by Hillary Alexander | Feb 22, 2019 | Dog Training
Socialization is a bit more complicated than most people think. Rather, socializing a puppy means teaching him social skills, impulse control, and lessons in how to play with, greet, and interact with other puppies, dogs, and people. It’s a multi layered process....
by Hillary Alexander | Jan 13, 2019 | Dog Training
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...
by Hillary Alexander | Jun 22, 2016 | Dog Training
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...
by Hillary Alexander | Jun 22, 2016 | Dog Training
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...
by Hillary Alexander | Mar 24, 2015 | Dog Training
Cindy and Chester The Jumpstart Program began in November 2011 when I received a call from Brian. He was engaged to be married and wanted two things in his wonderful new life: his beautiful new bride, Cindy, and a doodle puppy he would call, Chester. There was only...
