Prepare the home
Start with safe containment, an easy potty routine, appropriate chews and enrichment, cleaning supplies, and equipment that supports calm, consistent training from the beginning.
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Support for the first days, weeks, and years.
Helpful recommendations for preparing your home, continuing early training, and building on the foundation your Takikawa puppy has already started.
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Bringing home your puppy
Bringing home a puppy is easier when you understand the foundation they already have and how to continue it. These resources are designed to help owners prepare for a Takikawa puppy, continue early training, and support a smooth transition home.
Takikawa puppies begin life with early socialization, handling, crate exposure, manding, settling routines, and age-appropriate real-world experiences. The goal of this page is to help you build on that foundation with confidence.
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Practical help, in the order you need it.
Continue the foundation
Keep practicing name response, recall games, polite sitting for attention, food manners, handling, crate comfort, and settling routines in short, positive sessions.
Socialize thoughtfully
Choose manageable experiences that help your puppy notice the world, recover from small surprises, and stay connected to you without being overwhelmed.
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Our New Puppy Guide includes notes, handouts, and links to help owners prepare for a new puppy and continue the foundation started here.
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Continuing the training foundation
Takikawa puppies begin learning that people are worth paying attention to, calm behavior opens doors, and training can be enjoyable. After go-home day, the goal is not to start over, but to continue the foundation your puppy has already begun.
New owners are encouraged to keep practicing simple skills such as name response, recall games, polite sitting for attention, food manners, handling, crate comfort, and settling routines. Short, positive sessions are usually more helpful than long training drills.
The most important thing is consistency. When owners continue the same calm, thoughtful approach, puppies are more likely to carry their early confidence and cooperation into everyday family life.
Extended Puppy Preschool
Some Takikawa puppies stay for additional Puppy Preschool beyond 8 weeks when owners want extra support before bringing their puppy home. Extended training may include crate routines, leash foundations, socialization, confidence-building, travel preparation, and transition support.
Availability depends on scheduling, and extended Puppy Preschool is offered at $500 per week.
"The structured socialization, field trips, and early training gave our puppy a fantastic foundation and made the transition home easier."Chibi's Owner
Need the next step?
Owners who want more step-by-step support can use the Puppy Edition training journal and K9 Level Up video library.