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Sunshine Dog Training & Behavior Stacy Greer, CPDT-KA helps people train their dogs! https://linktr.ee/sunshinedogtraining

10/15/2026

🐶 Are you running a full-time entertainment department for your puppy?

And wondering why you can't get five minutes of peace? 😂

Your puppy has:

📦 A snuffle mat.
🦴 A frozen Kong.
🧩 Three puzzle feeders.
🎾 An entire basket of toys.
🏃🏻‍♂️ A daily exercise schedule.
🦴 Multiple training sessions.

And somehow...
They're STILL going completely feral at 7 PM. 😳

Here's what you might be missing.
Your puppy doesn't need MORE every time they get restless.

Sometimes they need:

😴 Sleep.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Help settling.
🏡 A little structure.
🦴 Something appropriate to chew.
🐾 Time to exist without being entertained.

Because an overtired puppy doesn't always look tired.
Sometimes they look like a tiny possessed woodland creature. 😂

And adding MORE activity can make things worse.

More play.
More exercise.
More enrichment.
More stimulation.

Until you've created a puppy who has absolutely no idea how to do NOTHING.

Your puppy needs:

🦴 Training.
🎾 Play.
📦 Enrichment.
🐾 Socialization.
🏃🏻‍♂️ Exercise.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Calmness.
😴 Sleep.

But they don't need ALL of it every waking minute.
The goal isn't a puppy who needs constant entertainment.

It's a puppy who can relax while you cook dinner, answer emails, or watch TV.
And a puppy owner who gets to have a life too. 🩵

💬 Comment OFF and I'll send you the link to my Ultimate Puppy Survival Guide.

It shows you how to balance puppy sleep, wake windows, exercise, enrichment, training, management, and daily routines so you can stop guessing what your puppy needs next.

Because you didn't get a puppy to become an unpaid activities coordinator for an animal who eats rocks. 😂💜

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10/13/2026

🐶 You're making puppyhood WAY harder than it needs to be.

Not because you're doing everything wrong.

Because you're trying to figure everything out...
WHILE it's happening. 😳

You sit down?
🦷 Puppy bites your hands.

You make dinner?
🪑 Puppy chews the furniture.

You fold laundry?
👕 Puppy steals your underwear.

You try to get the kids to school?
🤪 Puppy turns into a tiny tornado.

And every single time...
"WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?!" 😂

That's what makes puppyhood so exhausting.

Not just the biting.
Not just the chewing.
Not just the potty accidents.

It's constantly needing an answer when you have ZERO time or energy to figure one out.

Yes, your puppy needs a routine.

😴 Sleep.
🚽 Potty.
🦴 Training.
🎾 Play.
📦 Enrichment.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Calmness.

But your puppy is still going to make crappy decisions INSIDE that routine. 😂
And that's where having a plan changes everything.

You need to know:

👀 What behavior am I seeing?
🧠 What might my puppy need?
🏡 Should I manage or redirect?
✨ What should I reward instead?
🐾 What happens next?

Because the goal isn't a puppy who never makes a bad decision.

It's knowing how to handle those decisions without turning every five minutes into another emergency.

You don't need another random puppy tip.
You need a plan for the puppy you're actually living with. 🩵

💬 Comment SANITY and I'll send you the link to my Ultimate Puppy Survival Guide.

It shows you how to structure your puppy's day, what to teach, and how to handle the everyday biting, chewing, potty accidents, and chaos without constantly guessing what to do next.

Because puppyhood gets a whole lot easier when you stop winging it. 💙

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10/10/2026

🐶 Puppy under 5 months old?

There are 3 things I want you to rethink BEFORE adolescence hits. 😳

Because those little puppy problems?
They can become BIG teenage puppy problems. 🫣

1️⃣ Stop trying to wear your puppy out.

🏃🏻‍♂️ More exercise.
🎾 More fetch.
⚡ More stimulation.

Doesn't automatically create a calmer puppy.

You need a puppy who knows how to GO...
AND how to come back DOWN. 🧘🏻‍♀️

2️⃣ Stop spending all day saying NO.

🦷 Stop biting.
🪑 Stop chewing.
🐾 Stop jumping.
👟 Drop the shoe.

But what are you teaching INSTEAD?

🦴 Appropriate chewing.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Settling.
🐾 Four paws on the floor.
🏡 Making good choices around the house.

Your puppy needs to know what TO do.
Not just what NOT to do.

3️⃣ Stop waiting until you NEED a skill to teach it.

📣 Build recall BEFORE the squirrel shows up.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Teach settling BEFORE you have a house full of guests.
🐾 Practice calm greetings BEFORE Grandma gets tackled. 😂

The skills you'll need during adolescence?
Start building them NOW. 🛠️

Because your puppy is practicing something every single day.

And whatever they practice...
They get better at.

The goal isn't fixing one annoying behavior after another.

It's building the dog you want to live with a year from now. 💪🏼🩵

💬 Comment SYSTEM and I'll send you the link to my Complete Puppy System.

It gives you a clear plan for what matters NOW, what to teach, and how your training needs to change as your puppy grows through adolescence.

