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Puppies and the Great Outdoors

January 5, 2021

Time to leave the kitchen and venture outside? Relax those expectations. Like everything puppies learn, they do best in a quiet place where they can focus. You do not want any distractions in the beginning, so it is important to control the environment. Once your puppy gets good at a new skill however, you will

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Game On – Teaching Self Control

August 28, 2020

How to moderate your puppy’s play. Grab the best treats you can think of; roast beef, a bit of chicken, something special and different. Let your puppy begin to play with another. Observe how stimulated and energetic their play becomes. Before things get too over the top, stop them show them each the treat, have them come and sit in front

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Game on – Trade Ya!

August 19, 2020

Here is a game you can play with a younger puppy to teach him to release things into your hand or simply drop them on the floor. I like to start with this game as young puppies (8 – 12 weeks old) have little impulse control and will find it difficult to let go of

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To Punish, Or not to Punish Your Puppy

February 27, 2020

The use of punishment with a puppy has diminished sharply among professional trainers. And yet there are still some who use it. I must admit, this mystifies me. Without delving too deeply, the definition of punishment includes the use of something aversive, like force, coercion, or physical correction to change an animal’s behavior. Methods used

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The Joys of Jumping, Barking, Chewing, Lunging, and Chasing. And What to Do About It.

January 13, 2020

Why does my puppy jump on me, lunge at other dogs, chase the kids, ignore me, chew on furniture, bark nonstop?  And what do I do? Before we begin, it is important to keep a few things in mind: In puppies, we are dealing with a baby mind, one that is distractible, impetuous, lacks impulse control,

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When Puppies Growl – Recognizing Distress

August 23, 2019

Augie’s Story: A few months ago one of our puppy parents took Augie, their 13 week old doodle puppy to meet a neighbor’s six month old lab puppy. Augie was in the Jumpstart Program at the time and was doing well. He learned quickly, was gregarious, and enjoyed interacting with all the puppies. So far

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