Transition Stage of Puppy Development
In order to foster optimal conditions for the correct mental growth and development of your puppy, is equally indispensable to respect your puppy's hours of sleep, which, as with human children, will be a lot (almost 18 hours a day), as well as not obligating her to do more exercise than she is able to. During the rest of the time the puppy needs to play and in each game she needs to develop primitive instincts which she must not be deprived of. It is precisely during playing hours when you should take advantage to go teaching the basic norms of education, always with a lot of patience and, because you must not forget that during these months she is only a baby.
Lastly, you must also take into consideration that the newly-arrived needs a soft and comfortable bed in that corner of the house where she can feel at ease, rest and which can constitute a real place of refuge, obviously respecting the needs and possibilities of the host family. Logically, you must also give your puppy food and water (always fresh, changing once or twice a day) and, why not, a soft collar which the puppy will go getting used to little by little and another one which you can use to take him out for a walk. It is also important for the puppy to have her own toys (dog specific) and that she doesn't get used to playing neither with shoes, nor with pieces of cloth nor anything that can confuse her.
All this must be done without forgetting that during the first days, weeks and even months, the puppy needs to urinate and defecate frequently and he must have a place in the House where he can do it without being punished; later on you can go limiting the possibilities of using such places, replacing than with daily walks, where he can take advantage to do his necessities. By the age of six or eight months your puppy should be able to endure up to seven or eight hours (during the night) and learn to ask when he needs to go out to get rid of his bowel movements.
