For your new puppy, everything is a potential game. He uses his mouth the way infants reach out and grab. So, tug-games with the curtains or your underwear, keep-away when he steals your wallet, un-planting the potted palm or eating poisonous plants, and nosey sniffs of the candle fla...
Install durable baby gates or pet gates if needed to keep your puppy away from certain rooms of your home. It's a good idea to keep your dog away from the kitchen (especially the trash can) and the stairs. Proper puppy-proofing not only keeps your puppy safe but also gives you peace ...
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In this way, my puppy learns that biting hard makes the food stop, but eating nicely keeps the food coming. I still do this with my dogs because it helps maintain their bite inhibition. Here are some other methods for dealing with biting: http://shibashake.com/dog/puppy-biting-how-to-...
Now, your puppy will need to potty anywhere from every 15 to 45 minutes. So to start with, take them outside every 30 minutes and adjust this schedule to suit their natural rhythm. You must also take them outside immediately after they wake up from any sleep, after any eating or drinki...
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Puppy Feeding Routine.Feed the puppy at the same times every day, generally three times a day for a young puppy under five months old. Puppy Potty Training. Everyone has to be on board with the pup’s schedule. The puppy will have to potty after sleeping, eating, playing, chewing, and...
Your puppy’s feeding schedule should stay as regulated as possible, especially when he’s very young. A very young puppy should continue eating the same food the breeder or shelter has been feeding him for a few days to help settle him into his new surroundings. Whenever you switch him to...
I have this thing on my body that keeps me warm but it’s a pain and I’m not loving it. I am loving that the parentals have been around more than usual over the holidays and I’ve gotten TWO whole walks a day. Besides the gentle-leader that I have a distaste for it’s great...
I once had a client call me, practically in tears, saying, “My puppy is aggressive towards me!” When I went to her house, I was prepared for the worst. (I had bite-protection gloves and everything!) I got there and saw the poor woman sitting on top of the counter in her kitche...