Zooka Tales
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Week 22: continued stay away from home and learning first steps to a fetch/retrieve
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 21: Losing puppy teeth, more play dates, and our first overnight trip to the mountains!
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 20: traversing full flight of stairs on his own; continuing training, outings and play dates
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 19: progressing with training, continue play dates and outings, discovered the joy of DIGGING!
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 18: lots of play dates, more outings, raising expectations and adding new things into our training
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 17: continued limited physical activity; more training & mental stimulation; return to walks & field trips
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 16: Lots more training; more mental stimulation due to limited activity for surgery recuperation
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 15: Play date, pool party, ER visit, surgery for rock obstructing his GI system
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Zooka's ER visit and surgery
At 14 weeks of age, Zooka normally sleeps through the night. So it was unusual when we had to get up at 3:30 am to take him out. Then he threw up bile. Nothing [...]
Week 14: More play dates, more training, more field trips
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 13: More play dates, more field trips, continue Puppy Class, start Shaping in our training
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 12: Pool party, more play dates, continued training, more field trips
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Weeks 10 and 11: intro to new dogs, field trip, kiddie pool and new obstacles
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]
Week 9: pick up Zooka from the breeder in North Carolina and settle in at home in Colorado with our eating, exercise, training and sleeping routines
This post is part of our weekly 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 [...]