Nothing brings more joy or happiness to a home than the arrival of a new furry friend. Your puppy's arrival is also the time you begin training. Noted canine trainer and journalist Susan Ewing shares new methodologies and techniques to Charlotte Schwartz's original best-selling puppy training book in this week-by-week training guide for new puppy owners. Before starting your eight-week training course, you'll learn why a puppy is most receptive to training before they are 16 weeks of age, a variety of tips for motivating your puppy throughout training, as well as a wealth of insights on achieving success in house-training. With this understanding, you and your puppy are ready to begin your eight-week course to training success. From week one, where you'll learn the secrets of training success-including the sit and stand command and incorporating your puppy's toys into their training-through week eight, where you'll learn to teach your dog to retrieve, alter bad habits, and how your dog's memory affects learning and your methods of teaching, Ewing will guide you through each element of training with expert instruction, practical tips, and fun tricks to teach your pup each step of the way. Like anything in life, success will come from repetition, patience, and celebrating each milestone, so enjoy these eight weeks as you build a bond with your puppy that will last a lifetime! Positive training techniques and commands include: Sit and sit-stay, Stand and stand-stay, Down and down-stay, Socializing, How to behave around, Heel and leave-it, Sit-stay at mealtime, Basic agility training, Responding when called, Weaning off food rewards, Altering bad habits, Discovering how your dog's behavior affects his learning.