Stop guessing what comes next.
Start building the foundation before you need it. 💙

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10/09/2026

🐶 Got an 8-week-old puppy?

And already wondering...
“WHAT HAVE I DONE?!” 🫣😂

Welcome to puppyhood.

🦷 Biting.
🚽 Potty accidents.
🪑 Chewing everything.
😴 Refusing to settle.
🤪 Chaos before you've even had coffee.

And the hardest part?

You don't know your puppy's patterns yet.

⏰ How long can they stay awake?
😴 When do they need a nap?
🚽 How often should they potty?
🦴 What should they be chewing?
🧘🏻‍♀️ How do you help them settle?
🎾 What should you actually DO while they're awake?

So every five minutes...
You're making another decision.

And puppyhood starts feeling like one giant emergency.
And puppy blues may be on the horizon. 😔

But your puppy doesn't need you running Puppy Summer Camp all day.

They need:

😴 Plenty of sleep.
⏰ Appropriate wake windows.
🚽 Consistent potty opportunities.
🦴 Tiny training moments.
🎾 Appropriate play.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Opportunities to settle.
🏡 A realistic daily routine.

A plan that helps you understand what your puppy needs and what comes next.
Because the goal isn't a perfectly trained 8-week-old puppy.

It's getting through the day without feeling like you're making everything up as you go. 🩵

💬 Comment SANITY and I'll send you the link to my Ultimate Puppy Survival Guide.

It gives you a roadmap for sleep, wake windows, potty training, crate time, biting, play, enrichment + what to actually do with your puppy throughout the day.

Stop guessing your way through puppyhood.
Start knowing what comes next. 💙

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10/06/2026

🐶 10-week-old puppy wakes up...

And immediately chooses chaos. 😂🤪

🚽 Needs to potty.
🦷 Wants to bite you.
👟 Finds something illegal to chew.
☕ You haven’t even had coffee.

And suddenly you’re thinking:
“What am I supposed to DO with you?!” 🤔

Here’s the good news...
Your puppy’s morning does NOT need to become Puppy Summer Camp.

Yes, your puppy needs:

🦴 Training
🎾 Play
📦 Enrichment
🐾 Socialization
🏃🏻‍♂️ Exercise
🧘🏻‍♀️ Calmness
😴 Sleep

But not ALL of it...
during EVERY wake window.

Your puppy does not need 100% of your attention every second they’re awake.
And you don’t need to invent another activity every five minutes.

Your puppy’s needs should fit into your morning.
Your morning should not revolve around your puppy.

That’s the difference.

Because the goal is eventually having a puppy who can exist while you:

☕ Make coffee.
🚿 Take a shower.
👚 Get dressed.
📧 Answer an email.
🏡 Live your actual life.

The hard part?
Knowing what “enough” actually looks like.

💬 Comment ROUTINE and I’ll send you the link to my Ultimate Puppy Survival Guide.

It gives you realistic puppy routines, wake-window guidance + a roadmap for fitting what your puppy actually needs into real life.

Because yes...
You can raise a great puppy...
AND condition your hair...

AND keep all the coffee beans in the bag. ☕🩵

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10/04/2026

🐶 How many times a day do you tell your puppy “NO”?

No.
Stop.
Drop it.
Give me that.
WHAT ARE YOU EATING?! 😂

Here’s the problem...
Your puppy might be learning something.

Just not what you intended.

👟 Steal a shoe → human chases me.
🦷 Bite the pants → human interacts with me.
🪑 Chew the furniture → instant attention.

Suddenly...
Doing the “wrong” thing is REALLY effective.

Instead of spending your entire day teaching:
“Don’t do that.”

Spend more time teaching:

🦴 Chew this.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Settle here.
📣 Come to me.
🐾 Follow me.
🎾 Choose this toy.
🏡 Hang out while I make dinner.
✨ Keep four feet on the floor.

And don’t forget to notice the wonderfully BORING stuff. 😂

Your puppy quietly chooses their chew?
Pay it.

They settle while you cook?
Pay it.

They walk past the shoe?
PAY IT. 🥩

Your puppy needs information about what works.
Not just a running commentary about everything they got wrong. 😑
✅ You should be saying YES a whole lot more than you’re saying NO.

Because good puppy training isn’t about becoming better at correcting your puppy.
It’s about teaching them what you actually want them to do. 😌🩵

💬 Comment YES and I’ll send you the link to my Ultimate Puppy Survival Guide.

It walks you through biting, chewing, settling, recall foundations, routines, crate training, potty training + how to live with your puppy without spending your entire day correcting them.

Give your puppy more reasons to get it right. 💙👏🏼

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10/02/2026

🐶 Why does your 7-month-old puppy somehow feel HARDER than your 3-month-old puppy did?

At 3 months...
You helped them manage their energy. 😌

At 7 months...
You might be trying to burn it off. 😳

There’s a difference.

Your adolescent puppy now has:

⚡ More energy.
🏃🏻‍♂️ More stamina.
💪 More strength.
🏡 More freedom.
😏 More opinions.

So naturally...
You add MORE.

Longer walks.
More fetch.
Harder play.
More stimulation.

