The Sixteen Weeks — Everything for the puppy, while it is still cheap to decide

If any of this is your week

It is half past five and you are hiding in the kitchen.

He has been awake since four and he has not stopped since.
There is a patch on the rug you have cleaned three times today.
Your hands have small red marks on them and you have stopped mentioning it.
You have read eleven articles and they all said the same four things.
Somebody told you to socialise him and you still do not know what that means.
You have not said it out loud, but you have thought about whether this was a mistake.

That last one is the most common thought in the first three months and almost nobody admits to it. It is not a verdict on you or on him. It is week six, and week six is like this for most people.

Why none of it worked

The advice was right. It just never gave you the number.

Socialise him. Crate train him. Be consistent. Every article says the same four things, and not one of them says how far away to stand, how many minutes, or how many times a day.

So you guess — and he comes home frightened of pushchairs. The numbers exist. They are just dull, and nobody sells a number.

The sixteen weeks, laid out

Find the week you are in.

Nothing here happens on a date. These are the weeks each thing usually lands in, and the module that covers it. Vaccination timing and when he may be on the ground in public are your vet's answers, not ours.

Week 8
Night one
He has never slept alone in his life. Where the crate goes on the first night decides the next three weeks.
The Night And The Floor →
Weeks 8–10
The floor
Out every forty minutes, written down. House training is arithmetic, not a lesson he learns.
The Night And The Floor →
Weeks 8–12
The window
The most receptive weeks he will ever have. Distance and food, not contact and crowds.
The Sixteen Weeks →
From week 9
Forty seconds
Alone-time starts while nothing is wrong. Forty seconds a day now is worth months later.
Alone In The Kitchen →
Weeks 10–16
The biting
Needle teeth and marks on your hands. Developmental, not aggression, and it peaks before it ends.
The Biting Weeks →
Weeks 11–14
Collar, then lead
Four new things introduced one at a time, in ninety-second pieces, with the street last.
The First Lead →
Weeks 13–16
The first street
Twenty metres at the quietest hour of the day, and home while he is still relaxed.
The First Lead →
All sixteen
The record
Two minutes an evening. The holes in his socialisation become visible while there is still time to fill them.
The Puppy Logbook →

What the method does differently

The advice is not wrong. It is just missing the number.

Socialise him. Crate train him. Be consistent. All true, and none of it tells you how far away, how long, or how often. Six differences, none of which costs anything, and all of which are the part that was left out.

The method

Almost everyone else

Exposure at a distance where he still takes food

Taken into the middle of it, handled by strangers, 'getting used to it'

Out for the toilet every forty minutes, on a written schedule

Out when somebody remembers, which is after the accident

The crate beside your bed for the first nights

The crate in the kitchen on night one, and a week of crying

The hand goes still and boring when he bites

The hand snatched away fast, which is the best toy in the house

Alone practised for forty seconds a day from week two

Alone attempted for four hours in month five, when it is already a problem

The collar, the lead and the street as three separate weeks

All four new things at once, on the first walk

None of this is advanced. It is the detail that gets left out of every list of tips, because the tips are written to be short and the detail is where the whole thing lives.

Before and after

Of the list, not of the puppy.

We are not going to show you somebody else’s puppy and call it proof. We will show you the thing sixteen weeks actually changes, which is what your own socialisation list has on it.

An empty socialisation list beside one filled in over sixteen weeks

Week one: an empty list, and a certainty that he has met everything Week sixteen: ninety entries, and four holes you can still do something about

What the method is made of

Three things the advice never gives you.

A puppy mouthing a finger — **The distance**Far enough that he still takes food. If he will not eat, you are too close.

A puppy lying at a person's feet — **The interval**Out every forty minutes, written down. House training is a schedule, not a lesson.

A puppy on a lead, seen from above — **The duration**Three seconds alone, twenty times a day, from week two. Not four hours in month five.

Start here

Three places to start, depending on what today was like.

If nobody is sleeping

The nights and the floor. Three to five nights if the setup is right on the first one.

If it hurts and you are worried

The biting weeks. Developmental, not aggression, and three reactions to stop today.

If you want the whole thing

The complete method, night one to the first lead. The other six are named inside it.

The shelf

The method, and five modules

The method covers the whole arc. Each module goes deep on one of the five things that wake people up.

01 · $17

Weeks 8–12

The Sixteen Weeks

Sixty-four steps across seven chapters — the first night, the floor, the crate, the window, the biting, handling and t…

02 · $97

All sixteen weeks

The Complete Crate

Six separate PDFs: the sixteen-week method and all five modules, delivered together the moment you buy.…

03 · $37

Week 8

The Night And The Floor

Thirty-six steps across five chapters — the first nights, the schedule, accidents, the regression and moving the crate…

04 · $27

Weeks 10–16

The Biting Weeks

Thirty-two steps across five chapters — the hand, the redirect, the overtired hours, teething, and children.…

05 · $37

From week 9

Alone In The Kitchen

Thirty-four steps across five chapters — measuring, the door, the cues, growing duration and the setbacks.…

06 · $37

Weeks 11–14

The First Lead

Thirty-four steps across five chapters — the collar, the lead, the garden, the first street and traffic.…

07 · $12

All sixteen

The Puppy Logbook

Twenty-four steps across four chapters — what to record, the socialisation list, the bad weeks and the weekly review.…

What these are not

They are not veterinary advice. Vaccination timing, when your puppy may be on the ground in public, and anything concerning his body are questions for your vet — and the method says so rather than guessing. Puppies are individuals and nothing here guarantees a result.

The socialisation window narrows; it does not slam shut on a date. A puppy who missed some of it is not ruined, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling you fear.

This is educational material about raising and training a puppy. It is not veterinary advice, not a behavioural diagnosis, and not a treatment for any condition. Vaccination timing, when it is safe to walk in public, and anything concerning your puppy's body are questions for your vet. Real aggression, intense fear and any sudden change in behaviour belong with a veterinarian or a qualified veterinary behaviourist in person. Puppies are individuals and no method guarantees a result.

Nobody told youwhat any of it means.

It is half past five and you are hiding in the kitchen.

The advice was right. It just never gave you the number.

Find the week you are in.

Night one

The floor

The window

Forty seconds

The biting

Collar, then lead

The first street

The record