New Cockerpoo puppy, Merlot, is just eight weeks old. A tiny bundle of fluff, not much larger than a guinea pig.
When I arrived yesterday evening he had only been in his new home for two hours.
He had not enjoyed the car journey and was sleepy. (more…)
It’s a kind of vicious circle. A constantly challenging, easily aroused puppy can get us down. Our resulting loss of patience makes puppy worse. Days start badly Their days with sixteen-week-old Luna start badly as the easily aroused puppy fights against having her harness put on. The exasperated lady admits Read more…
“I am desperate! “….I love my puppy so much and don’t know what to do. She bites, jumps up and snaps at me. I can’t eat in front of her. I could go on. Skye likes to watch the dogs on television. I watch Victoria Stilwell’s programme. That’s how I Read more…
We get a new puppy with the belief that it must fit in with our family life. He must learn what is acceptable right from the start. This sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? What most people do is to try to teach the puppy what is NOT acceptable instead. Cocker Spaniel Read more…
Puppy pug Frankie is now twelve weeks old. It’s vital that the adorable Frankie stops jumping up and nipping because the lady is a childminder. As it’s so important, they have been trying extra hard to stop her jumping up and nipping for the sake of the little children. This has resulted in a lot of Read more…
They picked up their nine-week-old Border Terrier puppy yesterday. As part of our puppy parenting plan we had already discussed on the phone where Monty would sleep on his first night and what they would do if he was distressed by being alone. I don’t believe in a puppy ‘crying it out’. Each puppy Read more…
I have just been to a divine ten-week-old Sprocker puppy. The picture doesn’t show how little Digby is. They have had him for five days now and have signed up for my Puppy Parenting plan, wanting to get things right from the start with their new puppy, pre-empting as far as is possible Read more…
They brought their two beautiful cream-coloured German Shepherd brothers home a couple of months ago at eight weeks old, believing they would be great company for one another thus making life easier and not realising it could actually be a lot more work. They soon were given information that littermates Read more…
This ten-week-old puppy has a big name to live up to. Thor, the God of Thunder. Fortunately he doesn’t yet seem to be to suited to his name! As the day Thursday is named after Thor, perhaps it was appropriate that the day I met him yesterday it was a Read more…
I had a real treat yesterday. I went to fourteen-week-old Petite Brabancon Griffon siblings, Jack and Coco.They were absolutely adorable. Apparently there are only about seventy-five of the breed in the country. There were no problems to address but the couple had missed out on their choice of local puppy Read more…