Plan a new rescue puppy's supplies, potty schedule and training with ChatGPT

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Feb 11, 2025 by Benjamin Briggs (LinkedIn)

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Last checked

Oct 17, 2026

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Evidence: Described by posterThe person describes what happened in words, without screenshots or video.

Beginner-friendlyNo logins, payments or coding needed. Low risk: paste the prompt and you should get something useful.

Outcome

After spontaneously adopting a puppy, a poster says ChatGPT listed everything they needed at the pet supply shop in seconds, and since then they've used it for night-time toilet schedules based on her last meal, training tips for basic commands, ways to encourage eating, and techniques to calm her crying.

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ChatGPT

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I know, you suggest options and ask what you need, and we'll narrow it down step by step. Nothing gets booked, bought or sent until I say so.

Goal: Help us set up for a new puppy: shopping list, routines and first training steps.

What I'll share as we go:
- Puppy's age, size and breed (if known)
- Our home and work schedule
- What the shelter told us

Rules:
- Give a short shopping list of essentials first, extras second.
- Build a day and night routine for meals, potty breaks and sleep.
- Suggest 2-3 positive-reinforcement training basics for the first week.
- For appetite or health worries, tell us to contact our vet; no diagnosis.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: A shopping list, a daily schedule and a first-week training plan.

You'll know it worked when: we have what we need and a routine we can follow from night one.

Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I know, you suggest options and ask what you need, and we'll narrow it down step by step. Nothing gets booked, bought or sent until I say so.

Goal: Help us set up for a new puppy: shopping list, routines and first training steps.

What I'll share as we go:
- Puppy's age, size and breed (if known)
- Our home and work schedule
- What the shelter told us

Rules:
- Give a short shopping list of essentials first, extras second.
- Build a day and night routine for meals, potty breaks and sleep.
- Suggest 2-3 positive-reinforcement training basics for the first week.
- For appetite or health worries, tell us to contact our vet; no diagnosis.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- List the signs that mean we should call the vet promptly.

Output: A shopping list, a daily schedule and a first-week training plan.

You'll know it worked when: we have what we need and a routine we can follow from night one.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjamin-briggs-4b4828101_yes-im-shamelessly-using-my-new-puppy-activity-7295037223811338242-WakW