Puppy Training- The First 48 Hours With My New Puppy! 

Puppy training is tough!! Hope you guys enjoy this series!! Be sure to "like" the video!! ❤

My first dog was left with me when she was just about 3 months old, i was not ready to have a dog much less a rottie/lab/corso mix, i lived on the street at that time and was doing drugs and drinking alot. From the first day she started to rearrange my life in a way that made sense to her, even as a pup she taught me so much. Ffwd 8 years to now, i can simply say that she not only changed my life but saved it. We are in a good living arrangement, we have another rottie/lab and looking to get the third, im now a dog trainer opening my own business and its all thanks to her. I lived with dogs all my life but dogs like her come around only once, with such strenght of will and understanding and empathy. She just had her 9th birthday a few days back and she is still.going super strong

Gonna watch with you guys!

In my first solo apartment my next door neighbours had two ridgebacks and a boerboel named Stu. After I was followed home from the grocery store and almost assaulted (in broad daylight) they let Stu stay with me for two weeks. I'd dog sat for them often so Stu knew me and my house. I don't know how, but he seemed to know how scared I was. He followed me around the house, sat at the windows on guard in every room I was in, and snuggled me right out of my fear. Love you forever Stu. My current cattle dog mix can barely arse herself to get off the couch (she has many other wonderful qualities but guarding ain't one of them!)

If anyone could raise a great Boerboel it would be Tom Davis👍Looking forward to watching him mature.

A little late to do this, but anyone reading this & bringing home a puppy, grab old towel and have your puppy’s litter mates crawl all over it, toss the towel in crate (or where your puppy will sleep), and he can snuggle with the smells of his litter mates. Tip 2: I can’t recommend this enough but there’s an actual stuffed animal called Snuggle Puppy with heart beat, between the old towel with litter mate smells and the snuggle puppy with heart beat, my puppy (3 year old standard poodle) went in his crate and not a peep out of him from the first night.

"The first 2-3 days are going to be the roughest and you're going to second guess why you have a dog in the first place" I rescued an extremely anxious, formerly feral 9 month old pup from the shelter about 6 months ago and said this to myself for probably the first week or two trying to connect with this dog. Seemed like every day was different, two steps forward one back, some days 3 steps back. Thought I'd bit off more than I could chew but he's been progressing super well and getting better everyday.

Love it Tom. It certainly resonated by you saying “oh my gosh why did I get a puppy” I was in my 50’s when I got Reddington, my beautiful red Dobie! Omgosh, I couldn’t believe I was putting myself through so much torture but here I am today with a 6 year old boy, who through your training techniques has turned out to be the absolute best companion I could possibly want. I love him with all my heart, I think he would walk through fire for me. He’s the best dog ever!

Just casually tossing the frisbee while dropping knowledge and not looking, might be the coolest thing I've seen Tom do

Best way to help a puppy adjust to leaving mom and siblings is to first send a little blanket you slept with for a few nights to the breeder and have them put it with mom and siblings. Bring the blanket ( towel etc) home with him. Put him in the crate with the blanket. The smell of mom and siblings REALLY helps new puppies to settle. I have always done this with my puppies and they settle in quickly. They can identify with your scent because you slept with the blanket.

In my life, I’ve raised four eight week old puppies to old age. In the first few weeks, I regret and question my decision to get a puppy…every.dang.time. That part struck home. lol

The whole potty thing you explained is exactly what I did with my Corso and it works but as long as your puppy is out it’s important to keep an eagle eye on them so you can catch them and run outside with them. It only took 2 and a half weeks to do that with him as a 9 week old puppy starting the next morning after getting him. He is almost 3 now and he has never had one accident in the house. He has also had a stomach upset a couple times and he got up and ran to the door to be let out. He is an amazing smart dog.

Rarely do I find a video where the creator is actually more interested in doing right by the dogs in their care, than just putting on a show. Wonderful, and ACCURATE info is hard to find these days. Thank you for your willingness to share and I look forward to watching a lot more of your videos. Boerboel's are a dream (that is likely to stay a dream) dog, and since they are so formidable it is nice to see a creator walk everyone through the nitty gritty aspects of dog training and not just the surface common sense stuff. Much appreciated

I recommend getting the puppy plushy with a heartbeat! My puppy whined a lot as well during the first few days with us, but he settled right down when we gave him that puppy toy to sleep with. I think it reminds him of his mom and siblings.

