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How To Handle Common Puppy Behaviour Problems

It’s easy to dismiss chewing and play biting as normal puppy behaviour. However, these can become more serious, long-term issues if they’re not handled correctly. Training your puppy to behave takes time, but getting started on dealing with problems as soon as possible can help speed this up. Chewing Puppies chew on objects around the home as a way of exploring their environment. Chewing can also provide pain relief when puppies have teeth coming in. While this behaviour is common, it can become destructive when puppies chew up furniture, clothing and other inappropriate items. Chewing can …

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Understanding Separation Anxiety In Your Puppy

Getting a new puppy is such an exciting time! You get to bond with your new pal, show them the ropes, and introduce them to the world. Sometimes, there are hiccups along the way. Separation anxiety is one of those hiccups that takes determination to fix. Separation anxiety has been thought of as one of the most difficult situations to conquer in dog training, because it is hard to reinforce behaviour when you are not there. Dogs and puppies that live with separation anxiety are showing a fear response to being left alone. Some telltale signs of separation anxiety are barking or howling, being …

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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 it is caught out needing to toilet in the house.  Another thing to remember is that a puppy is physically and mentally a baby, you wouldn’t tell  a baby off for wetting its nappy. Neither a baby or a puppy have the ability to be able to hold their bladders. This is where we come in to help the puppy …

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Teaching Your Puppy Not To Bark At Night

You just brought home the cutest puppy ever. He is sweet and cuddly and bounces happily around the house playing with his toys and when it seems he is finally tired you put him in his crate. In a few short minutes he starts barking and howling loud enough to wake the dead. This is a problem many dog owners face at the start of bringing home a puppy. There are more than a few ways to deal with this issue, and if handled the right way is always solvable. Crate training your puppy is the quickest way to a well behaved dog. At the beginning, your puppy will bark and howl because he may not be …

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