Sirius Puppy Training has long been one of my favorite recommendations for people getting a puppy. While it covers some of the usual basics of puppy training, even more important is what it says about socializing puppies in terms of not biting (VERY important!) or jumping up. It’s a great program for kids, and has [...]

Sometimes people think that they should start puppy training at the age of several month, even at six months! To me, that’s a ripe old age when it comes to training.
Whenever I get a new puppy, I make the rest of my schedule as light as I possibly can. Since I work at home, I [...]

If you have a young puppy, you don’t need to be told how much puppies love biting! It’s a very important part of how they experience things around them. Over time, the yelping of their littermates or the corrections of their mothers show them what is and isn’t acceptable in the dog world.
You may have [...]

A neighbor of mine has two Doberman puppies. They are over four months old now, and I’ve been giving her a hand with the basics of training since she got them a couple of months ago. They are brother and sister — here, Rosa is shown with the male Pele. His sister, gazing at the [...]