Tammy's daily routine for Peaches, organized. Don't aim for perfect — aim for consistent.
🟢 The golden potty rule:every new spot is a potty spot. Put her down from your arms → new spot. Wakes from a nap → new spot. Comes out of the crate → new spot. Always make the new spot outside.
🍽️ Feeding log
📌 Today (Jun 11 — Day 1): ate at 2:00pm → next meal dinner ~5:30pm. Food down 8–10 min, then pick up. Last water by 6pm. Amount: ~½ cup dry per meal to start — see "How much" under 🍽️ Feeding below.
🕐 A typical day
7:30 AMUp. Out of crate → wait at the door for permission to exit (after you go first) → potty on command (with treats) → breakfast → potty
MorningTrain, then play. Always train before play — if she plays first she's too tired/wound up to listen. Then play with siblings or kitchen time.
After napRepeat the cycle: crate · potty · train · potty · train · play
3–5 PMNAP (crate)
~5 PMUp → potty → dinner → train → last water ~6pm
6:30–7:45/8NAP (crate)
8–10 PMCycle: crate · potty · train · potty · train — play & cuddle in between
10–10:30BED 🌙
Sometimes add a 4th nap if she's too energetic to train or listen. This was his typical day — yours will flex, just keep the rhythm.
🔁 The core cycle
Crate→Potty→Train→Potty→Train→Play
Train before play, every time. A wound-up puppy can't focus. Treats fund the training, so she's fed 2× a day with supervised water until ~5:30pm to balance it out.
🍽️ Feeding
Meal + water down ~8–10 min, then pick it up.
Breakfast: 7:30–8 AM · Dinner: 5–5:30 PM
Training treats between meals 😊
Fed 2× daily + supervised water until ~5:30pm · last water ~6pm
Potty as soon as she walks away from the dishes / is done.
📏 How much per meal: start at ~½ cup dry (2 meals ≈ 1 cup/day) — a fine, slightly-conservative amount with her canned Pork & Venison + training treats on top.
8-week ranges: mini ¾–1 cup/day · standard 1.5–2 cups/day. She's on a Large-Breed formula, so she'll likely need more as she grows. The real gauge isn't the cup — it's her body: feel her ribs easily + a slight waist from above, and adjust up/down weekly. Cross-check the chart on the bag for her projected adult weight. (Sources: American Doodle Registry, Jenna Lee Doodles, Canine Journal — June 2026.)
🚽 Potty training
As soon as she finishes a drink or food → potty immediately.
Potty multiple times at each outing.
No potty? → back to crate (with toys), no floor/play reward. Wait 10 min, try again.
Got potty? → floor/reward time 20 min → potty again. Repeat the whole cycle.
Remember the golden rule up top — every transition (arms, nap, crate) resets to a brand-new spot, and the new spot is always outside.
😴 Crate naps (super important)
Get 3–4 crate naps daily, 1.5–2 hrs each. A pup who only crates at night will scream much longer at bedtime — daily practice naps prevent that.
1 · Exercise + potty first2 · 2–5 safe crate toys3 · Close & lock, cover crate4 · Classical music5 · Leave the area6 · Give 20 min to settle
🛁 Baths & bonding
Bathe as much as possible — definitely when stinky or sticky, but mostly for bonding. The ritual:
SingMassageSingMassageDrySwaddle tightly in a dry towel
Each family member sits and holds the swaddled pup — let her feel that person's heartbeat.
Always potty her before a bath 🥰
📖 Have your kids read to her before bed (Dr. Seuss is coming up!).
🌙 Nighttime — "Sweet Doodle Dreams"
No water past 6pm. Keep the house calm. Change up the games.
Before the kids' bed: give each child a 10–20 min game with the puppy. After each activity, that child potties her. Next child's turn — repeat for each child. Then let her rest.
45 min–1 hr before your bed: change up games — run in the yard, a trip around the house, practice steps, chase a ball, "doodle in the middle" — finish in the yard for potty.
After 11pm — into the crate:
Fun safe toys + a warm 64oz water bottle wrapped in a towel (feels like another pup).
Hide 2–3 broken training treats in the blankets.
Sing while prepping → cover the entire crate → walk away → classical music → lights out.
Don't get her unless she cries past 21 min.
⏱️ If she cries past 21 min: quietly (no talking) take her to potty. Once she goes — "great job," pat, kiss, and hug her all the way back to the crate while singing. Cover. Lights out.
Love your puppy. Have patience. 💛
🎾 Games
Doodle in the middle (like monkey in the middle) — start close, keep getting further apart; don't let her get the ball.
Up & down the stairs is fun.
Last potty: go around the house as many times as you can, then potty again.
💡 Handy tips
Kong: shop the Kong area — anything Kong has been great. Get at least 2 Kong chew toys to stuff and freeze.
Blow dryers are scary for a pup. Instead, a ~$20 Home Depot/Lowe's foot heater 12–20" from the crate on back-and-forth rotation (not too hot) soothes her to sleep. Cover 3 sides of the crate to keep the heat in.
🎥 Tammy posts videos on Facebook — a good way to find & keep up with Peaches' siblings 🐾💕