get our 8 weeks old puppy mini Aussiedoodle in 2 weeks and your videos are helping so much!! Just one question, so when we bring them outside to potty we should just say YES while they are doing but no treat right?

I would like to purchase the food you use, but as far as I can find...............not available in Ohio !! Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Fyi- ordered the Ash colored Diggs crate. They are currently estimating about 6-7 weeks out from order. Thanks for the discount code!

Hi Rachel, you have been an incredible resource for us!! Thank you so much. We have a 14 week old sweet lab pup that is so smart and already knows many commands. We have hand fed her since bringing her home and it made a world of difference! She is so bonded to us and helped train her way quicker. She is highly highly food motivated though, and is a spazz when she sees the bowl and will be doing any trick she can to get her food. Although she’s doing the commands, she is usually acting pretty crazy and not calm and focused like Wally. Is that just something that will come over time, or is there something we’re not doing that would teach her to be more calm during meal time like Wally?

Rachel has not only a heart for dogs but a heart for making the dog world better, and her ways cant be found anywhere because of how much everyone who watches this channel learns from her and she really does make a big difference for dogs and their owners

i should have done this with my first dog! he is now 4 and we are getting another puppy next month but i will make sure to do this.

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How do I get my puppy to look forward to grooming wipes after coming from outside, rather than hiding away or trying to delay going inside to avoid getting wiped? I think it's more of the fact that the wipes now are getting cold as it's getting cold...

In the time you did this video, I think your pup learned what S. I. Ts mean. Phonetically they sound similar.

Can mommy dog go outside and not harm unvaccinated puppies 2 weeks

How do you get the puppy's attention long enough to begin working on things like sit and down?

If I go to work for 4 hours & I come back & the puppy has an accident in his crate, do I just ignore it & take him outside like it never happened?

I'm getting my golden retriever puppy next week and your videos have helped me so much! Thank you

When should I stop hand feeding the puppy? We’re getting a goldendoodle in a couple of weeks.

We must be really lucky. We picked up our pup at 10 weeks. He does go to sleep often in early evening impossible to keep him awake. we wake him at 1030 to empty and then set our alarm for between 0230 and 0300 outside with flashlight keeping things quiet he goes and then we put him back in crate until next wake up around 0630. I have really learned a lot from your videos that I watched obsessively in prep for our dog coming home. Now we are having lots of fun at puppy school

Nooo I missed the premiere 😔 Nonetheless, this video was still great :)

I recently got a puppy, I've been watching a lot of your videos, out of a lot of the training videos I prefer yours. Our puppy has slept right through the night from the first day we got her. We couldn't keep her up 2 hours before bed, we'd try and she'd just close her eyes 😂, so we let her sleep and it was totally fine, minus the early morning, 5:30/6am, but I'm still surprised as she was only 8 weeks. She's slowly been sleeping longer and she's only almost 10 weeks old. I was expecting to have rough nights, it was a pleasant surprise. Training has been going pretty good, she's a pretty fast learning. still working on the biting, wish she was a fast learner with that lol. Looking forward to when she's done teething 🙂

thank you so much!! day 5 of having my puppy and its been a nightmare lol. the crying breaks my eardrums she's so loud. its so hard not to yell "no" and scold when you're so fed up. patience is key! my puppy is sleeping rn and its 9:30 pm but tomorrow im gonna try to implement the technique to try to keep her up as long as possible so she sleeps through the night. unfortunately i go to bed around 12/1😅 and i get grossed out holding the food too like your mom but i still do it and it's helped so much with training! best thing i could've done lol

We tried spelling out his commands to each other to ask if he’d done them yet, my very spoiled shitzu learned the spellings🙄🙄🤣🤣....he was awful with tricks but he taught himself what we were talking about🤣🤣, I love these videos but I think depending on breed my Forrest loved me talking to him like he was human, I have no doubt he understood a majority of what I was saying❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hi Rachel, I’m getting my pup, Tiggy, 🐶 in 3-4 weeks and we are looking for a raw/lightly cooked food to feed her. We are looking for a dog food that ships to the UK or is based here and I was wondering if you know of any? We looked at Forthglade and thought we were going to buy that, but they all the puppy food is out of stock apart from the complementary meals, which we were hoping to avoid, thank you! 🙃

Rachel is it ok to watch a movie while your puppy is sleeping in another room on the same level where the noise can't reach them too much since my puppy slept in the same room while there was noise and he still does even as a teenager he has no problem so puppies sleep even more so if they were in a different room on the same level of the house where we could still check in on them in between the pauses and breaks and there the noise couldn't reach them much would they be fine ?

