Feeding Your Puppy

Feeding Your Puppy

Puppies grow at a rapid rate and require a diet to aid their physical development.   Three meals per day is recommended up to the age of around 4 months. Feeding at evenly spaced intervals will avoid over stretching their tiny tummies. Moving on to 2 meals a day...
Puppies & Children

Puppies & Children

Whether the new addition to your family is of the canine kind or the human kind, successful parenting is the key. Reward good behaviour always, engage in communication, discipline when necessary, be aware of body language from your dog, no puffed up chest, no flagging...
Hands On Puppy

Hands On Puppy

Hands On Puppy All canines enjoy gentle hand contact. Your goal is to have your canine companion accept you touching him wherever and whenever. He should not object or become snarly when you approach this ‘hands-on’ exercise with him. If the association is...
Benefits of Chew Toys

Benefits of Chew Toys

How many toys does your puppy have in his toy box? Does he know them all by name? Does he have a preference? Dogs of all ages like to engage and play with toys, whether it’s with you or with their canine buddy or on their own. All toys in your dog’s toy box should...
Nipping

Nipping

Puppies want to engage with us the same way they did when they were with their littermates. Pouncing, wrestling, mouthing and nipping. They don’t realize that we have skin and their littermates had fur…………… we all know those nips can be painful! Nipping is natural...
Puppy Socialisation

Puppy Socialisation

Experiences your puppy encounters between the ages of 6 and 16 weeks can have a significant influence on his temperament and behaviour as an adult dog. A puppy’s long term development, relies on early socialisation. It’s just one of the many areas that requires...