This is Zooka's first time meeting some new dog friends. Only he does not yet know they will be his friends! Introducing your new puppy to new dogs should be done carefully and hopefully with some prior planning. Ensuring your puppy has a positive experience is essential! At 10.5 weeks, I brought Zooka along [...]
At 10.5 weeks old in this video, Zooka is in that critical socialization window that closes around 12 weeks of age. We demonstrate what a puppy walk at this age should look like. Some people (with good but misguided intentions) will try to tell you that you should not take your puppy out in [...]
This post is part of our 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 might [...]
Zooka and I have training sessions for most of his meals. At 8 months, he eats two meals per day. (We fed three meals per day up until 7 months old.) So we use breakfast and dinner as opportunities to train. Sometimes we work on "serious" stuff like Heel and Stay. Sometimes we work [...]
