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Celebrating one of our favorite breeds—Labrador Retrievers, and a BREEDER SPOTLIGHT
Labrador Retrievers have remained America's most popular dog breed for many years. They are well-known for being friendly with everyone they meet, human and dog alike. In addition to being highly intelligent, Labs have high energy levels and are extremely active. Even so, they are highly-trainable and eager to please ...
All About the Toy Group!
What is the Toy Group? When a new breed is given purebred status by the American Kennel Club (AKC), they’re assigned to one of seven breed groups. Breed classification is based on their characteristics and what they were originally bred for. Breeds that fall under the Toy Group were often ...
Breeder Spotlight - Robin
This week, we're featuring a breeder that we've worked with for just over 8 years now. Robin and her crew raises healthy and very well socialized French Bulldogs and Pomeranians. Their puppies make wonderful pets, and some even have qualities of the breed to make show dogs. Their main goal ...
How to Help Your Puppy Learn Its Name
The first thing that you want to teach your puppy is his or her name. Understanding his or her name will be the basis for all the commands and lessons that come later. However, teaching your puppy its name is not as simple as repeating their name.
Puppy Feeding Chart and Schedule: How Much and How Often to Feed Your New Puppy
There is a lot of misleading information concerning dog foods, canine nutritional requirements and exactly what a puppy needs to eat. To cut through the myriad of conflicting messages we've created this guide on how, when and what to feed your puppy. Puppy Feeding Schedule/Timeline (By Week) ...
How to Stop a Puppy From Biting?
There's almost nothing cuter than a puppy and bringing one home is certainly a joyful occasion. We all dream of snuggling an adorable, wiggly little furball, but raising a puppy isn't always sunshine and roses. In fact, handling a new puppy comes with all kinds of challenges ranging from potty ...
How To Bathe A Puppy
Picture this: it's late one afternoon and your puppy is about three months old. You sit down on the ground, ready to have a play session... when the awful happens. Your beautiful pup walks around the corner covered in... something very dirty and smelly. As unpleasant as this may be, ...
Quiet Dog Breeds: 5 Canines Who Won't Disturb The Peace
Dogs may bark for all kinds of different reasons. Some pups are natural watchdogs and take it upon themselves to alert you whenever they sense a disturbance in their environment. It may be annoying, but just know they're only trying to help! Other breeds have active minds and may be ...
New Puppy Essentials Checklist
It's almost time for your puppy to come home, and there are so many things to get! Are you ready? Here is our list of puppy essentials, along with a few optional items that you may want to have on hand before your pup arrives. Puppy Essentials: Puppy Food Food ...
How to Keep Your Dog From Escaping Your Yard: Reining in Dogs with Wanderlust
We've all seen the infamous "Lost Dog" posters from distraught owners longing to see their furry loved one again. Unfortunately, having a dog run away is a reality many dog-owners face at one point or another. But if your dog bolts from the home, then it might take some extra ...
Your Puppy's Development: 6-12 months
Congratulations, your puppy is now reaching adolescence! During these "teenage years" you can expect your pup to be a bit of a handful, but she'll emerge as a full-grown doggy adult before you know it and you will miss these silly puppy days. She may be a bit awkward physically ...
Your Puppy's Development: 8 Weeks
The time has finally come! After a long several weeks, your puppy has finally reached the age of homecoming and can travel to his new family if he weighs at least four pounds. This is a special time for both you and your puppy. From an owner's point of view, ...
Your Puppy's Development: 7 Weeks
At seven weeks old, your puppy is nearly ready to come home! Some puppies need just one last week to develop alongside their littermates, with their mom as a guide. Seeing how active she can be during this stage, though, it's clear that she's almost ready for a new chapter ...
Your Puppy's Development: 6 Weeks
Your puppy is now six weeks old and one step closer to becoming independent! He is likely weaned, or very close to being weaned from his mother. Just as humans learn appropriate behaviors from their family and peers at a young age, puppies also must learn social cues during this ...
Your Puppy's Development: 5 Weeks
Week five is when a puppy is exposed to new faces other than his mom and littermates. At this age, your puppy appears more playful and curious by the day. She is exploring the world around her and learning how to interact with others. Socialization is all about learning how ...
Your Puppy's Development: 4 Weeks
During the first four weeks of a puppy's life, integral development begins that will set the stage for the rest of his life. While still very young, the puppy takes his first step towards independence: weaning. It is during this period of time that your puppy starts to gain independence ...
When The Bite's Bigger Than The Bark: Aggression in Dogs Part 3
Dogs are complicated animals with distinct personalities and therefore temperaments based on their individual genetic makeup, environmental factors and breed history. Just like humans, dogs have faults and behaviors that need correcting. And one of those common issues is aggression. While we've established in Part One of this series that ...
When The Bite's Bigger Than The Bark: Aggression in Dogs Part 2
Dog aggression is a serious problem that can cause high anxiety, anger and heartbreak for owners, ultimately result in dangerous injuries (for both dogs and humans) and end in potentially fatal consequences, not to mention lead to cases of homeless and abandoned dogs. To better equip you with information and ...
When The Bite's Bigger Than The Bark: Aggression in Dogs Part 1
Aggression in dogs is a scary, yet complex behavioral pattern, but is common and treatable with an intensive training plan. It's important to accept at the onset of dog ownership that most dogs will exhibit some form of aggression at some point, typically when guarding their territories or protecting themselves ...
How to Crate Train a Puppy
The philosophy behind crate training your furry companion is to create a familiar and safe location where your dog will want to enter of her own will and enjoy relaxing and sleeping inside her very own comfy and cozy spot. Because dogs don't like to soil their sleeping areas, they ...
