The First Week With a Puppy: What I Do (and Don't Do)

🐾 Follow Josie’s puppy journey from the start: ➡️ Full Puppy Training Series:    • The Complete Guide to Raising a Confident,...   The first week with a new puppy can feel overwhelming. There’s so much advice about what you should be doing — training, socializing, teaching behaviors — but in reality, this first week is about keeping things simple and building the right foundations. In this video, I share what I focus on during week one, what I intentionally don’t do, and the simple training games I use to help puppies settle in, build confidence, and develop calmness from the very start. I’m Gisela Griesser, a professional dog trainer and behavior consultant, and in this series I’m sharing how I’m raising my own puppy, Josie, step by step to become a confident, calm, and well-rounded dog. Pawsome Connection Dog Training & Behavior https://pawsome-connection.com/ What you’ll see in this video: • What I prioritize in the first week at home • What I avoid (even if it’s commonly recommended) • 3 easy training games that build valuable life skills • Why calmness is a lifestyle, and how to achieve it If you haven’t seen them yet: 👉 Getting started with Boundary (Bed) Games:    • Most Puppies Never Learn This…  #puppytrai...   👉 Potty Training – My Top 7 Tips (including the Parking Meter Method):    • 7 Puppy Potty Training Tips That Actually ...   👉 Crate Training Foundations – When Your Puppy Hates the Crate:    • When Your Puppy Hates the Crate: Foundatio...   🎥Up next in the series: ▶ Week 2: Ditching the food bowl, enrichment ideas & how to handle puppy zoomies:    • If You Want A Calmer Puppy - Do This!   ▶ Week 3: My Puppy Ignores Me Outside:    • My Puppy Ignores Me Outside - And How I Fi...   ▶ Week 4: Most Puppies are Socialized Wrong:    • Most Puppies Are Socialized Wrong   ▶ Week 5: Tiring out your Puppy is a Mistake    • Tiring Out Your Puppy Is A Mistake - Here'...   ▶ 2 Food Toys That Keep My Puppy Busy (And Save My Sanity)    • 2 Food Toys That Keep My Puppy Busy (And S...   ▶ Watch the complete Puppy Training Series playlist here:    • The Complete Guide to Raising a Confident,...   Subscribe if you’d like to follow Josie’s journey and learn how to raise a confident, happy puppy, step by step. #puppytraining #puppytrainingtips #dogtraining Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:04 Game #1: Over and Under 3:52 Things to do in week 1 6:59 Game #2: Food Follow 8:21 Things NOT to do in week 1 11:12 Game #3: Noisy Box 15:51 Week 1 recap