Summary: You’re getting a dog, but will it be obedient or nothing but trouble? Whether it’s a puppy from a breeder or the shelter or an adult dog, Tom Roderick, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Day-Keeps-Trainer-Away-ebook/dp/B07GJY3FG2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Little a Day Keeps the Dog Trainer Away</a>, is going to show you the secrets to raising a puppy from day one so that it will bring you joy and companionship.<br> In this episode, you’ll learn how to select your new companion and how to prepare your home for your puppy and why crate training is so important. We’re also going to talk about what are some of the best foods for your dog and how to socialize them properly.<br> By the end of this episode, you will know how to raise and train your puppy more effectively. From the moment that you bring it home, up to a year later and beyond. Your dog and everyone it comes into contact with, will thank you.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Day-Keeps-Trainer-Away-ebook/dp/B07GJY3FG2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Get Tom’s new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Day-Keeps-Trainer-Away-ebook/dp/B07GJY3FG2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Little a Day Keeps the Dog Trainer Away</a> on Amazon.<br> Find out more at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/trainertomroderick/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Walky Walk</a>.<br> <br> Tom Roderick: I never really aspired as a young kid to be a dog trainer, but it just happened to work out that way because of my passion for dogs, and one thing led to another. I worked at a small dog boutique in middle school and a vet clean up in high school, and then I started doing training at Petco. I slowly but surely worked my work up to where I am now.<br> Charlie Hoehn: Roughly, how many dogs have you trained over the course of your career?<br> Tom Roderick: That’s a tough one, I’d say thousands.<br> <br> The meat of my training experience came after college where I work at a kennel called CPI, it’s Canine Protection International. They get a stock of dogs delivered from Europe and you’re just shredding and pulling your skills training anywhere from 15 to 25 dogs a day. You do that for five, six, seven years, and it really adds up.<br> In terms of doing my own thing, it’s a much slower pace because it’s not a kennel like scenario. It’s more tailored to the owners, which just takes a little bit more time and everyone. These aren’t professional dogs that come. It’s not a German shepherd that is delivered from Europe that has a foundation and training. These are just people’s pets, kind of dealing with a little bit more complicated issues.<br> Researching to Pick the Right Dog for You<br> Charlie Hoehn: Let’s start with prep, what do we need to do to prepare ourselves in our homes before we bring home the puppy?<br> Tom Roderick: Even before that, if I catch wind of somebody preparing to get a dog, I really recommend taking the time to do research on the breed selection. 99% of the behaviors that owners come across can be negated or eliminated or just overall just nonexistent if you do the proper research and select a breed that’s appropriate for your family, your lifestyle, your environment.<br> If they have a big yard, a small yard, all those sorts of things. A lot of people will get a dog because they think it looks cool, or they saw it in the movies or they had one growing up but that’s not a great way to select a dog that’s going to be with you for 8, 10, 15, maybe even 20 years of your life. Before you even get into any sort of prep in terms of bringing a crate or a leash or food dishes and things like that, doing a little bit of research on is a pit bull really a good choice for me or is a Great Dane or Australian Shepherd a good choice for me in a small Boston apartment? I really recommend starting there.<br> <br> Charlie Hoehn: How do you go about the process of r...
