Surviving (and Thriving with) Your New Puppy

Surviving (and Thriving) With Your New Puppy is a practical, structured guide for navigating the first year of life with a young dog.

Rather than focusing on quick fixes or isolated obedience tricks, this book walks owners through the bigger picture of raising a thoughtful, reliable dog — one who can live calmly and confidently in the real world.

The first year of a puppy’s life is full of rapid changes. Excitement increases before impulse control develops. Curiosity expands faster than judgment. Behaviors that seem simple at home suddenly become much harder in new environments. This guide is designed to help owners understand those developmental stages and respond with clarity, structure, and realistic expectations.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Clear explanations of how dogs actually learn

• A month-by-month framework for the first year of development

• Step-by-step guidance for foundational skills like recall, place, leave-it, and disengagement

• Real-world training strategies that hold up outside the house

• Insight into common challenges like over-arousal, fear periods, adolescence, and reactivity

• Practical ways to balance structure, engagement, and independence as your dog matures

Throughout the book, short LakeHaus Insight sections highlight lessons drawn from years of working with thoughtful, high-drive dogs — the kind who notice everything and benefit from clear communication and consistent expectations.

This guide is written for owners who want more than a checklist of tricks. It’s for people who want to understand their dog, build trust through clear communication, and develop habits that create a calm, capable companion for years to come.

Whether you received this guide from your breeder or purchased it while preparing for a new puppy, the goal is the same: helping you raise a dog you can truly live with.

Printed Training Guide (Spiral Bound)

$44.99

Include:

• spiral bound

• durable training manual format

Printed copies are produced to order to ensure quality and durability.

Please allow up to 3 weeks for printing, spiral binding, and shipping.