Hi Rachel!! My puppy 🐶 didn’t go potty in the house for 3 days! 🤗Then on the fourth day she had an accident 😩 then like for 4 days she had a couple accidents in the house 🏠 but she didn’t go potty in the house today or yesterday!! 🤗 soo Idk how good were doing but she’s 10 months old and getting better 😊 I am gonna set a routine/schedule from now on ! So that should help, my plan is to take her out every 30 Minutes for a while then try every hour and see how that goes 🤗😁 but of course 15 minutes after she’s eaten or drinking water I will take her out to go potty also those green juju blue salmon treats are amazing!! My dogs 🐶 🐕 love ❤️ them!! Thanks for recommending them!! 😉

So excited for the premiere!! 😆❤️ Let’s gooo!!

Anyone else singing Hamilton at "Talk less, wait more"?

I got my puppy yesterday...lol I've never had a puppy and I got like zero sleep😣

Hey, Rachel, my family is adopting two fur babies tonight. they’re brothers and it’s the first time we’ve brought home more than one dog. My biggest question is the crates. Can they share one? Or do they need to be separated? Please let me know.

didn't the puppy panic when he woke up and the crate was suddenly shut?

Is 7 weeks to young to train them to eat by hand?

Like I said last video, these types of videos help so much. Thank you❤️

I've knew to not repeat the command but I always hear my parents repeating it. I always forget to tell them 🙈

I bring my puppy home tomorrow 🙌🏻 so excited I can’t wait to train him by watching you ❤️ thank you

what do I do when my puppy goes to the washroom on the floor? Also thank you for these videos they are helping me with preparing for when i get my dog!

I love your videos! I have been hand feeding by great pyrenees. He has learned to place and kennel without command! However, if my other dog or cat comes into the room she gets upset. Does this mean that she is becoming food aggressive? Please advise.

Thanks I just got a puppy today

These new videos are timely! We are bringing our first pup home this weekend. Rachel, what backpack or sling would you suggest for taking puppy (not completely vaccinated) on walks? P.S. I've been watching your videos for over a month and I feel much more confident bringing puppy home.

Video was amazing! What kind of dog is that?

Do you have any videos that discuss very small dogs and treats and snacks that are sized for them? A pig snout is probably too big for a 10 lb dog- puppy only a few lbs now. TIA

Cant wait!

My vet said that I need to feed my dog kibble because that is good for his teeth and he get better poop or something😂 but when he eats raw food his poop is actually better so what do I need to do?

Thank u for the tips

Your jump cuts are so well used! Cool! 💛

I just got my miniature Goldendoodle Saturday and he sleeps from 11pm-6:30am

Almost 200k!!! Go Rachel!! 🥳🥳

When my “puppy” came home he was 8 weeks yet 15 pounds -_- LIKE WHAT WAS I PAYING FOR?

Four moths old

HELP

What us he so cute?! What breed is he?

you talk too fastt

CONGRATS ON 200K! FIVE MINS AGO U HAD 199K!

Diggs don't ship to Canada so do you have any other ideas on a crate?

The comments are from 3 days ago but the vid came out today???......am I missing something..

Cant wait!!

On the practice of picking up a sleeping puppy and putting into their crate to aid crate training and comfort - is there a work around if you are dealing with a 12 week old, 30-35lb Great Dane puppy. I can and do pick him up (like when he refuses to come back down the stairs from the yard at midnigh), but, he would never sleep through it. We just brought our boy home 5 days ago and, we absolutely adore his breeder, who is a long time personal friend, but, they did not crate train.

SO EXCITED

Qu: my puppy usually is motivated by treats. Praise n caresses doesn't really lure him... I don't know if it does. As he doesn't listen without treats that much... he gets distracted. Advice? Qu2: If i give my pup treats before bed is it bad?why ?wont it mk them full n sleepy? Qu3: A puppy needs how many minutes of exercise per day (running)? 4 months puppy? 5 m, then 6, .... Qu4: is it ok to soak their kibbles in same water level? So that it absorbs the water. So that they get more water intake? Or will it affect their food absorption in their stomach due to v diluted food?

Kinda early!

