RIDE HOME: Coming home will start out with a car ride from our home. Try to keep this from being an overly stressful experience for the puppy. The main problem dogs have with car rides is not what we humans refer to as motion sickness, but anxiety about the vibrations, sounds in an unknown environment. If you have someone other than the driver hold the puppy in a blanket or towel, and in some way try to distract him from the car ride, face puppy away from the window it will feel more secure and at ease. Once you arrive at your home, let him “go outside” for a few minutes, if he” goes” praise him. Remember, in the winter months this may be very first experience with cold under his/her feet – keep it short 3-4 minutes, let the delicate puppy paws get used to the cold gradually. You can increase time outside (depending on the temperatures of course) in time. In our homes, we plan for this introductory period by keeping the puppy involved with plenty of attention from children and other family members. When we are not with the puppies, they are sleeping. Please don't over do it , puppies need lots of rest at this age. You will be amazed how time spent in this manner will speed up the housebreaking process.