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Week 20: what your puppy should know by now

A checkpoint for skills, habits, and gear that needs replacing.

By Sam Okafor, CPDT-KA.

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A puppy at 20 weeks old

Week 20. A checkpoint for skills, habits, and gear that needs replacing.

Skills

Name, sit, down, come on a line, settle on a mat, walk on a loose leash for a block, and go to the crate on cue.

Habits

Sleeps through the night, holds it for four hours, chews toys not furniture, greets people with four feet down most of the time.

Gear

Measure for a new harness. Check the crate divider. Retire toys with missing pieces.

Sam Okafor

CPDT-KA

Sam is a certified trainer at the Eva flagship and writes the training and behavior guides.

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