Do you have any advice on getting a pup use to cats and breeds she’s not okay with? I adopted her in January; she’s about a year but she was used as bait before I had got my hands on her. She’s loving and obedient for the most part still working on her training though but I’m so nervous to get her next to my cats. She’s a Shepherd/Lab so she’s really big. She’s great with most pups as well but she’s not okay with Pitbulls or German Shepherds.

my new puppy is coming on Friday the 28th and im so excited about her!! Her name is Olive and im nervous that she is goong to be confused as to why i go to school only 2/3 days a week when next year i will be going to shcool every day so im afraid shes goinh to be confused. Since were getting her next friday she will be with me for the whole summer but then after 3 months of getting used to me being home almost all the time im afraid she will be nervous when im in school again

MY FRIEND, ALL YOUR CONTENT IS FANTASTIC AND INCREDIBLY HELPFUL!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE!! GOD BLESS YOU, AND ALL YOUR FUR BABIES TOO : )

I believe my dog is doing pretty well. But she does have a jumping issue, and she's getting into barking, I have her in a playpen to keep her away from things she doesn't need to get to, I hand feed her and she knows sit, she's learning down, but as soon as I give her the food she just jumps up for more when I pull away. Is there anything more I can do to? Or will it gradually get better over time the more I do it?

My puppy is just 12 weeks old and this is my first week with him. He is super sensitive to me leaving him and still does not really like to be left alone in the crate. I really liked your recommendations of carrying him to his crate when he is asleep but he seems to wake every time I touch him. Maybe I have not tired him out enough?

where should I play with my puppy if I have a pool in my backyard and no grass backyard?

Rachel we are getting a puppy next month and plan to food prep for raw diet. What machine do you use to crush the bones and mix the food. I don't want to ruin our very nice vitamix or our food processor.

Did you switch over to raw food gradually or right off the bat? I’m just worried about upsetting my little ones little stomach

What are you feeding him in this video?

What food do you use

I get my new French bulldog puppy September 3rd, and I have been binge watching your videos

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Hey Rachel!! I’m learning so much from your videos so thank you!! We’re bringing our puppies (PLURAL😨, 2!) home in just over two weeks and this is going to be my first puppy experience, but not my husband’s. When waking them up in the middle of the night should we allow them to drink water to stay hydrated, or will that make the process harder? I’m just not sure and definitely don’t want to dehydrate them and don’t know how long they can go as puppies without water.

I’m having trouble with my puppy eating everything literally everything she eats grass screws leaves branches stones so so many stones. I have tried redirection with toys, recall, drop it even throwing treats but no matter what she only looks at what she’s got and ignores everything else around her. Nothing is working what should I do? Thankyou!!

We never had any issues with our puppies. All of them slept very well from day one. Lucky i guess.

Till what age you hand feed your dog his food? Why you do it please? because else he"'ll eat too fast n develop health probs or does it help bonding only or prevent him from biting?

I recommend you look into fast hair growth fortified shampoo.

Would you reccomend getting a Labrador puppy at 12 weeks or is this too late compared to 8 weeks Love your videos ❤️

Hello Rachel, I love your videos 😁 Will have a puppy in 6 weeks so want to be prepared and I have two questions, 1, how long should I wait till repeating command? 2, how do I know that I can extend time for going to 1 or 2? Thanks 🙂

I work a job with a very inconsistent schedule and it's really hard for me to get my puppy on a schedule. Sometimes I go in at 9am and sometimes I go in at 5pm. It is a struggle

so first off - thank you so much. so incredibly helpful for me. second - i have an 8 year old cat that my puppy tries to play with fairly often. door buddies have been purchased, and cat wall shelves are on my list for her also. any tips on how i can be more exciting to my puppy to redirect her from my cat?

I'm getting my new puppy in 2 weeks. Do I put the crate in the bedroom with me at night or some other room? I've been told different things and would like to know what you think Rachel please

My puppy is almost 6 months old and he was such a handful when I first got him. He is potty trained and I somehow taught him self control. He can now sleep before and long after I get into/out of bed and it's AMAZING.

I agree with your puppy training process but my dad thinks that will create a bad habit to always need to go out. Do you have a deeper answer to this?

What product do you use when your puppy has an accident in your home? (cleaning spray/deodorizer)

I just wanted to say thank you sooo much! I was having issues with my new puppy and crating him at night, I was wondering where I was going wrong. Then I watched this video and followed your advice. I haven’t had any problems since. He only wakes up once for the toilet and sleeps through till 6. Thank you so much Rachael I love your videos , without them I would have been a lost new mama lol.

Advice please, how long should a walking leash be for a Westie adult?

I have a puppy whos 2 months n he loves to bite my hair, bite me n not my other half. I try to distract him with other things but he rather bite my hair n me. Need help.