Just bought your video. I adopted a 2 year old dog last month. Shelter didn't quite have the breed right. Took him to the vet and found out he is a Belgium Malinois. I love this doggo! His training is going really well. I will continue watching your videos. Thank you.

I'm really enjoying this series, just wish I had this information 14 months ago when I adopted my pup. I wasn't in the market for a dog let alone a puppy. Adopting her was one of the most impulsive things I had ever done. Those first few days were torture and had me questioning my sanity. One thing I did right was to crate train her. She loves her crate, it's her safe place. Looking forward to learning more as this series continues.

I am interested in seeing how this all goes. As a Dog Trainer for over 25 years, I started my RU-vid channel 8 months ago when I brought home Hudson my German Shepherd pup into a household of 8 other dogs so people could see a very different way of puppy raising/dog training! Over the last 25 years I have owned 52 dogs, most rescued, but raising 10 as puppies. Hudson has his own playlist! He is now coming to 10 months old and has been working in class since he was 4 months old. Every time I have brought a puppy home I have said "oh boy, I don't want to do this!" I tell my clients...I am not raising a puppy, I am raising the dog I want!

Growing up in South Africa, urban Boerbulls were total beasts, but rural dogs total duffus goofballs with loads of love & slobber... so excited that you're going to show us how to raise such a stigmatised breed in the correct way in all scenarios ~ ♡

I took in a 7 month old German shepherd who was terrified of people and dogs. Very reactive at a bit of a distance but just cower and hide behind me if they got to close. 1.5 months in and she is a completely different dog thanks to the knowledge I’ve gained from binge watching your videos.

Our family hopes you enjoy your dog. We have a 1yr old male boerboel and he is possibly the best dog we've had. We waited 2 years for the breeder and it was worth it. He is attached to our 5 yr old child at the hip, loves the cat, and is devoted beyond belief. Stranger danger is built in, and he guards our homestead without prompt. Two big things with boerboels are they eat you out of house and home, and it's easy to get frustrated with what looks like a full-sized dog, but is only 4 months old. He's now 145 lbs. This is not a dog for everyone, but if you have the time/space, they are amazing

Thank you, this is perfect for me as I got a bullmastiff puppy two weeks ago today, he was born January 13th, so he's now 10 weeks old. Crate training has been no problem at all but I'm using an old bed comforter as a cage cover over the three outward facing sides and the top, the cage is uncovered to the rear wall it's near. Looking forward to whatever comes next for you all. Cheers! 🍻

My English mastiff pup was born on the 25th! Just a couple months and I’ll take him home. Super stoked.

Great information here. I train dogs on the side and all of this was spot on. New puppies take alot of initial work but it pays off exponentially later.

I ❤love the realness of your videos, especially this puppy series 👍🏼 it’s nice to know the things that happen behind the scenes that maybe weren’t captured but are helpful to know! 💯 please continue to keep us posted with every detail!! The transparency is what it’s all about 🎉

The kid giving the puppy love was the best. Love watching the journey- can’t wait to apply to our new puppy.

Burleighs first reaction to Lakoda was interesting.. ...he's definately got attitude ... for a first meeting on her turf ...Most pups his age submit to an older dog....Lakoda needed to correct him and put him in his place. Shes a great dog..Burleigh s a sweetheart..with attitude!!❤ .lol

We just got our puppy two days ago this is perfect timing, subscribing and keep these puppy videos coming! We want to raise our girl like yours!

I love this. It’s nice and simple. We did very similar introduction of our puppy to our home a few months ago. I’m not your typical human though, I love the puppy stage, all of it, even potty training. People kept asking me how it was going at work (I’m a vet tech) and I was so excited to be doing puppy things. Especially at this young age. If I could just raise and train puppies I’d be in heaven. Honestly I think my taking care of sick animals all day has something to do with it, I’m already used to the constant clean up and management of pets so doing it with a healthy happy puppy where every experience is new and exciting is very enjoyable to me. Of course I also raise boxers and they are some of the easiest going dogs in my experience so maybe that’s why it’s so enjoyable as well.

