The Puppy Survival guide

he Puppy Survival Guide — With Extra Help for Spaniel Owners 🐾

Bringing home a puppy is exciting… but nobody quite prepares you for the sleepless nights, needle-sharp teeth, toilet accidents, lead pulling and the occasional feeling that your puppy has completely forgotten everything you taught them!

I’ve created this practical puppy guide to help make those early months a little less overwhelming.

Written from both my professional experience as an ISCP Advanced Canine Practitioner and my real-life experience raising my own Sprocker Spaniel, Bruno, this isn't about having the “perfect puppy”. It's about understanding the puppy in front of you and building good foundations using practical, reward-based methods.

Inside, I cover puppy sleep and biting, toilet and crate training, socialisation and fear periods, foundation training, loose-lead walking, recall and whistle training, settling, adolescence, grooming and ear care, protecting growing joints, plus extra advice for owners of busy spaniels and other working breeds.

You'll also see real examples of what I've done with Bruno — including what worked, what we've had to revisit and what I've learned along the way.

PLUS: your guide includes a printable Daily Puppy Routine Tracker and Socialisation & Habituation Checklist to use with your own puppy.

Perfect for new puppy owners, those preparing to bring a puppy home, or anyone currently wondering, “Is this normal?!”