Bringing Home Your Puppy
Congratulations! Whether you're still choosing a puppy or you've just welcomed one into your home, we'll help you raise a friendly, confident, well-behaved, happy dog.
🚀 Start with Our Free Course
Free Puppy Training Course
All the info you need to start your puppy off right. Prevent predictable problems and teach good habits from the very beginning!
📘 Prefer to Read?
AFTER You Get Your Puppy - Ebook
Discover Dr. Ian Dunbar's proven guide to raising a friendly, confident, well-socialized dog by focusing on the critical developmental windows that shape behavior for life.
(You can download this book, plus 3 additional books by Dr. Dunbar, by enrolling in the Free Puppy Training Course ⬆️ )
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🧭 Find a Puppy Class Near You
An off-leash puppy class is one of the smartest gifts you can give your puppy.
In addition to learning basic manners, puppies can learn bite inhibition and develop confidence and social savvy through off-leash socialization and supervised play. Use our International Puppy Class Directory to look for classes near you.
🧰 Free Puppy Training Tools
The right tools make it much easier and more enjoyable to train your puppy, especially once you know how to use them to full effect.
Track your puppy's progress meeting new people. The more positive experiences your pup has with different people in these early weeks, the less likely they are to become fearful, reactive, or aggressive in adulthood.
Track your puppy's potty training schedule so everyone in the household can work together to prevent mistakes, rewards successes, and follow your pup's progress.
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📝 Blog
Browse hundreds of free articles on puppy/dog training, behavior, and socialization.
🎙️ iWoofs Podcasts
Listen to Dr. Ian Dunbar discuss puppy training, behavior problems, and other doggy topics with Kelly and Jamie Dunbar.
▶️ YouTube
Watch free training demonstrations, tips, and lectures from Dr. Ian Dunbar and the Dunbar Academy team.
🐶 Know Someone Bringing Home a Puppy?
Help them get off to a great start. Everything on this page is free to share with family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you know with a new puppy—wherever they live.