Puppy One: Foundations that Matter Most

Bringing a puppy home often comes with a long list of things you’re told you should be doing — training, socialization, routines, enrichment, exposure, manners — all at once.

The problem isn’t that these things aren’t important.

The problem is that not all of them are equally important at the same time.

For puppies five months and younger, timing matters. What you focus on now lays the foundation for everything that comes later. When priorities are unclear, puppy parents often feel overwhelmed, inconsistent, or unsure whether they’re doing too much — or not enough.

Puppy One is designed to give you clarity. This course helps you understand:

what your puppy must learn early
what you should be working on alongside that
and what can safely wait until your puppy is older

Instead of trying to do everything, you’ll learn how to focus on the right things at the right time — so your puppy’s early months support healthy development, confidence, and long-term behavior.

Before I ever taught professionally, my own puppies were my teachers. Each one came with different strengths, challenges, and developmental needs — and none of them followed a universal script.

Over time, my experience expanded beyond my own dogs. While most people are only a handful of dogs “old,” my work has allowed me to observe hundreds of puppies, across different breeds, temperaments, and backgrounds. That perspective changes how you see puppies.

Puppies are not blank slates or lumps of clay to be molded into whatever we want. Their genetics and early development set a blueprint, and the breeder’s choices form an important foundation long before a puppy ever comes home. Even in early puppyhood, you can see who a puppy is — how they respond to novelty, how they regulate themselves, how they engage with the world.

Puppy One grew out of that experience. This course is designed to teach you how to read the puppy in front of you — to recognize individual needs, identify areas of strength or vulnerability, and tailor early learning accordingly. Rather than following a rigid checklist, you’ll learn how to prioritize what matters most for your puppy, so your training supports who they are, not who you wish they were.

How to prevent common behavior and temperament issues before they become habits
How to teach bite inhibition (gentle jaws) in a developmentally appropriate way
How to create and use puppy confidence courses to identify strengths and areas that need support
Animal husbandry exercises so your puppy is safe and comfortable to handle
How to crate train for calm, relaxed confinement — without creating distress
Housetraining on the fast track, with clear structure and realistic expectations
Foundational skills that make sense for puppies:
- Attention, sit, down, touch, follow, four on the floor, and early leash walking
Patience and impulse-control games that build self-regulation

A downloadable and printable house training tracker to help you establish a clear, realistic potty routine
Six weeks of puppy scavenger hunts, available in printable or digital format, to support confidence and exploration
25+ instructional handouts you can keep and reference as your puppy grows
5+ hours of guided instruction and training videos, organized by priority and developmental stage
One complimentary 30-minute personal coaching session when you’re halfway through the course
Six months of course access, designed to support you through the most important early puppy period

This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped.

Before I ever trained professionally, my first dogs were my teachers. Those early years shaped the foundation of the work I do today. Since then, I’ve spent more than 15 years building Namastay Training from the ground up and helping families create calmer, more connected relationships with their dogs. My teaching style is practical, clear, and rooted in understanding. I believe training works best when it strengthens the bond between people and their dogs — and that belief sits at the heart of everything I teach.

Most puppy owners aren’t struggling because they’re doing things wrong.

They’re struggling because they’re trying to do too much, too soon, often based on advice that doesn’t take their puppy’s individual needs into account.

Puppy One is designed to help you slow down and get oriented.

You’ll learn how to recognize what actually matters for your puppy right now, what can wait, and where to put your energy so early training supports confidence rather than creating stress.

When you understand your puppy better, decisions get simpler.

You stop second-guessing yourself.

And puppyhood starts to feel more manageable — and more enjoyable.

Let my experience help you focus on the things that truly make a difference during these early months.

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