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Pilot a short, practical settle-in guide
with your new puppy clients

Help owners avoid critical mistakes with essential early guidance

3-Minute Partnering Video: How to Support New Puppy Owners”
For veterinarians, breeders, rescues, and other dedicated pet care professionals

Excerpt from pre-recorded guide summary

This short clip shows the tone, structure, and practical approach owners receive—focused on real-life situations like settling in, early routines, and reducing overwhelm right away.

Address common early challenges before they escalate:

  • Nighttime crying + sleep disruption

  • Crate resistance or panic

  • Potty training confusion

  • Overstimulation and biting/mouthing

  • Early separation distress

  • Handling + envronmental socialization

  • Owner uncertainty

Why Pilot This

This pilot supports your existing work by helping you:

  • Prepare clients before pickup

  • Improve the first days at home

  • Provide consistent, practical guidance from day one

  • Reduce early confusion and preventable issues

  • Decrease early “panic” support requests

Sample video

Inside the Settle-In Guide

  • A simple, easy-to-share resource for your adopters

  • Six short “settle-in” chapters covering the most important first steps

  • A pre-recorded easy-to-follow summary in video and audio format

  • Clear, practical guidance owners can use immediately

  • Optional additional support: Access to affordable drop-in Q&A calls 

Chapter 1: Introducing Your Puppy to its New Home

Chapter 2: Contain, Restrain, or Train!

Chapter 3: Containment & Restraint Options

Chapter 4: Crate Training

Chapter 5: Potty Training

Chapter 6: Socialization

Interested in Participating?

I’m currently piloting this with a small number of breeders and pet professionals in Western Mass.

If you’d like to try it with an upcoming litter, I’d love to hear from you!

  1. You share a simple link and access code with a small number of new puppy owners (see client sign up page here).

  2. They get immediate access to Modules 1 & 2 (six settle-in chapters). 

  3. No cost, no setup, no ongoing responsibility for you.

  4. I gather feedback to refine and improve the program.

 

That’s it.

Watch this short video to meet the trainer and learn how your pet care business or organization can give new puppy owners a strong start — and add value for your clients.

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Western Mass Dog Training

Serving Shelburne Falls, Greenfield, and Amherst areas

202-779-3109

info@westernmassdogtraining.com

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