The New Puppy 30-Day Plan
Your puppy's first 30 days, written down for you.
A day-by-day plan for potty training, the crate, biting, first cues and meeting the world. Every day has two to four small things to do, how long each takes, and how you can tell it worked.
One PDF, 39 pages, plus a free bonus guide for months 2 and 3. Download right after checkout.
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Here is day one.
No theory first. The plan goes day by day for 30 days: a short list for each day, how long each step takes, and how you can tell it worked. The how-to sits in seven short skill chapters at the back.
This is the real day one from the plan.
Day 1: Pickup day
- Go straight to the potty spot when you get home. Say "go potty" once and wait about 3 minutes. Reward the moment your puppy goes.5 min
- Keep it small. One room and the puppy zone. Family on the floor, one at a time. No visitors.30 min
- First nap in the crate or pen with a stuffed chew toy.2 min
- Bedtime: crate next to your bed, water up about 2.5 hours before, last potty trip right before lights out.10 min
The Potty Clock
| Age | Awake and active | Outer limit |
|---|---|---|
| 8 to 10 weeks | Every 45 to 60 minutes | About 3 hours |
| 3 months | At least every 2 hours | About 4 hours |
| 4 months | At least every 2 hours | About 5 hours |
| 5 months | Stretch gaps slowly, only while dry | About 6 hours |
Three of them, and the 30 days are built around them.
The Potty Clock is the table on the left plus the moments your puppy always goes out. The Crate Ladder takes you in small steps from a crate your puppy likes to calm time alone. The Socialization Passport is a checklist for safe, calm new experiences, even before vaccines are done. A two-minute handling routine makes nail trims and vet visits easy later.
Most puppies come home halfway through the window.
The best time for a puppy to calmly meet people, places, sounds and handling runs until roughly 12 to 14 weeks. If your puppy came home at 8 weeks, a lot of that time is happening in your living room right now.
A plan for the first 90 days, and an optional pack you print.
The New Puppy 30-Day Plan
- Get ready: the puppy zone, the essentials, 10 puppy-proofing checks
- Week 1: settle in and start every routine
- Week 2: build habits and widen the world
- Week 3: more places, more cues
- Week 4: real life practice and your day-30 review
- 7 skills: first day and night, Potty Clock, Crate Ladder, Socialization Passport, biting and jumping, first cues, handling
- Health basics and when to call your vet
- Free bonus: Months 2 and 3 with Your Puppy, a week-by-week plan for days 31 to 90 (32 pages): real walks, a recall that works, calm greetings, teething, and the first teenage signs
Printables + Bonus Pack
- 10 one-page printables. The basics: shopping checklist, daily schedule, potty log, socialization tracker, vet record, emergency card
- Plus 4 new ones: a 30-day fridge tracker, sample days by age, first cues cheat card, the full Socialization Passport
- 10 bonus chapters: puppy-proofing room by room, the full shopping list with prices, the family plan, sleep and feeding, grooming, the vet timeline, spay and neuter, emergencies and toxic foods, choosing a class, the teenage months
A peek inside. Blurred on purpose, the real pages are sharp.
We put this together because new puppy parents keep saying the same thing: there is too much advice and none of it says what to do on Tuesday at 7pm.
So the plan is short on theory and long on small, clear steps: rewards, routine and calm structure, the way vets and behavior experts describe the first weeks. Anything about health says "ask your vet", because your vet knows your puppy.
The Puppy Loves Play team
- My puppy is already home. Is it too late?
- No. Start at Day 1 today. If your puppy is 12 weeks or older, the plan tells you which socialization steps to bring forward.
- Who is it for?
- Anyone bringing home a puppy between about 8 and 16 weeks old, or who brought one home in the last few weeks. Written for first-timers, useful even if you have had dogs before.
- What do I actually get?
- Two PDFs: the 30-Day Plan and the free bonus for months 2 and 3. Read it on your phone or computer. You can add the Printables + Bonus Pack for $5 with one tap on this page if you like paper trackers on the fridge.
- Do I need to buy special gear?
- No. The plan has a short list of the essentials most people already plan to get. The full list with prices is in the Bonus Pack.
The 30-Day Plan, $20.
Includes the free bonus for months 2 and 3. Instant download, yours to keep. Want the printables and 10 bonus chapters too? Add the pack for $5, it goes straight into your cart.
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