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SOCK THIEF SOCIETY / BEFORE PUPPY ARRIVES
Getting Ready
for Puppy.
Good beginnings can start before puppy comes home.
You don’t need to know everything before bringing home a puppy. But there are some decisions worth making — and some things worth understanding — before the little whirlwind arrives.
CHOOSING A PUPPY WITH CONFIDENCE / €75
Choose with more
than a gut feeling.
You’re planning to welcome a puppy but still deciding which dog could suit your household and where to find one. In this one-to-one conversation, Clare helps you weigh your lifestyle, the likely needs of different dogs, and the information a breeder or rescue can give you.
- Your home, routine and what you hope life with a dog will be like
- Size, energy, care and breed or mix traits to consider
- What can influence temperament—and what no one can promise about a young puppy
- Questions to ask a breeder or rescue about health, welfare and early experiences
- How to compare your options and check practical timing before you commit
You make the decision. Leave with clearer priorities for the dog that could suit your life, questions to take to a breeder or rescue, and a practical way to weigh your options.
Found the one?
Then it’s time to get ready for life together.
GET READY FOR PUPPY / €100
They’re coming home.
Let’s get ready for the reality.
A private online consultation to help you prepare for bringing a puppy home: what to expect, what matters most and what to do during those first days and weeks.
- Sleep & settling
- What puppies need and what those first nights can realistically look like.
- Toileting
- How puppies learn where to go and how to create opportunities to get it right.
- Mouthing & chewing
- What’s normal, what can make it harder and what to do.
- Your household
- Tailored to your situation, including children, other pets, apartment living or alone time.
- The first few days
- What matters now, and what can wait.
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
Clarity for the stage you’re in.
Choosing a Puppy with Confidence
Clearer priorities for the dog that could suit your life, questions for a breeder or rescue, and a way to compare your options before you commit.
Get Ready for Puppy
A practical picture of the first days at home: what to prepare, how to respond to sleep, toileting and mouthing, and what can wait.
AND ONCE PUPPY IS HOME?
The 6-Week Puppy Journey
If you’d like ongoing support as your puppy grows and you start building everyday skills together, that’s where the 6-Week Puppy Journey begins.
Explore the Puppy JourneyCONTACT
Ask Clare.
Whether you’re preparing for a puppy, in the thick of the early weeks or wondering whether online coaching could help, Clare would love to hear from you.
No question is too small. Ask about the Puppy Journey, a particular challenge, an individual session or which kind of support suits your puppy.
Prefer email? clare@sockthiefsociety.com