While not everyone uses crates with their new puppies, most of us do. Crates can be a safe place for puppies to be confined when we can’t be watching them. It can help prevent housetraining accidents and destructive chewing, but it also can help keep puppies safe from harm when we’re not right there. Most [...]
I had hoped to have far more posts under The Zuzu Chronicles with details about how we handle feeding, grooming, crating, etc. However, the first few months were far busier with actually DOING all of that stuff in addition to my busy work schedule. By the time Zuzu reached the five month milestone, I hoped [...]
When I arrive for an in-home consultation with clients, I always want to know where dogs spend their time, where they are allowed or not, and what the household rules are. People who allow their dogs on the furniture are often sheepish about admitting it. I often hear things like “I know we shouldn’t, but [...]
In addition to my Puppy Preschool group training classes, I also offer a Puppy Recess Socialization Hour on Sundays. Depending on the group I get each Sunday, sometimes all of the puppies play well together and sometimes they don’t. Most people assume that large breed puppies should play only with other large breed puppies and [...]
Our lives today are very hectic. We’re always racing from one thing to the next and never seem to have enough hours in the day to get it all done. We often carry this “gotta get it done NOW!” attitude over to training our dogs. We expect our dogs to do it RIGHT NOW! I [...]