Back then, 2 years ago, on Cooper's video I said Thanks God they found you, but now I'm adding 'Thanks God you found them'. Great move with this breed. You lead by example, true to your word, you're a great man.

My question is about health risks regarding other dogs and the uncontrolled environment as a puppy. My breeder stresses me out with all the talk of illnesses and other things to worry about before full vaccination. Can you elaborate on that?

I just came across your channel researching training a puppy as I just purchased a Miniature Schnauzer. I grew up with dogs but my parents did the training, so this is my first pet, officially. Thank you for making these.

You can post these videos with your new pup everyday and I’d watch them all even if they are not entertaining lol. Please post more of this pup. Your videos are informative and interesting to watch.

Need the next episode soon🙏🏼 I'm seriously invested in this little ones journey with you guys👍🏼

OMG, I can't believe this, I have followed you for a few yrs now and really enjoy your training methods. Looking very forward to this series, you are in for a real treat with this dog. Yes I am from SA and have had Boerboels most of my life, I have trained quite a few owners of Boerboels over the years. So, welcome to the Boerboel world.

He's so cute. And you catching him while you're talking about it, was right on cue! It's going to be a good ride...

What a adorable little feller

ive worked in a shelter. and what would help the crying was giving them stuffies. I calling them sibbies. it helped a lot. idk it that is good for training and self soothing. but it was the only thing i could do to help them.

Already loving this series, really interesting to see how the puppy progresses, not to mention I've thought about the possibility of getting a Boerboel at some point in the future.

Wow. No way I could have done that with my jumpy insane Lab pup. Learning a lot from these videos. Thanks for the honesty too, Tom!

lol, I was having a nervous breakdown for the first 3 months until things got better. Looking back, I wish I had enjoyed him a lot more

Congratulations! On new pup...such a chunky bundle of joy! Thanks for every single bit of information you are putting out here ❤

Lakota reminds me of my dog Tiva so much (my sister rescued her and she became our family dog for ~6 years until she just moved a few states away with her so I miss her dearly). Shes an Australian shepherd mix and during you talking and playing fetch with Lakota, I was dying laughing, the body language and focus on the fetch is so tunnel-visioned and serious! That same bringing the frisbee as close as she can to get another throw and following your arms and body language until she gets her fetch is so spot on 😂 My dog is 10 now and all the intelligence, drive, and energy is definitely still there! We love high energy breeds 🙌🏼

This is a great way to start training. Off leash from the beginning is the best way to go. It's a good tip to wear white sneakers (footwear) so your pup can follow easier, especially if walking at dusk/evening or during an overcast day. The brighter footwear helps to keep your puppy following you.

It's so refreshing seeing a professional dog trainer getting overwhelmed by puppy training. I remember my first few days when i brought a puppy home for the first time with zero dog experiance. I'm glad that i pushed through it even though i was close on giving up on him. he is now a little over a year old and a good boy.

Tom I got my dog the November before Covid starting. My pooch. She saved my life. Great video! I need to get a new dog soon.❤

Love the education you’re giving out about know the difference between a correction from other dogs and aggression. A lot of people being overly protective could lead to an mis trained dog.

Berly the Boerboel 😂❤ she’s adorable. Love your dogs and your work. Thank you!

oh my goodness, he's so precious!!! gosh i remember day 1 of bringing my then german shepherd puppy home (she might be partially mixed with dutchie or malinois, uncertain. she looks like a bigger version of lakota with less brindle honestly - head/neck shape is closer to those breeds than a german shepherd.) night 1, she literally jumped over the baby gate in the area i set up for her so she wouldn't get into anything... she was right at 3 months old and hadn't been in a home before. a few days later, i vacuumed. she wasn't scared of it at all, but she did hate the noise. super confident smart dog! she literally made the connection that the plug powered it, and unplugged it when i looked away for 5 seconds....( i was in the same room ofc, and she ran behind me and unplugged it. wild!!) needless to say, my local dog trainer said she'd been one of the smartest dogs he'd ever worked with, LOL. i felt like a proud dog mom. she's 3 years old now, 90lbs, and so amazing! :) doesn't really care much about other ppl or dogs apart from her dog sister who she adores. (a lot of neutrality, which i have no problem with. she could be very protective when she was a pup to an adolescent, and working w/ her for neutrality was the goal much like with Mr. Burleigh here in another video! i don't need her to be super friendly, nor do i expect her to be due to her breed/her temperament. she's incredibly loving to my family and i, and that's enough. :) she doesn't have issues going out having fun being a dog when we go places. the vet always compliments her for not giving them any trouble, as shepherds can be notoriously wary and nervous at the vet! - although i wish it were the same for my other shepherd lol, working on that.) i love all dogs but i especially love big dogs and puppies!!! no bad dogs gang! :)

