The gear list gets all the attention — crate, collar, bed. What blindsides new owners is the burn rate on consumables: a puppy can go through more pads in a month than an adult dog uses in a year. Here's what actually runs out, how fast, and the quantities to buy the first time.
House-training runs 4–8 pads a day for weeks. A 50-pack disappears in about ten days; buy the 100-count and expect to buy it again. This is the single most-repurchased puppy item.
Pick: Amazon Basics leak-proof training pads — the 220,000-rating standard.
Even pre-vaccine yard-only weeks consume bags. Start with the dispenser box; you'll settle into 60–100 bags a month for life.
Pick: Amazon Basics bags + leash dispenser · thicker: Greener Walker extra-thick
Paws, faces, the floor, occasionally the wall. One canister by the crate, one by the door.
Pick: Earth Rated dog wipes
House-training and name-training burn hundreds of rewards a week. The requirement is small and soft — a puppy doing sit-stay drills can't chew biscuits all day.
Pick: Full Moon chicken savory bites — break them smaller for tiny puppies.
Around week six you'll notice the pattern: pads taper, bags never do, treats plateau, wipes spike with the weather. That's when this stops being a puppy list and becomes the standing dog restock list — same items, steadier cycles.
Figure 4–8 a day during active house-training, tapering over 4–10 weeks depending on the dog and your schedule. That's 100–250 pads for a typical training run — why the 100-count is the rational starting unit.
From the day it comes home — just keep pieces tiny and subtract them from the day's food. Ask your vet about anything richer than plain training treats for very young puppies.