Appropriate play with an adult dog who loves puppies is one of the best things you can do for a puppy. Not always easy to find, but well worth it if you can! Zooka, our Vizsla, is fourteen weeks old and is playing with his new friend Loki, and adult Golden Retriever. Zooka is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
More than one person was certain my most recent post on puppy nipping and mouthy adolescents was directed specifically at her or him. While it was for her/his benefit, it also was for the benefit of everyone else living with a nipping puppy or mouthy adolescent right now. One of my points is that we ALL go [...]