Well done, Tom. Burleigh is adorable 🥰 so excited to follow his progression. Couldn’t ask for better parents or sister. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐶🐶

Gaaahhhh I love him! Love how stocky he is! I've adopted all my dogs except one, a dobie, way back in '09. I currently have a boxer/pyrenees & an akita/mastiff that has been so amazing, I would like to get a purebred akita somewhere down the line...maybe, cause it is a lot of work and she doesn't get along great with other dogs, which looks to be about the standard for the breed from what ive read so far. She's made it a little tough to be able to board her if i want to take a trip, but overall, she's so sweet and protective without alarm barking like my other dog will. He's the first line of defense, and she kind of stands back, very stull and focused assessing the situation, and it just cracks me up to see them in action. Love love love big dogs!

Yes the first few days are so hard whether it’s a puppy or rescued older dog. Thank you for acknowledging that! ❤

I’m glad you mentioned the puppy blues. They are very real. They took me by surprise last summer when I got my German Shepherd.

Burleigh & the kid hugging (11:25) melted my heart omg❤️ love it

My beagle is about 2 years old. I thought it would be easier with new pup but being older didn’t help. My first beagle was in a condo and now I’m in a house. I had my back and side yard landscaped. I didn’t realize my new pup would think the pebbles in his relief area were kibble! That was a rough time. What I didn’t do this time was let him sleep with us after being neutered. Our first one became protective with other dogs. He’s been great with other dogs and no issues at any dog park.

😍 Oh yes, I love to watch training your own doggie! 🥰 There really couldn't be a better opportunity to learn so much about dogs/puppies and training them from the first day! Thank you very much for sharing this with us! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 I appreciate it a lot! ❤️

Wow, I appreciate your candor. It really helps to know an experienced dog trainer as yourself also have ups and downs during this process 🙏🏾💚🌱

Great job. I've had the joy of owning Bull mastiffs and bull breeds over 25 years. Your approach and advice are spot on. I look forward to watching your lovely puppy grow, Boerboels are top of my list when we are able to take on another dog. Respect from the UK.

Please make long and detailed videos of this, I’m so damn excited ❤

That frisbee throw and Catch was tough lol I watch your video and my white German Shepard is an angel trained better then I thought I could.

Me and my wife love this series! We will be tuning in for every upload together with our GSD🐾

Because of my carrlessness, I had an x pen fold on a puppy’s foot and he was there for 2 hours because I left the house. Don’t leave unattended without nobody around.

Thank you for sharing this journey with us. I got my pup when he was 16 wks old. Watching this makes me wish I got him earlier (as crazy as that sounds).

Head spinning, yes! I got my puppy from the pound & she was amazing. She is extremely smart & eager to please so very easy to train (red heeler). But she’s so active, I felt she needed another dog to play with so I got her a 3 month old blue heeler mix puppy sister. She’s a beautiful dog, but not as clever & not as eager to please. Two puppies in the house = crazy! Now I have two messy, demanding, crazy, beautiful heelers. I adore them both & they’re good girls now that they’ve grown, but I went through the “what was I thinking” stages for sure. 😂

…The little matching wrinkles on the forehead. I love it. 😁🐾🐶🤎

Love love love it. Thanks so much and thanks for not skipping the details. Definitely help in the future.

Awesome puppy, Tom! -An old high school friend

Enjoy! They are so super cute and funny. Big personalities for pups. I miss mine so much.

