🚀 Start with our Free Dog Breeder Course

Free Dog Breeder Behavior and Training Program

Learn why early handling and socialization with lots of unfamiliar people are so important for developing friendly, confident dogs—and how surprisingly easy it is to begin housetraining, chewtoy-training, and manners training at just 4–8 weeks. Send your puppies home socialized, better prepared for family life, and already learning good habits from the start.
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📄 Give Every Puppy Buyer This Pamphlet

Free Puppy Training and Socialization Pamphlets

Share our free Puppy Training & Socialization pamphlet with every puppy family—and encourage other breeders in your breed club to do the same. It gives new owners practical, time-sensitive guidance and connects them to extensive free puppy training resources, so they can continue safely socializing their puppy and reinforcing good habits after the puppy goes home.
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📘 Email this Book to Every Puppy Family

AFTER You Get Your Puppy - Ebook

Email this ebook to all of your new puppy parents before they bring home their new puppy so they'll be ready to train and socialize their puppy from the very beginning. Want More? You can download this book, plus 3 additional books by Dr. Dunbar, by enrolling in the Free Dog Breeder Behavior and Training Program ⬆️
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🧭 Help Your Puppy Families Find a Puppy Class

Recommend an off-leash puppy class to every puppy family.

Puppies need opportunities to socialize and play with other puppies in a safe, supervised environment. Early puppy classes help develop confidence, social skills, and bite inhibition while reducing the risk of behavior and temperament problems later on. Refer your puppy families to our International Puppy Class Directory to find classes in their area.
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🧰 Free Puppy Training Tools

🛒  Puppy Prep Shopping List 

Help your buyers find the equipment they'll need to properly raise their pups, plus the information they'll need for how to use those tools.


🚽  Potty Training Log 

Help your buyers potty train their pups quickly and easily. This printable document makes it easy to track a pup's progress and coordinate care.


📋 Puppy Socialization Log 

Help your buyers socialize their pups to people to reduce the risk of adolescent-onset fear and reactivity problems.

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📝 Blog

Browse hundreds of free articles on puppy/dog training, behavior, and socialization.

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🎙️ iWoofs Podcasts

Listen to Dr. Ian Dunbar discuss puppy training,  behavior problems, and other doggy topics with Kelly and Jamie Dunbar.

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▶️ YouTube

Watch free training demonstrations, tips, and lectures from Dr. Ian Dunbar and the Dunbar Academy team.

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🎓 Canine Sexual Behavior Seminar

A 6-hour seminar by Dr. Ian Dunbar, based on his research at UC Berkeley

Explore the fascinating world of canine reproductive behavior and behavioral endocrinology—from anestrus and estrus to zygote and puppy—based on Dr. Ian Dunbar's research at UC Berkeley.
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🐶 Every Puppy Deserves a Great Start

The most important thing you can send home with a puppy isn’t a bag of food or a toy. It’s an educated owner. Help every puppy you raise get the great start they deserve by encouraging your puppy families to use our free Every Puppy resources before they bring their puppy home.

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About Dr. Ian Dunbar

These resources were developed by Dr. Ian Dunbar, veterinarian, animal behaviorist, dog trainer, and pioneer of modern puppy training and socialization. He founded SIRIUS Puppy Training and the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, conducted research on canine behavior and reproduction at at UC Berkeley, and has authored numerous books and articles on dog behavior and training, including seven years as the AKC Gazette’s award-winning “Behavior” columnist.