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Week 26: focus on ramping up training and expanding field trips; plus more SNOW!
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 [...]
Introducing your new puppy to your resident dog
Most of you know that we planned to bring Zooka home to big sister, Zuzu. After we lost Romeo in May 2018, we knew we would be finding a sibling for Zuzu once we'd had [...]
Zooka's new game: Full Contact Fetch!
Does your pup have a favorite game? Tug? Wrestling? Fetch? Chase? Zooka LOVES to wrestle. Preferably with like-minded individuals who can handle some rough and tumble play. That usually means larger breed energetic pups of [...]
Week 25: new cues for training, allowing more access in the house, and his puppy teeth are gone!
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 [...]
November 2019 Issue: Buried treasure…does your dog bury things, fear periods or sensitive periods for puppies, and more
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 111 November 2019 Train My Dog: Buried treasure. Does your dog bury things? Zooka does! | Fear periods or sensitive periods for puppies – Zooka goes through one How [...]
October 2019 Photos
Archived photos as https://photos.app.goo.gl/p2E2e24zKC5TZwhQ6
Fear periods or sensitive periods for puppies – Zooka goes through one
Perhaps you have heard that puppies and/or adolescent dogs sometimes go through a "fear period" - though a "sensitive period" might be the more appropriate term. Puppies can go through a more sensitive period in [...]
Week 24: fear/sensitive period, continued work on social skills, and the baby teeth are almost gone!
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 [...]
Buried treasure. Does your dog bury things? Zooka does!
Zooka is around 5.5 months old at this writing. This is the stage where we head into adolescence, so we can sometimes see behaviors crop up that we have not previously seen. This past week, [...]
Week 23: continued training w Heel, Fetch, Stay, etc.; first overnight human visitor, lots of play with other dogs
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 [...]
Week 22: continued stay away from home and learning first steps to a fetch/retrieve
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 [...]
Week 21: Losing puppy teeth, more play dates, and our first overnight trip to the mountains!
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 [...]
October 2019 Issue: sleeping through the night, new people & experiences, weeks 18 through 20 for training a Vizsla and more
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 110 October 2019 Train My Dog: Does your puppy sleep through the night? | New people & experiences are critical for puppies How To Train a Vizsla: Weeks 18 [...]
September 2019 Photos
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Missing Zuzu
We should be celebrating Zuzu's sixth birthday in October 2019. But for those who follow us, you know we lost her on June 30, 2019. About two weeks prior to losing her, she got sick. [...]
Week 20: traversing full flight of stairs on his own; continuing training, outings and play dates
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 [...]
Week 19: progressing with training, continue play dates and outings, discovered the joy of DIGGING!
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 [...]
Week 18: lots of play dates, more outings, raising expectations and adding new things into our training
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 [...]
Does your puppy sleep through the night?
One of the most common recommendations for good health is consistently getting good sleep at night. Sometimes one of the biggest factors for NOT getting a good night of sleep is having a new puppy! [...]
September 2019 Issue: My puppy started a fire! Zooka's ER surgery, weeks 12 through 17 of raising and training a new puppy, and more
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 109 SEPTEMBER 2019 Choose My Next Dog: Male or female? Does it matter when bringing home a new puppy or dog? Healthcare For My Dog: Zooka's ER visit and [...]
August 2019 Photos
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