Urban Puppy

While this booklet is all about therapeutic fun for puppies and owners, the games also serve as useful training and control techniques. The games included are designed to enhance the puppy-owner relationship while providing a healthy and necessary outlet for the puppy's natural tendencies to chase, catch and chew.		Games include: Drop it Take it, Leave it The Socialization Game Hide and Go Seek Follow Me Retrieve Round Robin Recall Puppy Out of the Gate Which Hand

Drop it: Teaches the puppy to drop objects from their mouth on command.

Take it, Leave it: Conditions the puppy to take or leave a toy or other object when told.

The Socialization Game: Encourages family or group participation and enhances socialization by exposing the puppy to a variety of people, places and things.

Hide and Go Seek: Two variations that are just plain fun.

Follow Me: Focuses the puppy's attention on the owner and teaches him to stay close by.

Retrieve: Provides healthy exercise and training benefits.

Round Robin Recall: Reinforces the "come" command and helps the puppy learn the names of the people in his life.

Puppy Out of the Gate: Great fun for the puppy and again reinforces the "come" command.

Which Hand: The basis of "shake a paw" and great mental exercise for the puppy.