Imagine for a moment you have a four-year-old she wanted to go into a playground nearby. In that playground are 13 and 14-year-old kids and they’re playing with no supervision. Are you going to send her in? Throughout many years of asking this question I have yet to hear anyone say, “Yes.” This is the […]
Dog Training
Formula for a Fearless Puppy
The Importance of Socializing Your Puppy Start Early – Go Everywhere There is a magic window that opens in every puppy’s life, when he is most confident and accepting of new experiences, dogs, people, places. The length of this sensitive period is short; usually within the first three months. This is the time to get […]
Ralph and The Perfect Storm
Sometimes a dog can become frightened of something he’s known his entire life. Take Ralph, an 18 month old beagle that developed a terror of grocery carts. Ralph had excelled in our Jumpstart Puppy Program as a youngster and knew the in’s and out’s of grocery carts at 14 weeks. It took a fateful combination of […]
The Jumpstart Story
The Jumpstart Program began in November 2011 when I received a call from Brian Zalaznick. Brian was about to be married and wanted two things in his wonderful new life: his beautiful new bride, Cindy, and his doodle puppy, Chester. There was only one problem, Cindy was a cat person who had never had a […]
