🐶 Puppy Portal Library
Here’s where you’ll find all the guides you need to raise a confident, well-adjusted pup—from surviving the early days to building great habits for life.
New to puppies? Start with the Getting Started section, then work your way through topics as needed. Each guide is here to support real-life questions and challenges.
🐶 Getting Started with Your Puppy
Start here for big-picture guidance and early wins!
❓What to Expect During Training
Training isn’t always a straight line—and that’s totally normal. This guide walks you through what to expect as your dog learns, grows, and adjusts. From early wins to messy middle stages, you’ll get a realistic picture of how behaviour change actually works.
🌍 Safe Puppy Socialization Guide
Socialization isn’t about flooding your puppy with new things—it’s about creating safe, positive experiences that build confidence over time. This guide outlines how to introduce your puppy to people, places, sounds, and other animals in ways that support healthy emotional development.
🍖 Canine Nutrition & Behaviour Guide
Good food fuels good behaviour. This guide covers the essentials of feeding your puppy well—from choosing the right food to supporting growth, digestion, and long-term health. A solid foundation starts in the bowl.
📅 Everyday Habits: Setting Up for Success
The little things you do every day add up fast. This guide helps you build simple, sustainable routines that support your puppy’s well-being, prevent problem behaviours, and make training easier from the start.
🧠 Stages of Puppy Development
This guide breaks down the five key stages of puppy development, from those early days to the teenage months when things can feel a little wild. You’ll learn what to expect emotionally, physically, and behaviourally, so you can train with more patience, more clarity, and a better sense of what your puppy is ready for (and what they’re not).
🔑 Core Concepts (For all ages & stages)
Want to understand the building blocks of all good training? Start here.
🧠 Training Essentials
Step-by-step guides for specific cues and behaviours.
🎯 The Name Game
Your dog’s name should mean something special. This guide teaches you how to turn their name into a powerful cue for attention—so they tune in, even when the world is distracting.
🛑 Teaching a Positive Interrupter Cue
Sometimes you need to gently pause your pup without scolding or scaring them. A positive interrupter is a simple, upbeat way to interrupt unwanted behaviour and guide your dog back on track—without killing the vibe.
🎾 Teaching “Drop It”
Tug toy? Sock? Mystery object from the yard? This guide walks you through how to teach a reliable “drop it” cue using games and positive reinforcement—so you can keep play fun and your dog safe.
🚶♂️ Leash Walking Training Games
Loose leash walking starts with engagement. These training games build focus, connection, and movement skills so your dog learns to walk with you—not just next to you.
🌀 Distractions in Training
Real life is distracting—this guide helps you build focus and success through thoughtful setups, gradual exposure, and practical tips for handling the chaos.
🐾 Puppy Behaviour Help
Guides for managing common early challenges.
🚽 Housetraining Guide
Potty training doesn’t have to be a guessing game. This guide gives you a clear, realistic plan to help your puppy succeed—from setting up a schedule to troubleshooting accidents without shame or stress. Because consistency builds confidence (for both of you).
🦷 Puppy Biting Guide
Puppy teeth are no joke—but biting is a normal part of development. This guide helps you understand why puppies bite and gives you simple, effective ways to reduce it through redirection, management, and meeting their real needs. Less frustration, more calm.
🎾 Enrichment & Confidence Building
Support emotional and mental well-being through play and exploration.
🐶 Socialization & Confidence Guide
Confident dogs aren’t born—they’re built through safe, positive experiences. This guide shows you how to introduce your puppy to new people, places, sounds, and animals in ways that support emotional resilience and long-term well-being. It’s not about doing more—it’s about doing it right.
🧠 Puppy Enrichment Mini Guide
A tired dog isn’t always a happy dog—but a fulfilled one is. This guide shares simple, age-appropriate enrichment ideas to support your puppy’s mental health, natural instincts, and ability to settle. Perfect for rainy days, busy mornings, or anytime your pup needs a little something extra.
🌿 Explore & Restore Guide
This guide is all about balance—giving your dog a chance to explore the world and then reset their nervous system. You’ll learn how to use scent work, decompression walks, and calm downtime to support emotional regulation, reduce stress, and build lasting resilience. Perfect for sensitive pups, busy minds, and curious noses.
🦴 Bones & Chews Guide
Not all chews are created equal. This guide breaks down safe, appropriate options for puppies, how to match chew types to your dog’s needs, and how to use chewing as a calming, enriching activity.
📥 Downloads & Checklists
Quick-access tools you can print or use on your phone
✅ Training Session Checklist
Keep training simple and stress-free. This one-page checklist helps you plan, stay focused, and make the most of every session—so you and your dog can work smarter, not harder.
📈 Training Progress Tracker
Progress doesn’t always look like a straight line. This tracker helps you spot trends, celebrate wins, and adjust when things get tricky—so you can train with more clarity, patience, and confidence.
Looking for ongoing support as your puppy grows? Our Must Love Dogs Membership is the perfect next step! It's packed with resources to help you through every stage—from training and socialization to navigating new challenges as your dog matures. You’ll get access to exclusive content, live support, and a community that gets it. Join us to stay on track and feel confident as your pup learns, explores, and thrives!