{"id":131,"date":"2025-03-04T16:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/2008\/01\/30\/how-to-handle-your-puppys-first-night-at-home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:12:44","slug":"how-to-handle-your-puppys-first-night-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/how-to-handle-your-puppys-first-night-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Handle Your Puppy’s First Night At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your puppy’s first night at home. It’s exciting, it’s fun, it’s definitely, and above all else, it’s exhausting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today’s blog post, we cover some things to think about before your puppy arrives at your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been about a year (UPDATE<\/strong>: Yowzers! It’s been over 18 years now!)<\/em> since I brought a 7-week-old puppy named\u00a0Stetson home from Guide Dogs of America<\/a>\u00a0(GDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It made me think of our wonderful first meeting in Sylmar, CA, and also the countless nights without sleep for the first 4 weeks with our new pup.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Your Puppy’s First Night Home<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Puppy Pickup Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GDA|TLC does not leave you empty-handed after you pick up your puppy from the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, they give you a puppy manual on what to expect and what you should do during those first few days and nights at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These steps aren’t only for guide dogs and can be followed by anyone bringing home a puppy for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guide Dogs of America also sends you off with a “Puppy Go Home Kit<\/a>” that includes some of the first things you’ll need for your new puppy including collars, leashes, dog food, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our new puppy checklist<\/a> for all the items we think you need before bringing home your new puppy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUICK TIP:<\/strong> You probably won’t be able to get your hands on a guide dog puppy manual. A good alternative that we highly recommend and something we read before bringing home our first puppy, Linus is Puppies for Dummies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n