The Blitzen Bulletin: March & April 2021

2021-05-28T20:28:25+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, The Blitzen Bulletin|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Blitzen's 3rd and 4th months, March and April 2021, with us went by quickly! So many things to work on, so little time to work on all of them. Some days it seems like he is making good progress. Then other days, it seems like progress is backsliding or just moving painfully slowly. Any of [...]

What a tuned-in walk with your dog looks like: Zooka at 14 months

2020-08-29T18:05:13+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, Juvenile Delinquents Dog Book, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Most of us who have dogs enjoy taking walks or hikes with them. That's one of the reasons we have a dog. Someone who enjoys getting out as much as we do. Well, probably enjoys it even more than we do. Our dog is tuned in. We are tuned in. We are enjoying a [...]

Puppy leash manners on a hike, Zooka just under 4 months old at Snow Mountain Ranch

2020-03-26T18:52:42+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Walks and hikes with young puppies should be pretty short and easy. Lots of meandering and breaks. Lots of sniffing and exploring. Nothing serious. Nothing strenuous. At just under 4 months old, this is Zooka's first trip up into the Rocky Mountains. We made a day of it at Snow Mountain Ranch to enjoy [...]

10th month / Weeks 40-44: more adolescent antics, humping, advancing our training and continued socialization

2020-03-15T00:44:34+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, 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 [...]

Dealing with your dog’s distractions: Zooka on a walk edition

2020-02-02T14:48:48+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Here's one of those stories about. . . things not going the way you planned, because it became more about dealing with your dog's distractions. I had planned to have Ed take video of the start of my morning walk with Zooka. I wanted to show what our normal walks look like. Not the [...]

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