New Puppy Owner Guide: How To Raise A Puppy

Getting ready to adopt a new puppy? Adopt a Pet’s “The Puppy Manual” is a super-helpful and concise 21 pages covering the puppy basics, to help you prepare for the arrival and first few months with your new puppy. Here's what our Puppy Guide covers:

The Puppy Manual

The basic training, socialization, and guidelines explained simply with many easy-to-follow steps can be used starting at the age of eight weeks, the earliest age at which most people would be bringing a puppy into their home.

If your puppy is slightly older, as long as they are under six months old, these steps can still be helpful. For puppies older than six months, many of these tips still apply.

We have several formats of The Puppy Manual for you to choose from, click any of them to download and start reading.

PDF free download, two sizes:

• HIGH-RES 2.5MB “The Puppy Manual” PDF great for printing

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This version of Adopt a Pet’s Puppy Guide costs 99 cents, the lowest we could make it available on Amazon.

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The highest percentage of dogs surrendered to shelters are adolescents —– thorough puppy training and socialization can prevent many puppies and dogs from becoming homeless. Help puppies everywhere by sharing The Puppy Manual, a free download from Adopt a Pet, with everyone you know who has or will soon be adding a new puppy to their home.