Look forward to this series

I absolutely cannot WAIT until these future videos!! I’m getting my puppy in April :)

Awesome. Excited to see more of that. Would like to see the typical topics. Espacially Biting, picking up things from the ground, and gentle greeting strangers😍👌

I really appreciate you showing going off sniffing on a walk is good for building self confidence

Watching you with Burleigh ALMOST makes me want to get a puppy when I’m ready for another dog. But, since my 2 dogs are only 5 it’ll be a while before I’m ready.

Please continue doing this puppy series. I will surely buy you personal 1 on 1 for long term off leash training

For me it took probably 6 months to really get into a flow. As soon as we accomplished one thing, like potty training, we had to work on another thing, like to much nipping while playing. Things like that. But by 6 months of age, we finally knew each other and he had learned most of the boundaries. And I also corrected a few mistakes I had made also.

Looking forward to the series 6:58... The more freedom in the beginning.... 8:33... Flexy leash, attached to you so you can go hands-free...

My Boerbell is 3 best dog we ever owned smart loving and easy to train

Been waiting since the pod! 🤗

Loved this video! I can't wait to see the process of him growing and learning. He is going to be a great dog one day!

Brings back memories! Love these training videos.

Just subscribed cause I saw this series 👌👏👏👏

Ive just got a 16week gsd! Not sure where to start with the training process or the proper equipment! Id love to get a snipit of equipment and starting point to give this dog crazy success!!

Thank you for these videos. 😊

Puppies are so much work, but so fun to see them growing!

Good sound advice!

Picking up my new puppy tomorrow he’s one of the last two left and coming home to two dogs I really hope he doesn’t whine all night lol

I did that whole ordeal last year with my Dogue de Bordeaux, he was a pill and exhausted me,now 140 lbs he is a good boy. It's like raising a baby,lol

I bought a puppy labradoodle in the 2020 pandemic. Thank you for all the info for training him, he is doing great. I am looking into getting a German Short-haired pointer or another doodle puppy so I am super excited about Burleigh. Thank you

Just got a dogo Argentino that’s a week younger than your puppy. Excited to learn from you and watch my dog grow with yours

My dog is 8, no intention of getting a puppy but love watching these videos.

I have a quick question for you, where did he sleep on your first night? I know you want them to associate the crate with positivity but is that not where he's going to sleep at night?

So...we obviously wasted our opportunities when our puppies were that age and following us around...it will be an uphill battle to ever reach to that off-leash but I will be just happy to be able to have it on-leash right now, especially with the most boisterous anxious pup who will walk on the other side of you to escape heeling etc etc and will literally try to fly when he sees a cat or another neighbourhood dog walking near our boundary. I feel like the slip leash would work for the others but I need something a bit more for him so I am thinking of a prong collar now...

I have planned a XL American Bully puppy (male) from a great breeder, amazing temperament / family / people oriented line. I am super excited to watch this series to help prepare. Been 10 years since I had a puppy haha. 10 year old (75lb) Boxer currently, so both are within the bully line. I will be picking him up sometime this Spring (2024). Not born yet, so great timing. Great looking dog bro and awesome series idea for the channel, new sub!

I'm glad you mentioned leaving him off leash, my dog minds so much better off leash

Hi Tom! Do you have any advice in using doggie lawn or porch potty for those living in an apartment. Also how difficult is it raising your baby alongside your pup?

it is so much harder to potty train a dog when living in an apartment and you can't run 10 feet to the outside pee pee area. it took a good long while for our boxer to figure things out. He has bells to alert us and he is getting good about letting us know.

Lovely balanced cudddle bugs and personal protection in the right hands.

Yes I do like seeing you raise your puppy. So, when you go to bed, where is your puppy if he isn’t in a crate at night? Also, maybe you could address what should be done with a puppy when the adults work outside of the house and the kids go to school.

Great episode with all right tips. Thank you.

Looks real nice in upstate NY winter nice snow . I live here in So California

QUESTION: Do you have to worry about about Parvo when walking a new puppy? I’m over half way through the video and so far, I haven’t heard that being addressed in this video, or the travel one. Looking into getting a puppy and I was wondering if Parvo is just no longer a concern for people traveling to pick up very young puppies, or is Burleigh already vaccinated? Or does it all depend on where you live? Thanks!