YNP #061: A Typical Puppy Schedule
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
4.8 • 917 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Your puppy’s schedule will vary depending on many factors. Including age, exercise needs, and your schedule.
When I’m asked about what a typical day looks like I know that I’m actually being asked things like:
- “How many times should I take my puppy out?”
- “How much exercise should my puppy get?”
- “How much time is too much time in the crate?”
To help answer these questions and give you a place to start, in this episode, I talk about what a typical day might look like for a 10-week old puppy and how it will change as your puppy gets older.
In this episode I talk about:
- What your puppy’s schedule will revolve around depending on their age.
- How exercise and enrichment vary depending on your puppy’s age.
- How your puppy’s schedule will change as they get older.
- Examples from clients on the daily schedules that work for them.
- Bedtime and wake time.
Press play and enjoy!
Other resources mentioned and related to this episode:
YNP #056: Potty Training for a Working Household
YNP #018: Ditch the Bowl and Make Mealtime an Event
YNP #042: 10 Ways to Play With Your Dog
YNP #059: How to Teach Your Dog to Fetch
Rover Round Robin: Instructions to a fun, structured, family game that also reinforces recall.
11 activities to do with your dog
The flirt pole: Found under toys section of my recommended supply list.
YOUR Perfect Puppy: 4-week online training course for you and your new puppy.
What’s Next?
Still wondering if your puppy’s schedule is “right”? You’re not alone!
You’re just like any human trying to raise a dog.
That’s exactly why I created YOUR Perfect Puppy — my digital program that gives you a clear plan to follow and direct support from me every step of the way.
From potty breaks and crate routines to balancing naps, training, and enrichment, I’ll help you create a schedule that works for you and your puppy.
And because puppyhood doesn’t stop after four weeks, you’ll also get ongoing access to Playtime Paws Academy — my membership community with weekly live calls, a private forum, and an entire library of enrichment activities to help you to help you stay on track as your puppy grows.
Click here to check out YOUR Perfect Puppy. I’d love to help you feel confident in your day-to-day routine.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and today we're going to |
| 0:29.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 61 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today we're going to talk |
| 0:35.3 | about a typical puppy schedule. So this is something I get asked mostly by |
| 0:42.0 | brand new puppy owners or even those preparing for your puppy. |
| 0:47.7 | And on the surface, I can't really answer that because it depends on so many factors it depends on your |
| 0:56.8 | puppies age where you are with potty training what their energy and |
| 1:02.0 | exercise needs are what your family's |
| 1:05.0 | family's schedule is, what your family looks like, what your family's resources are. |
| 1:08.0 | But when I take a step back, what I'm really being asked are things like how often do I have to take my puppy out, |
| 1:16.8 | how much exercise do they need during the day, how much crate time is too much crate time. |
| 1:23.0 | Or maybe you just want an idea of what your new life |
| 1:27.1 | is going to look like, especially if you've never |
| 1:29.3 | had a puppy before. |
| 1:30.9 | So I am going to specifically talk about younger puppies, mainly because once your dog is older, like six months plus, you kind of got it figured out. |
| 1:41.0 | Maybe you just want to make sure that you're doing it right at that point. |
| 1:45.2 | So what I'm going to do is I'm going to focus on a typical daytime schedule for younger puppies, |
| 1:52.4 | so between two and five months old, and then how that schedule |
| 1:56.1 | might change or look like once your puppy gets older, five months plus. |
| 2:00.8 | I'm also not going to take into consideration if you have a working household. So in other words, everybody's out of the house during the day because I do have an episode, |
| 2:10.0 | episode 56 where I address this. For purposes of this episode I'm going to talk |
| 2:15.4 | about a typical day assuming that you're home with your puppy. I also want to |
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