Get all your friends and neighbours round to cuddle and meet him, he needs to settle in and be comfortable in his new surroundings and family.

Don’t take him out for a walk in the big wide world immediately he has had his injections and let him run free, he’ll get it all wrong, as a Toddler would if you didn't hold its hand.

Don’t tell him off if he has an accident in the house, show him and treat him when he does it right in the garden.

Don’t encourage rough games, he’ll get it wrong, as he gets bigger it will get out of hand and accidents will happen

Don’t tell him how to behave, show him, get him thinking of his own free will.

Buy a puppy from a reputable source.

Read the guide lines on the kennel club information.

Prepare all you need for your puppy before it arrives, bowls, bed etc.

When your puppy arrives home for the first time,take it out so it can relieve its self.

Give it a meal, then leave it so it may investigate its new surroundings, a small area to begin with,e.g. the kitchen.

Be there with it, but put no pressure on.

Give it space and show your puppy right from the start it is safe with you...

Use Amichien Bonding from the very beginning to give your puppy confidence in your leadership abilities. 

Read Jan Fennells Book 'The Dog Listener' before you get your Puppy.

Other recommended reading 'The Practical Dog Listener' by Jan Fennell

And 'The Seven Ages Of A Dog' by Jan Fennell. This book tells you all you need to know in owning and bringing up a puppy and how it changes both physically and mentally through its development to adulthood and on to old age, comparing it to its ancestor the wolf. An invaluable read for any dog owner.