Zuzu is 12 weeks old now. At some moments (like when she’s sleeping peacefully), it seems as if this past six weeks has flown by and she won’t be a puppy for long. At other moments (like when Zuzu is attacking my pants leg because she’s tired and cranky and needs a nap) it seems [...]
I’m not sure which drives people crazier when living with a puppy – the housetraining or the puppy biting. Both can be difficult to deal with and try the patience of even the calmest person you know. If I had a dollar for every time I heard “This biting needs to stop!” I could [...]
Anyone who knows me well can tell you that I will spend hours upon hours training dogs, but I prefer to spend as little time as possible with grooming. I enjoy training. Grooming, for me, is a huge chore. (There’s a reason I have short hair, and I live with breeds of dogs who have [...]
How soon can I start training my new puppy? It’s a question I get frequently for clients who have just brought home a new puppy. Many people are under the unfortunate idea that they need to wait. They don’t! We brought Zuzu, our Greyhound puppy, home at just shy of 6 weeks of age. The [...]
Bringing home a puppy is exciting. It’s also a lot of work! We brought home a new puppy on Saturday, December 7, 2013. Zuzu is a Greyhound mix whose mom was brought into rescue, and only when they took her in to be spayed did they find out that she was already pregnant. Since [...]
