So, for complete readiness, we recommend that you prepare with:
(1) "New Puppy! NOW WHAT?" Puppy Training DVD that we'll be giving to you as part of your New Puppy Package;
and:
(2) In-Home Training, minimum of 3 sessions
Here's a great book for children....
Raising Riley : A Kid's First Lab Puppy This storybook for children ages 5-10 explores the joys and responsibilities that come with raising a Lab puppy. Now available from Amazon.com.
Take a rambunctious boy, an equally high-spirited Labrador puppy, and parents who want to channel these restless energies in positive directions. Add to this combination of yips and yells and puppy-dog tales several real lessons that kids and adults can use to train their own retriever puppies – and the result is a delightful children's storybook that can be read aloud and shared with the entire family.
Goldendoodle Stuff - An on-line shopping site offering doodle related merchandise, including calendars, t-shirts, bandanas, key tags, watches, wall clocks, thermal mugs, and water bottles! www.goldendoodlestuff.com
The ingenious design of the Buddy Bowl means that water won't spill or slosh out, even if the bowl is turned completely upside down! And if your pet manages to turn it back up, there's still drinking water left in it. It's perfect to take along in vehicles or when transporting in a crate or carrier. Also keeps your pet's dining area neater and free of spills and keeps water fresher, cleaner and resistant to bird waste and other environmental pollution. Dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.
The Chase - It isn't just another toy, it's an amazing way to keep your pet fit because it is so easy to use and inexpensive compared to other related products.
Don't let your dog or puppy walk in an area that has been chemically treated (Lawn Doctor, Chem Lawn, etc.) These chemicals will absorb through the pads of their feet within hours and causes diarrhea or soft stools often tinged with blood, as well as bile vomit often tinged with blood. Shortly after exposure, it's been noted that dogs will have the bile vomit and soft/diarrhea stools tinged with blood. Wash the dog's feet well with soap and water after any outings where they may have been exposed to chemicals of this sort.
This unique dog litter box is stylish and easy to clean. Each unit is handcrafted, which allows you to fully customize the product for your dog. Choose from different styles, sizes, materials, substrates, etc! Potty training dogs has never been easier! The Pet Patio Potty™ is the perfect tool to house train a puppy! Easy, fast access to a "potty" means a quicker learning curve for your dog.
Click below for articles authored by and generously shared by Stacy Greer, Canine Behavior Therapist, Adventures in Canine Training, Inc.
(PDF files - see note)
The Blue Dog Parent Guide and CD is designed to help parents and children safely interact with dogs both inside and outside their home. Targeted and tested for children from 3 to 6 years old, it is intended as a tool to be incorporated as part of a more comprehensive prevention program.
Timshell Farm feeds mother dogs Royal Canin Pro HT 42D which delivers additional DHA during estrus and gestation for high puppy intelligence and trainability.
Do you remember hearing that? Your mother/aunt/father had a good point. A lot of dogs have a problem with possession aggression. In other words, "what's mine is mine, and you aren't allowed to even look at it." Sharing is a foreign concept to most dogs, especially dogs who are the sole family pet. A dog with possession aggression will guard his resources, whether his resources are his food, toys, or the most valuable of all, You.
The dog that guards food may escalate to guarding other things as his possessions – the bed, toys, rawhides, even people. These are dogs that can benefit greatly from positive obedience classes. IMPORTANT – Correction or taking things out of their mouths tends to make them more aggressive!
Lots more Puppy Training links on the Perfect Pawswebsite:
Socialization Pointers for Training Your New Puppy
Training Your Puppy to Love, Trust and Respect You
More Puppy House Training Tips
Training Your Puppy to Stop Whining, Howling and Barking
Training Puppy About Chewing
Training Puppy About Jumping
Training Puppy About Leash Pulling
Training Puppy about Biting, Mouthing and Teething
More on Puppy Training
Using avoidance and passive behavior modification to treat canine dominance aggression. by Karen L. Overall, MA, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVB
Blue Sterling's tip for puppy biting and chewing:
(from www.goldendoodles.com). As for the biting - we just littered our house with chew strips (not the single piece ones where the young pups can choke - I'm talking about the ones made of bits of rawhide stuck together) and soft toys. Everytime they wanted to gnaw on us, we'd just hold a toy to their mouth, while we'd pet with the other hand. They're just teething.
