One of the most rewarding or frustrating experiences you can have is training your dog or new puppy. Having the right information before buying that cute little doggie is crucial to your success. If you are a first time buyer, do yourself a huge favor and choose a breed of dog that is easy to [...]

An ongoing debate has risen lately over the use of kennels and cages to train dogs. Kennel training is on top of the list of dog protection protesters, right behind collars that produce electric shock, or choke dogs in order to obtain obedient behavior. A number of pet owners believe putting their dog in a [...]

If you are a dog lover, you will certainly love puppies very much. Well, when a new dog owner first adopts a puppy, one of the biggest mistakes that he can possibly make is to think that bringing up a puppy is an easy task.
Well, certainly not. Regardless of the kind of dog you have, [...]

Training a new puppy regardless of what type of training it is can be a time consuming and sometimes frustrating activity, especially if you’ve never attempted to train a puppy before.  One of the first things you may have to train your puppy to do is stay in a wire dog crate for an extended [...]

Crate training is an excellent way to teach your dog obedience as well as to house break a puppy.  A proper crate should be just big enough for the dog to enter and turn around in.  A crate that is too big or too small will make the dog uncomfortable and it will be more [...]

A lot of individuals believe that it is cruel to have your dog in a dog crate. They may equate this to such things as zoos and cages. But there are positive and valuable lessons that a new puppy can learn with proper dog crate training. One good thing that crate training can do is [...]

Raising a puppy is a comparatively simple project, providing you make liberal use of patience and common sense. The young puppy cannot be expected to act like a grown dog; he needs direction and supervision. But the pup will quickly grow up and the period of close daily supervision becomes correspondingly shorter as the puppy [...]

It is natural for dogs to chew, it’s a completely normal canine behaviour. Dogs will chew to explore, they use their mouths like people use their hands. Destructive chewing can be a real problem though as it can be very expensive AND dangerous if your dog was to choke on something!
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Chewing is a natural activity for puppies. Just as babies explore the world through their mouths, puppies explore and learn by chewing. Trying to get your puppy to stop chewing is a losing battle. Instead, focus on redirecting your puppy.
Puppy proof your house
Exercise your puppy
Teach your puppy to be calm
Don’t make a big deal about [...]

A lot of people when they acquire a new puppy dismiss the idea of puppy obedience training as something they can think about some time in the future.  After all their brand new puppy is so cute and cuddly and much too young to train.  This is a big mistake because really the best time [...]