This is a simple post, and it’s simply titled “dont’t hit your dog! – ever”. I don’t think many people could get that confused with anything do you? Well, you’d be surprised at how many idiots out there still do hit their animals… Read more…
We’ve spoken about training your puppy quite indepth now, and you can catch up by reading earlier posts, but there are always ways in which you can maintain this one important factor in all training; making yourself the leader of your pack… Read more…
If you’ve got a puppy this year, please look after it. You wouldn’t believe the statistics about how many puppies are abandoned each year through ignorance. People just don’t know what to expect from a puppy, but this is a living thing, much the same as a baby and you need to train it and care for it in the same way… Read more…
Alright, i suppose that some of you are familiar with the sight of huge dogs jumping up people and quite literally knocking the person over? Yes? Well it’s funny in the movies and on Last of the Summer Wine perhaps, when it happens to Compo, but it isn’t funny when it happens to yourself or a loved one… Read more…
If you have been following my blog posts on training you will already have worked out that the emphasis of my advice is on establishing a pecking order in your family, much the same as a dog would naturally do in the wild. After all, a dog is an animal with animal instincts, and it’s much easier to train a puppy to grow into a dog that does what you want if you use the innate senses they were born with to help you… Read more…
If you haven’t seen the first blog post about feeding your puppy, you can go back and read it.
So when you’ve worked out that you have to take your part of the meal first, and your puppy has seen you do this you can put their food down onto the floor… Read more…
We’ve already talked a little about feeding your puppy in an earlier blog post about what to expect, but even though you now must thoroughly realise that you cannot just put your puppy on a dog food diet, there are still a few more indepth things to begin doing… Read more…
If you’ve been out shopping for puppies and recently brought one home to your house, you’ll need to know a few things about them. Regardless of the different breeds of dogs out there, there are still some fundamental philosophies to follow… Read more…
Now you have probably come to this page because you are after buying a puppy for Christmas, and i know that you’re expecting a lecture about how dogs are for life, not just for Christmas; so who am i to let you down? And besides, if you are serious enough about buying a puppy for Christmas then you absolutely have to read these kind of lectures and realise that you are taking on an enormous responsibility… Read more…
Golden Retriever puppies are an excellent natured puppy to bring into a home with small children. I must stress at this point however, that i am not saying this is right. All puppies brought into the home should be properly checked using professional advice. I think that factors such as the puppy’s parents need to be seen and their histories traced back or something like that. You’re best bet is to contact a vet and ask advice. Having said all that, my personal experience of Golden Retriever puppies is a good one… Read more…