Do you ever think about how your dog learns some things quickly, and others not? How the heck did he nearly instantly learn the sound of the cabinet door that holds the dog biscuits? How come he doesn’t use that same “intelligence” to learn to come when called? It’s very simple. It all boils down to […]
Puppy teething
Brio, my Basset Fauve de Bretagne puppy, is almost five months old, which is considered early adolescence. I have a toybox in the family room that is filled to overflowing with dog toys accumulated over many years. Brio pulls toys out of the toybox, making piles of multiple toys that he loves to lie on […]
In a Multi-dog Household – Learn to be Alone
It’s important for a puppy to learn to be alone Last fall, when I decided to introduce a puppy into my home, I had to carefully consider Larry, my seven-year-old Chinook. Larry was raised with Kochi, my Shiba Inu mix who was nine years old when Larry joined our family. Kochi wasn’t fond of other […]
