• Early scent introduction (You can see a blog post I wrote about these two things here)
• Early Neurological Stimulation
• Extensive exposure to things to climb on and go through
• Individual crate training
• A lot of work on potty training. Since this litter will be due at about the same time as my first litter, I can hope that the weather will be as cooperative in how much outside time the puppies will get. I have a 30 foot x 70 foot attached dog yard where they spent a lot of (supervised) time.
• Exposure and play with my intact male Border Terrier Jag. He weighs 15-16 pounds, so is not that much bigger than an 8 week old Flat-Coat puppy, and he was invaluable with the first litter.
• Learning to negotiate our dog door
• Learning to negotiate ramps to get inside and outside
• Group attention training
• Individual lessons in position changes, recalls, retrieving and beginning targeting work
• Individual time outside learning about following and walking on different surfaces
• Exposure to game birds
• Several car rides in crates
• Introduction to whistle recalls
• Twice a week toenail grinding
• Paw hair trimmed several times

I plan to do all of these things with my February 2018 litter.