Crate Training and Housebreaking: They Go Together
Crate training satisfies a natural instinct for your dog - one inherited from the wolf - to sleep and rest in a den. It's important because it will curb all sorts of destructive behavior, from digging to chewing to house soiling. Traveling is easier with a crate, and your puppy will be less afraid when it is crated at the groomer or veterinarian if it also has one at home. At full growth your dog should be able to lie comfortably on its side, stand, sit or turn without difficulty in its crate. Place the crate in a room where the dog will feel like part of the family. Make sure you place comfortable betdding inside to make it appealing for your puppy.
Patience of Praise
The more patient and consistent you are in teaching your puppy housetraining rules, the more quickly he will learn. Dogs are instinctively clean animals and will learn due to praise and good timing on your part.
Establish a routine. Feed your pup at regularly scheduled times, preferably 3 times daily. Most puppies will want to releave themselves right after eating. Do not allow access to food all day long.
Go outside with your pup so you can priase it for going potty.
Choose 1 or 2 "toilet areas" your puppy can associate with going potty. Direct your puppy to these areas. When puppy "goes," praise it's success.
Keep an eye on your pup while it's inside the house. If you catch it in the act, shout or toss something near it to startle him. Then immediately take it out and if he finishes outside, make sure it knows it is a good puppy.
When you are unable to watch your puppy, it should be confined, preferably in its crate. This helps build bladder and bowel control - although you still need to let it out every couple hours.
Handmade here in the U.S.A. using durable ribbons and materials.
Two sets of strategically-placed bells that are carefully folded and snapped securely into place. This design allows for all breeds to reach the bells.
Another Look at Dewclaws- Expert Fred Lanting argues that it is better to leave dewclaws on front paws.
Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade D.E. - the Natural Way to Prevent Your Puppy From Having Worms & Parasites. (Article reproduced with permission from Wolf Creek Ranch.)
Canine Hip Dysplasia. Much has been written on hip dysplasia (HD), and this article is simply an attempt to summarize much of that information.
Ester-C Links and Further Information
Here's a link to a Golden that was diagnosed with HD and with physical therapy and other tried things like Ester C, etc. was later diagnosed with clear hips. This article is titled: Diary of (what was) Cooper's Hip Dysplasia http://www.hsutopia.com/hd.html
Here's a link to an article that explains the difference between regular Vitamin C and Ester C (which we all should know already, lol, Ester C is easier on the stomache). But this does go into actually "why" it's easier on the stomach. http://www.nlpp.com/ESTER-C.htm
And looky there... even Skansen Kennels believes in it... http://www.skansen.com/nutrition/VitC.htm
and of course, here's Dr. Belfield's website (the one that did the study on the litters of German Shephard pups predisposed to HD, that all ended up HD free when raised on the high doses of Vitamin C. http://www.belfield.com/pet_health_art5.php
(Earlier articles on HD written by Dr. Belfield are also available - see the Back Issue Index links on the above page.)
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"RoboCut" Vacuum Haircutter, for the Perfect Goldendoodle Groom at Home!
The ingenious design of the Buddy Bowl means that water won't spill or slosh out, even if the bowl is turned completely upside down! And if your pet manages to turn it back up, there's still drinking water left in it. It's perfect to take along in vehicles or when transporting in a crate or carrier. Also keeps your pet's dining area neater and free of spills and keeps water fresher, cleaner and resistant to bird waste and other environmental pollution. Dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.
