Puppies Category
Puppy Nutrition 101: Building a Solid Foundation for Lifelong Health
If you are the proud owner of a new puppy, or you are thinking about getting one in the near future, recognize that one of your major responsibilities is managing your puppy’s early nutrition. Providing puppies with good nutrition acts as a major catalyst for a lifetime of healthy living. With a solid foundation of…
Read MorePuppy Proofing Your Home
When you have a new puppy (or a whole litter!), it can be overwhelming to keep track of them. Despite their small size, puppies have BIG levels of energy, and they can cause massive amounts of harm to themselves — or your home — if given total access to everything. What many people don’t know…
Read MoreHelp Your Puppy Overcome Resource Guarding Issues
Resource guarding is a natural behavior in which a dog protects an item or area that he perceives as valuable. They instinctively want to protect their food, toys, and other belongings from others. However, this behavior can become a problem if not addressed early on. It creates a foundation of anxiety, insecurity, and aggression that…
Read MoreAddressing Stranger Danger With Puppies: Teaching Your Puppy to Not Approach Strangers
As a new puppy owner, one of your top priorities should be socializing your pup so they learn how to interact appropriately with both people and other dogs. As such, you’ll want to take care to train your puppy not to approach strangers. One of the primary reasons to avoid strangers, that many people don’t…
Read MoreThe Importance of Crate Training Your Puppy
From the moment you bring your new puppy home, they are rapidly learning and growing. Just like with children, it is important to start teaching them good habits and behaviors early on. One of the best things you can do for your puppy (and yourself!) is to crate train them. Crate training has many benefits…
Read MoreTips for Dealing With Chewing in Puppies
Puppies can be adorable, but they still have sharp teeth. They’ll put those teeth to good use when left to their own devices. In fact, chewing is one of the many ways a puppy keeps stimulated while learning more about the world around them. If you and your puppy are going to get along well,…
Read MoreLeash Training Your Puppy: The Basics
One important thing to remember when bringing a new puppy home is that they will need to be trained on how to walk properly on a leash. The process of getting your puppy to walk on a leash may seem daunting, but with a little patience and consistency you will have them trotting around like…
Read MoreTeach Your Puppy These Five Commands First
The first few days after you bring your new puppy home are some of the most exciting. They also happen to be some of the most important when it comes to teaching them new commands. Puppy brains are like sponges. They are constantly learning from the world around them and forming new ideas about how…
Read MoreHow To Help a Teething Puppy
Congratulations on your new puppy! Chances are great that there are dozens of things you will know how to do right for your new furry family member — and often just the same number of things you will have no clue how to handle, even if this is far from your first puppy. Relax! It’s…
Read MoreHow to House Train a Puppy
House-training, housebreaking, or potty training – no matter what you call it all pet parents want to teach their new puppy not to relieve themselves inside the home. Among the top reasons that pet parents give their pets up to shelters annually – is frustrations with recurring accidents in the home. Though tedious and time…
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