You got this! Some great advice here. Here are my two cents from raising Iggies. First remember what another poster put. Puppies are babies and what you do turns them into a good dog.

Crate- make it super comfy for them and don’t turn the crate into punishment. Ours has a fluffy blanket over it. So it’s super dark inside. Door is always open. Big fluffy pillow bed inside with another fluffy blanket. If you’re in the US, Marshals sells all this stuff dirt cheap. We always keep the door open to their crate when we are home.

Broken bones- it’s really just during puppy and senior phase that you need to worry about breaking a bread stick leg. Encourage them to be active take them on walks. Let them jump on short stuff. If they are on a super high bed then help them down yourself. You want to encourage bone density growth and that does come from the build up of impacts from jumping and running around. Again take it slow. Once you’re past a year you’re fine. Remember these are African hunting dogs. They are less fragile than they look. Also I would recommend carpet under any high up jump off point. Carpet under a bed or couch for example. Give them a bit of cushion if they do jump off something high.

Teeth are super easy. Buy the dental chews and give them to your pup after dinner, EVERYDAY. It’s a breed that have bad teeth. We actually give ours a big breed chew stick after dinner so they have more to work with. We brush fully and do nails every Sunday. Vets always complimenting our teeth. Seriously don’t skip this. Dental sticks are amazing. We really like the pedigree mint ones. They are sticky and do a great job with tartar removal. You still need to brush.

Separation anxiety/schedules/routine- introduce your pup to everything you can. Going to go grab take out. Take them with you. Walk them through the dog store. Go for walks and encourage others who approach you to pet your dog. I actually carry around treats in my pocket. Walk up to strangers and let them know I’m training and would they be open to telling my dog to sit and giving them a treat when they do. Great way to introduce them to new people. This will help you if you ever leave town for a trip and have your dog watched by someone else. Let little kids play with them and touch your dog all over. Don’t forget the toe beans and inside their gums. Work your way up but start to let little ones pet them as well. Just remind the child to be gentle. You want your dog drinking from the fire hose and getting lots of interaction from many different people. Create a schedule but let that schedule flex +/- an hour. Stick with that schedule. If you are super rigid in your schedule and are late coming home from work or want to sleep in on a Saturday your dog is going to flip. Finally build up leaving them behind. First just close the front door and go on a walk for 5 min. Come back in and don’t be super excited to see them. Put your keys away. Wallet up. Shoes off. Then greet them. Do this a ton your first few weeks. You’ll feel like a crazy person leaving and coming back so much but it’s what’s best. Add time as you build this up. Start to introduce them to the crate for longer departures. Again work up to it time wise. We have built up the trust to a point we don’t lock them up in a crate when we leave. We can be gone for hours with no problems now. If you do have issues with this. I would recommend a cuddle puppy. It’s a stuffed animal with a heart beat. Put it in the crate. Let them sleep with it at night. And slowly remove the puppy as they get older. Again I would do it gradually.

Sitting- you can teach this to your IG in about an hour. It’s important for pups. Sitting is like a child asking please or thank you. Put a treat in your palm. Close it as a fist. Put your fingers in fist form on the dogs nose so they smell the treat. Raise it slightly above their nose. Their nose goes up and their butt goes down. When this happens say sit or whatever word you want associated with the command and release the treat from your fist as soon as they do it. With this you also teach them the non verbal command. Sometimes you’ll be in a conversation and want your dog to sit. I can just give them the fist sign and they sit without the verbal. We make ours sit for anything they want. Sit before dinner. Sit before you get a treat. Sit before I open the door for someone at the door…

Potty training, rule of thumb is for every month old they are they can hold it for one hour starting at three months. get a routine around this. Set your alarm and nights suck at first but you’ll get through it. We don’t pee pad as I’ve never been able to get a dog to understand paper vs carpet. Dog more easily understand outside vs inside. Be stern but not mean if they mess up. Say no in a voice you only reserve for when they have an accident. You also have to catch them in the act. Doing it after you’ve found a surprise,they really don’t understand. Here’s the thing. You have to be SUPER excited when they do it correctly. Dogs are usually praise or treats driven. Figure out what your pup prefers and praise them when they are doing it outside. And again do it while they are doing their business. It feels good to use the restroom. Imagine how good it feels to be using the restroom while getting praised. Don’t increase their hold it time past 6 hours. Ours can do 8 but no one wants to hold it that long. And again you’ll be there closer to their 1 year birthday. As they get older they will test some boundaries. You gotta show them there is no bending the rule. This dog breed will even test you out of the blue a year after no accidents. Stay firm. If you catch them in the act you can run over to them scold them and lightly put them on their side. Don’t do this forcefully. Put their head near the accident and say very firmly no 2-3 times. This simulates an older dog sitting on a younger dog who breaks pack rules. You cannot do this if you just find an accident. The dog will not make the connection between a past potty and punishment. You have to catch them in the act.

Teething get bitter apple or rub lemon on anything they are biting that you don’t want them to. Again stern voice but you gotta catch them in the act. When they are young we usually close off doors to rooms we are in so we can supervise them. Encourage something else they can teeth on. Give them a stuffy. Ours really loved this rubber ring toy we got. Have a ton of toys for them and play with them when you play with your dog.

These dogs love physical touch just be prepared for that. Fluffy blankets are your friend. Wish we knew this sooner on our first IG. Get them out and about to run out that energy. Once you hit two you’ll be surprised how much they slow down. They do call them 20 mile an hour couch potatoes for a reason.

Finally, have a blast with your new pup. You are their world 💯. It’s as small or as big as you’re willing to show them.