Puppy Training Essentials

This video, provided by Purina Puppy Chow, covers essential aspects of puppy care, including nutrition, training, socialization, and veterinary care. It emphasizes the importance of preventive training, proper nutrition, and regular veterinary visits. The video also provides practical tips on crate training, housebreaking, and basic obedience commands to help raise a well-mannered and healthy puppy.

What is the primary focus of the Purina puppy care video?

• Ensuring proper nutrition, training, and veterinary care

• Teaching advanced tricks

• Promoting dog shows

• Providing entertainment for puppies

Why is it important to limit a new puppy's freedom to one room initially?

• To prevent the puppy from getting lost

• To teach the puppy to earn freedom by listening

• To make the puppy feel lonely

• To avoid cleaning the entire house

What should you do if your puppy is reluctant to enter the crate?

• Forcefully push the puppy inside

• Leave the puppy outside the crate

• Gently place the puppy's front feet over the threshold and push the bottom inside

• Ignore the puppy

What is the main benefit of feeding Purina Puppy Chow to your puppy?

• It is cheaper than other brands

• It provides the appropriate balance of essential nutrients

• It helps the puppy bark less

• It makes the puppy sleep more

How often should very young puppies (6-8 weeks) be fed?

• Once a day

• Twice a day

• Three times a day

• Four times a day

What should you do if your puppy has an accident inside the house?

• Clean the area and take the rag outside to the designated spot

• Ignore the accident

• Hit the puppy

• Rub the puppy's nose in it

What command should you use to encourage your puppy to eliminate in a designated spot?

• Fetch

• Go potty

• Stay

• Sit

What is the first thing to teach your puppy during obedience training?

• Roll over

• Bark

• Fetch

• Submission

Why is it important to be consistent, firm, and fair during training sessions?

• To make the puppy scared

• To help the puppy learn quickly and effectively

• To confuse the puppy

• To make the training sessions longer

What should you do if your puppy continues to bark excessively?

• Let the puppy bark

• Give the puppy a treat

• Ignore the puppy

• Clip a leash to the collar, say 'quiet', and pop the leash forward