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 […]
Teach your puppy to trade
An easy way to teach “Give” Having a hound puppy is a new experience for me. Brio isn’t my first hound. I had a basset hound for 12 years, but she was a year old when I first met her. Having 12-week old Brio, a Basset Fauve de Bretagne, is great fun, but would be […]
