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A puppy, that is about 10 week old should not be expected to act in response to a command compare to a pro. Puppies has the ability to learn upon completion of the seventh week of his life. That ability is already there, so it is important that all he learns are positive.

The more he learns - though he may not perform well - the more solid the foundation for future training will be. A child is playing using a building blocks to build a house - one block at a time - until, finally, one block causes the house to fall. As he plays on the next time, that block house will have an outcome that has much firmer foundation than that of the preceding house.

Each time a puppy is taught a new word - and given no opportunity to respond in any other manner except the appropriate one for that word - another foundation block is being added. As the puppy’s mind expands, the opportunity to disobey can be introduced; correction for that disobedience will put the pillars into place, thus providing a solid foundation for the dog’s future behavior.

Weeks 11 and 12 will conclude the puppy’s preschool kindergarten training, and should begin with you controlling the direction of your short daily walks. It is at this point that you will - for the first time - exert your direct influence regarding walking with the puppy. Until in this point, he doesn’t have yet any absolute control embed over him, with the exception of your command “come” (wherein you gently pulled him to you and rewarded him with a tidbit treat).

With the reason that the puppy has not had absolute control placed over him throughout his daily walks, you may encounter some signs of behavior or an outburst of temper when you decide to go in a direction that your puppy just doesn’t happen to want to head towards. If he balks, backs up, or acts like a wild bull on the rodeo grounds, just stand calmly, holding firm to the leash, and let him get it out of his system.

Don’t make a big deal out of it. Just let him throw his tantrum - but don’t give in and go in the direction that he wishes to go. He’ll tire from his own antics in a very short period of time, especially when he sees that such behavior gets him nowhere.

When he is finally relax, speak lovingly and assuredly to him. Make him think that everything is alright and that you’ve got things under control. Do a few “come” maneuvers,which is explained in previous puppy kindergarten tips and be sure to follow them with the treat reward. Up to now, the command “come” with something pleasant, and you will be the recipient of benefits of this later on in your dog’s training.

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