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Your puppy’s first night: close, quiet, predictable.
Where will the puppy sleep? What happens when they wake? This page selects a few practical lines from Your New Puppy, rather than a whole first-month training plan.
From the book: the quoted lines below are from situation 5, “The first night”. The headings and navigation are website introductions, not extra book instructions.
Keep the sleeping place nearby
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“Stand the crate beside your bed.”
Before lights out
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“Take him out last thing before lights go off.”
The first small sound
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“Answer the first small sound, not the scream.”
“Carry him out, stand still, carry him back.”
Back to a quiet night
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“Keep the room dark and the house quiet.”
Where to read the whole situation
Same Words for Your New Puppy by Ivan Nikitskiy · Book 1, situation 5. The book names the AVSAB Humane Dog Training Position Statement (2021) as its source for this situation.
These are selected excerpts, not a complete crate-training method, a veterinary assessment or a promise of sleeping through the night. Individual puppies and household setups differ.
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