Puppy Teething
See what to expect during the puppy teething phase. Learn how to deal with it.
Entries for the ‘New Puppy’ Category
Puppy Barking at Other Dogs
Puppy Barking at other dogs can turn into a nasty aggressive behavior. Learn how to solve this early.
Fading off the lure
When you typically teach a dog to lay down you use a lure to get them down to the ground. The problem then is you have taught your dog that in the visual cue for laying down is you putting your hand on the floor. In order to teach your dog to lay down while [...]
Our first basic obedience class
We joined into a regular basic obedience class. Blaze did a puppy kindergarten which included mostly socialization with some basic commands. I’m a big believer in keeping pet dogs in training for the first year of life, not necessarily consecutively but 3 or 4 classes is good. It keeps them socialized as well as forces [...]
Puppy Heeling
There should be a few rules to teaching a puppy to heel. 1. Keep it short 2. Keep it fun 3. Dont worry too much about details or drilling Here is a video of Blaze heeling – I do a few short spurts of forward motion, try to turn my hand out to reward him, [...]