Helping him settle in?

[BeTrue]

Hi all,

We are moving house mid December and just wondering if anyone has any tips on helping the dog settle and become accustomed to his new home?

He took a while settling as a puppy but is fine now, and is never left for a long time without walks or visits

Recently been through this myself, and it certainly did unsettle DDog, but things I think helped were

• keeping packed up boxes out of his sight - I ended up storing them in places like the car and cupboard under the stairs as he was certainly a bit confused by them suddenly appearing
• using an Adaptil plug in both before and after the move
• building him up to being used to being left alone in the new house (starting with 30 seconds, but working up to a few hours over the course of a few days)
• resisting the temptation to wash certain things like bedding, so that things smelt the same as much as possible

Some people put their dog into kennels / with friends and family during a move, but that wasn't really an option for us for various reasons.