There are few moments in life as magical as bringing home a new puppy. I have fond memories of introducing our family dog, Kelly the Kelpie, to my children for the first time. Along with the excitement comes new challenges. No puppy is born well trained and ready to live in the home. If your […]
New Puppy Care For Children
When a new puppy is added to the family, everyone can chip in and help raise the new family member. This includes the smallest of children. It’s important to give children a chore or task related to helping ensure the new puppy’s needs are met; this makes the child feel like part of the puppy […]
House Training A Puppy
House training a puppy is a simple thing to achieve when consistent with how you are going to train it. The one thing to remember is archaic methods such as hitting the puppy with newspaper or rubbing their nose in it, do not work. They do nothing more than teach the dog to hide when […]