Although it might not feel like it in some areas of the UK, it is still quite hot outside on some days, which means that the summer is still here folks! Good news isn’t it? However the weather is still too hot for your dogs and especially your puppies… Read more…
Well, if you truly don’t know where to buy your puppy or dog then there is a serious decision that you need to make here and now. If you are just beginning your journey into owning a pet dog then you are at just the right time to decide… Read more…
Now i mentioned about the other destructive things a puppy might do last week, but i never actually named them. I was primarily focused on promoting tolerance with your puppy because if you were reading that post because you were at your wits end with your puppy then you seriously needed to calm down… Read more…
I’ve already written a little post on your puppy and how it can make quite a natural mess when you’re all tucked up in bed, so you might want to go and read it before you start this one. This post will continue talking about how messy your puppy is and promote tolerance and understanding of the puppy rather than punishing its behaviour… Read more…
You need to know a few things about your puppy before you buy it don’t you? Of course you do. And that is why you’re here on this site doing the decent thing by reading what i have to say about them; presumably because i know what i’m talking about right? right…
Well as a matter of fact i do know what i’m talking about when it comes to puppies, not least because i know about these things, but because i have actually owned puppies in the past and have experienced all of what you are about to embark upon. It isn’t an easy job, i’ll tell you that piece of information straight out at the beginning, because anyone thinking that it is really needs to leave right now.
You can’t possibly write down all the things you need to know about puppies in one blog post for goodness sake, entire books have been written for this purpose, and this is why i have concerened this post with one important thing. Puppies will make one hell of a mess. If you think that they’re just cute then you’re very wrong. When you wake in the morning, depending on where you left the puppy, do not be surprised to see that it has pooped and wet itself all over your floor. This is not bad or naughty or anything like that, and a dog shouldn’t be punished for this. Think of it as a baby without its nappy. A baby doesn’t know what to do does it? A puppy doesn’t either, you have to show it what to do. So everytime you see the puppy about to do its business on the carpet, simply pick it up gently and take it to the back door or wherever it is that you exit the house and show it that it needs to do it outside.
It is essential for you to know about the breed of puppy you intend to buy if you are indeed going to go ahead and do it. Being unprepared for a new family member is one of the worst things you could possibly do and you could put yourself, your family and the dog at a great risk… Read more…
I am going to write a couple of posts about this and engage a different problem with puppy training in each of them. The first one will be about the feeding, walking and general training of your puppy… Read more…
Did you get a new puppy for Christmas? Yes? Oh, well if you did, congratulations and welcome to the world of dogs and their wonderful little quirks. It’s a world i’m happy to be a part of and a world i’m happy to offer a few pointers to you in…
Your new puppy will of course need training. It’ll also need feeding, and grooming and cleaning up after, worming, innoculating, and numerous other things that will take a lot of time, money and dedication. But you knew all this right? Otherwise you wouldn’t have got one would you? No, of course not. But there is one more thing far greater than any of the others i’ve listed. One thing dogs need above all else, and from which all the fundamentals will follow naturally. Love. Your dog needs love more than anything in the world.
If you are a parent already, before a dog owner, you’ll know what i’m talking about. Simply because you are a parent it doesn’t make you happy about cleaning up shit and puke and spending your money of worthless pieces of junk that get ruined within the first week of ownership, does it? No of course it doesn’t. What makes you do all these things is love. If you are a parent you will already have experienced that special love you have for your children, and you will realise what you have to do to make their lives complete; this is exactly the feeling you must have for your puppy, for when you do, the rest will happen without a hitch.
Good luck with your new puppy, and i envy you that feeling you have inside! It is truly wonderful.
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…