YNP #109: Three Things I Wish Every Puppy Parent Knew Week One

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

Kids & Family, How To, Pets & Animals, Education

4.8 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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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.
0:16.3	Here's your host, Debbie Salento.
0:29.2	Thank you. your host, Debbie Salento. Hello and welcome to episode 109 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie, and today we're
0:35.3	going to talk about three different things that I wish every puppy owner
0:39.6	new in week one. Essentially, what really matters and is going to make a difference and what doesn't
0:46.9	really matter and isn't going to make a difference and you don't have to address right away.
0:51.0	Because this is the time, like, of course, we're so excited. We've been
0:55.2	waiting for this moment. We're all set up. We've read the books. We have the supplies and we're
1:00.4	ready to go. But we're also going to be exhausted. You're going to probably forget everything
1:08.2	you've learned in the moment, but you still have this feeling of,
1:11.4	I want to do this right. So a lot of times we overcompensate or we focus on the wrong things.
1:18.7	And that's what this episode is here to correct. All right. And good news is, is I think
1:23.9	these things, it's going to make your life easier in this moment of chaos. So this is a little
1:31.2	bit of an extension of my last episode where I talk about what it really means to prepare for your
1:38.6	puppy because what that episode is doing is preparing you for this first week. Okay, so let's just dive right on in.
1:46.0	So the first thing that I wish every puppy owner knew or understood is that your puppy's
1:53.1	freedom is not guaranteed. They need to earn it. And if you've been listening to me for a while,
2:00.0	this one does not come as a surprise for you.
2:01.6	So let me explain. A lot of times when our puppy comes home, we think, well, this is their home now, and they should get freedom.
2:11.1	They should be able to explore it. They should be able to run around the kitchen while we're in there.
2:15.9	There also might be a little bit of guilt if you don't allow that. But the reality is, is that giving them too much freedom
2:23.3	opens up the potential of more issues. So more accidents, more things chewed on and destroyed,
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