The Puppy Academy

04/28/2025

11/23/2024

One of the best (and often overlooked) puppy “tools” that can make instantly help to make puppyhood easier is…..

THE LEASH!!!

A simple, inexpensive 4 foot leash that you let your puppy drag around indoors (while being supervised!) when they’re out of the crate will let you easily gain control of a situation when you need to:

- Puppy getting into trouble? Guide them with the leash to another area.
- Puppy jumping? Grab their leash to help them settle
- Puppy biting? Use the leash!

Leash = leverage. Don’t underestimate the power of the leash and how much quicker you can handle challenging puppyhood situations when you’re prepared and have it on before you need it. 🐶

Featured student: Sally! 🩷

10/23/2024

“Help!!! How do I get my new puppy to sleep through the night?!”

One of the most common questions we get from new puppy parents….

Some broken sleep is expected when your puppy first comes home, as they learn their new digs, get on track with potty training, and get comfy on their new crate.

But what do you do when your sweet pup breaks out into a full-blown orchestra of whining, yowling, and barking through the night?!

In our latest blog, we’re sharing what to do to get your puppy to sleep through the night ASAP, so you can enjoy your peaceful night’s sleep once again!

Click on the “Read Our New Puppy Blog” link under the stanstore link in bio. 🐶

And congrats to this special boy Twombly for being our latest graduate! (And yes he has conquered sleeping though the nights 🥰💙)

09/29/2024

Puppies love to sniff!  But what happens if they love to sniff EVERYTHING and your 15-minute planned walk quickly turns into 45?!

With smell being their most powerful sense, sniffing is something all dogs, from puppies to adults, do. Especially while they’re out for their walks!

Let’s make it clear from the get-go: your puppy will always sniff and we’re not trying to stop this behavior. It’s how they take in and analyze the world around them! But, there are a few ways to get your puppy focused on walking instead of stopping to sniff every few feet!

We go over our full process to stop your puppy from sniffing everything on walks in our latest blog! Click here”Read Our Latest Blog” in the stanstore link in profile 🐶

Featured student: Rio! Swipe to see his official grad walk from finishing puppy school with us from earlier this week! 🩵🎓

09/18/2024

Jumping and nipping and doorway darting — oh my!!

These puppy antics can keep even a seasoned pup parent on their toes!

So how do you teach your puppy good manners so they aren’t jumping all over your guests, nipping at you and bolting through every doorway they come across?!

We’re sharing some of our simple training techniques what will help you get these behaviors under control before they become serious problems in our latest blog! Link in profile, then select “Read Our Latest Puppy Blog” 🐶

Featured student and recent graduate: Maui!🩵🎓

09/09/2024

Introducing your new puppy to your older pup can be a little nerve-wracking. Like….What if they don’t LIKE each other?!?!

In our latest blog, we share some useful tips to help make those new puppy introductions successful - and hopefully having your pups build a bond as strong as our students Sailor and Levi!

Tap “Read Our Latest Blog” under our Stanstore link in profile for all the pup-intro details, and scroll to see these BFFs during their school days together! Both of them just graduated 2 days apart. You can watch their official grad walks in our highlights! 🥰

Big CONGRATS to Sailor and Levi! 🩷🩵🎓🎓

09/02/2024

Happy Labor Day weekend! ☀️

Enjoying those blue skies and puppy eyes with students Charlie, Stevie Grace, Sonny, Rafa & Brodie! 🥰

Wishing everyone a wonderful long weekend, and if you’re welcoming a new puppy home, get our tips on how to introduce the new puppy to your older family pup on our latest blog! Link in profile 🐶

08/25/2024

Leash training is one of the most common training requests we get from new puppy parents.

And we get it — it’s not easy! Puppies get distracted, they pull, they lunge, they bark, they sniff, they want to say hi to every other pup or they want to run away from things that startle them!

Whatever the case, teaching your puppy how to Heel is essential so you can avoid those leash-pulling struggles and start enjoying your walks more.

Read our blog for walking tips that will make a huge difference with your pup’s skills in our latest blog - link in stanstore profile!

Featured student (and recent graduate🥰): Viggo! 💙🎓

08/18/2024

Puppy parents often tell us about their dreams of soaking in the great outdoors and enjoying leisurely strolls with their new adorable puppy…and how those dreams quickly turned into nightmares as soon as they tried to take their puppy out on their first walk!

The TRUTH about puppy walks is: puppies pull, and lunge, and bite the leash, and jump, and sniff, and bark, and even refuse to walk at times!

So if you are experiencing ANY of these lovely issues — take a breath — and know this is NORMAL puppy behavior. But just because it’s normal doesn’t mean it has to stay that way! (And, in our opinion, it shouldn’t!)

Getting a calm, loose-leash walk is one of the top goals new puppy parents have when they join our puppy school, so we’re sharing our tips on how you too can achieve this in our latest blog: How to Teach Your Puppy To Walk on a Leash!

➡️Read it in our link in bio under “Read our latest blog”

Featured students: Indy, Cruz, On Fire & Sailor!

Swipe for more pics of one our latest Graduates Indy!! Check out his official grad walk in our highlights 🐶🎓🩵

07/01/2024

That look when you realize we’re halfway through 2024! 😧

Happy July and a happy congrats to sweet Mi-Lu for graduating from puppy school! 💕🎓

Swipe for her adorable pics and check out the highlights for her grad walk! 🐾

Featured students in the pics: Mi-Lu, Frank, Cruz and Georgia!

06/26/2024

Learn how to potty train your puppy like a pro in our free POTTY TRAINING class TOMORROW June 26th. LAST CALL to register! Click the Stanstore link in our profile to get access + get the replay if you can’t make it live!

Join our proud potty trained pups (like Riggy!) and take some of that puppyhood stress away for good!

We can’t wait to see you tomorrow!

Annnnd be sure to swing back to see this handsome boy’s grad walk — it’s his puppy school graduation day tomorrow!! An early congrats to Rigatoni! 💙🎓

06/08/2024

If your puppy ever gets to that “uncontrollable” state where nothing you try to say or do seems to get their attention, then they’re usually in an over-excited state.

Puppies have an abundance of energy, but there’s ways we can redirect it and learn how to manage it to help bring more peace and zen into your (and their!) life. 🧘🏻

Grab our tips to calm down an overexcited puppy in our latest blog — link in bio! 🐶

A special congrats to this sweetie pie Luna who just graduated and is back for grad school! Woohoo! We’re so excited for round 2! 💕