This is the puppy training podcast episode 133, Life Rewards.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast, and I'm here to help you every step of the way. This is the puppy training

podcast and I'm your host, Amy Jensen. Hey everybody, welcome to the podcast and thank you for listening.

I hope you've had a good week. We talk about all things puppy here and I like to offer you tips and

tricks to train your own dog from home.

In fact, our entire online puppy school is based out of your home.

So you can come and watch classes and courses.

They're live and recorded.

You can talk to our trainers one-on-one via a phone call or a video call so we can see you working with your dog

and you can watch us working with our dog. We love coaching you. So super fun things. Today I want to

talk about life rewards, what they are, why we use them, and how they help teach our dog good

behavior. But first, I received an email a few days ago about creating a podcast guide,

listing and order episodes to listen to when getting started training a new dog, whether

it's a new puppy or an older dog. I love this idea. So I will begin working on it. While there is

not a perfect order, I believe I can be helpful in getting you started if you are new. So I'll get that

going. Off the top of my head, though, I recommend starting with topics like building a bond,

puppy biting, crate training, house training, and the ABCs of dog training, as well as socialization.

So these are the main topics we get asked about as people start their training journey with a new

dog. While we use the term puppy, start their training journey with a new dog.

While we use the term puppy again, the concepts apply to any age dog. So yes, we call it our

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