A Joxer Story: From Poor Social Skills to Super Helper Dog

2022-01-27T17:08:37+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Joxer was my Smooth Collie. When he came to me, he was lacking in social graces when it came to other dogs. He was friendly but his social skills were just not there. I adopted him through Collie Rescue back in 2001. We think he was around 3 years old or so at that point. [...]

Week 24: fear/sensitive period, continued work on social skills, and the baby teeth are almost gone!

2019-10-26T16:29:55+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This post is part of our weekly series on raising our Vizsla puppy, Zooka.  You can use our posts as a guide to help raise your own puppy, regardless of breed. Keep in mind that different breeds might develop at different rates, so while you can do these things with any breed, your breed [...]

Week 18: lots of play dates, more outings, raising expectations and adding new things into our training

2019-09-07T16:01:53+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, Pet Health, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This post is part of our weekly series on raising our Vizsla puppy, Zooka.  You can use our posts as a guide to help raise your own puppy, regardless of breed. Keep in mind that different breeds might develop at different rates, so while you can do these things with any breed, your breed [...]

Practice with your dog makes perfect – or at least more pleasant!

2019-04-29T02:50:37+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, Romeo's Adventures|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

One of the things I miss about being in the suburbs (perhaps the only thing!) is the variety of dog-walking routes we had available. Although we had some favorites routes, I tried to make sure I included plenty of variety, even if it was walking the opposite way or on the other side of the [...]

Practice makes perfect – or at least more pleasant!

2019-04-29T01:50:41+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies, Romeo's Adventures|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

One of the things I miss about being in the suburbs (perhaps the only thing!) is the variety of dog-walking routes we had available. Although we had some favorites routes, I tried to make sure I included plenty of variety, even if it was walking the opposite way or on the other side of the [...]

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