9th month / Weeks 36-39: adolescence in full swing, countersurfing, and other fun things!

2020-03-10T18:16:14+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

Walk the dinosaur – I mean, the dog. Leash manners with Zooka

2020-01-19T14:41:33+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, Juvenile Delinquents Dog Book, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Remember the song Walk the Dinosaur? You know the song by Was (Not Was) released in 1988. Maybe you don't. I was an 80's girl. Play 80's music for me and I feel right at home. But I digress. . . Does walking your dog sometimes feel like walking the dinosaur? Some dogs quite naturally [...]

Weeks 32 through 35 / 8th month – adolescence, marking, and starting our off leash work

2020-03-10T18:14:31+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

Week 31: turns 7 months old, how did that happen?! Dog adolescence is in full swing

2019-12-31T20:00:58+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Notes from Week 31: Adolescence is in full swing while we like to think of our dogs as "puppies" for a lot longer sometimes. . . puppyhood really ends by about 6 months Zooka is starting to show some adolescent behaviors now and then getting into things he did not before able to reach things [...]

Week 30: teaching Zooka to use a scratchboard for nail filing, continue training and play dates

2019-12-28T17:06:45+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Notes from Week 30: Housetraining Week 16 (8/18) was last time we had an accident in the house Until this week. . . Back home for only a couple of hours, unpacking from our trip, all 3 of us in our master closet Lifted his leg and peed on the carpet with us standing within [...]

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