17/10/2026
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🐾 PUPPYHOOD UNPACKED | DAY 5
🐶 ONE THING I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME 20 YEARS AGO...
When I got my first dog, I wish someone had told me this:
Teach your puppy that it's okay to simply EXIST alongside you.
No playing.
No training.
No constant attention.
Not even looking at each other!
Just two individuals, sharing the same space, getting on with their own business.
Sounds simple, doesn't it?
But it's a skill we often forget to teach!
We spend so much time entertaining, exercising and training our puppies that we can accidentally create an expectation that whenever we're around, something exciting is about to happen.
And then we wonder why our adolescent dog follows us everywhere, constantly demands attention or barks because we're sitting on the sofa doing absolutely nothing! 🤣
So start NOW, while they're young!
🐾 Sit down with a cuppa and let your puppy potter about.
🐾 Give them something appropriate to chew while you read a book.
🐾 Allow them to settle near you without constantly engaging with them.
🐾 Quietly reinforce those lovely moments of calm, without making a big fuss.
Your puppy doesn't need you to be their entertainment committee 24/7!
Of course, puppies still need plenty of interaction, reassurance and opportunities for play and learning. And if they're genuinely distressed, we respond to that.
But learning that nothing needs to happen every time we're together is an incredibly valuable life skill.
💚 Sometimes the best thing you can teach your puppy is that doing absolutely nothing is perfectly okay.
🎁 Need more puppy advice? Grab our FREE Puppy Chaos Survival Guide from the Free Training Guides section of our website!
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