First 48 hours with an 8-week puppy: what nobody warned you about

The guides cover vaccinations, food and a safe crate. They tend to skip the small shocks: how loud a puppy can be at 3am, how often "just one more wee" really means every forty minutes, and how quickly a calm adult dog can decide the newcomer is a personal insult. If you have brought a puppy home recently, what caught you off guard? What would you tell someone collecting theirs this weekend? Our crate training guide at crate training a puppy covers the first nights in detail.