But if your entire plan is to wear your puppy out...

You might just create a really fit teenager who STILL doesn’t know how to settle. 😂

At this age, exercise gets more complicated.
It’s not just “how much?”

It’s:

🏃🏻‍♂️ What type?
⏰ How long?
⚡ How intense?
😴 How much recovery?
🧘🏻‍♀️ Can they come back down afterward?
🏡 How much structure do they still need?

Your 7-month-old probably DOES need more activity than they did at 3 months.

But more doesn’t automatically mean:

Faster.
Farther.
Harder.
Longer.

The exercise changes.
The structure changes.
The routine changes.

But your puppy still needs help learning how to regulate all that adolescent energy.

💬 Comment TEENAGER and I’ll send you the link to my Ultimate Guide to Puppy Adolescence.

It walks you through what changes during adolescence, how exercise should evolve, why settling can suddenly get harder + what structure your teenage puppy still needs.

Because 7 months isn’t just “more puppy.”
It’s a completely different kind of puppy. 🐶🩵

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09/30/2026

🐶 Puppy biting you ALL day? 😣

When you walk down the hall. 🚶🏼‍♀️
When you sit on the couch. 🛋️
While you’re making dinner. 🥘
The second they wake up. 🫩

That might not be four different biting problems.

Your puppy may simply have no idea what to do in those moments besides...
BITE YOU. 😂

Your puppy is:

🦴 Chewing their own toy.
Crickets. 🦗

🧘🏻‍♀️ Lying quietly.
Nothing. 🫥

🐾 Walking nicely beside you.
Nobody notices. 🫥

Then...
🦷 CHOMP.

Suddenly the human comes alive. 😂

Talking.
Moving.
Touching.
Redirecting.
Chasing.

Your puppy just learned:
“Ohhhh... THIS is how I turn the humans on.”

So stop making puppy training something that only happens AFTER the bad choice.

Teach the ordinary moments too.

🏡 What do you do when I walk through the house?
🍝 What do you do while I make dinner?
🛋️ What do you do when I sit down?
🧘🏻‍♀️ What do you do when nothing exciting is happening?

That’s puppy training.

Not just sit.
Down.
Stay.
Come.

You’re teaching your puppy how to actually live with you. 🏠

💬 Comment PUPPY and I’ll send you the link to get my Ultimate Puppy Survival Guide.

It gives you a plan for what your puppy should actually be practicing throughout the day so you can stop waiting for the biting, stealing, chewing + chaos to tell you it’s time to train.

Because if your puppy currently has more of a daily schedule than you do...
we need to fix that. 😂🩵

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09/28/2026

🐶 Almost 16 weeks old?

This is where your puppy can humble you fast. 😂

Just when you think...
“We’re finally getting somewhere.”

The next stage starts showing up.

And there are 3 things I want you getting ahead of now:

🦷 Biting + chewing

If biting has been getting attention, movement, noise or a chase...
Your puppy may be practicing more than teething.
And practice gets stronger.

🍝 Being awake while YOU have a life

Your puppy does not need a full activity schedule every minute they’re awake.
They need to learn how to exist while you:

☕ Make coffee.
🍽️ Cook dinner.
📧 Answer emails.
🧺 Fold laundry.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Live normal life.

🍃 Recall

Build it before the squirrel matters more than you. 😂
Start where your puppy can succeed.
Reward generously.
Then slowly add distractions.

At this age, stop asking:
“How do I fix this one annoying thing?” 🤔

Start asking:
“What is my puppy practicing every day?”

Because biting, settling, recall, sleep, exercise and freedom all affect each other.

💬 Comment SYSTEM and I’ll send you the link to my Complete Puppy System.

If you’re thinking, “Just tell me what to do with this puppy TODAY,” this gives you a clear place to start now and a plan for what changes as your puppy grows. 🩵

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09/26/2026

🐶 6-month-old puppy STILL biting you?

It’s time to stop waiting for them to magically grow out of it.

At 10 weeks?
Puppy biting is normal baby puppy behavior.

At 6 months?
I want to know more.

👀 What happens before the biting?
⏰ How long have they been awake?
😴 Are they getting enough rest?
🏡 How much freedom do they have?
🧘🏻‍♀️ Can they settle when they’re excited?
🦴 What have they been practicing all day?
😳 What happens every time their teeth land on YOU?

Because sometimes you have an over-aroused adolescent puppy.
Sometimes you have a biting habit that’s been practiced for months.

And often?
You have both.

Puppy gets wound up.
Puppy bites.
Human reacts.
Something exciting happens.
Repeat. 🔁

That’s why another toy probably isn’t the whole answer.

You have to change the pattern.
And that means looking beyond the 30 seconds when your puppy is hanging from your sleeve.

The good news?
Practiced behavior can change. 👏🏼

But somebody has to do the homework.
I’m looking at the human with the sleeve. 👀😂

💬 Comment SYSTEM and I’ll send you the link to my Complete Puppy System.

It brings the baby puppy foundation and adolescence together so you can understand what your puppy has been practicing, what needs to change, and what to work on next.

Let’s make your couch a place to sit again...
Not a contact sport. 🩵

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