Wow - thanks everyone for your input, and to SnowBunny for the huge wealth of detail and experience shared above! I look forward to digging more...
Hi Snowbunny Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed response. As my answer to pretty much all of your "can you" questions is...
Thanks Kobe. Middle sounds fun, and right now I have no idea why I did not think just to begin heelwork in the house. Seems very silly now it...
More great ideas here, thanks Joy! I do have a hallway that could be suitable for practicing recall, though I might need to buy a long rug, as...
Thanks Boogie - lots of food for thought in there. May I ask, just to get a sense of how you as an experienced trainer make progress, what kind...
Hi all, I often read people saying that they do regular 5-10 minute training sessions throughout the day with their pups. I was wondering if...
We picked up our little man (now fast becoming a big man!) from the South West of England, and took him back to Scotland, a trip of around 9 hours...
Thanks for another update! I continue to find it seriously spooky how your pup and mine seem to be following the same trajectories, almost...
Hey, Sorry for my delay coming back to this thread. My wife and I have just spent a really wonderful long weekend out exploring our local area...
Just to add: My wife also works at home on Fridays, meaning there is more potential for pup interaction and less for boredom. One plan I am...
Hi all, My wife and I have just come to the end of the first four weeks of puppy ownership, during which at least one of us was off all the time...
@selina27 - thank you for taking the time to post these kind words. I think that this kind of "been there, done that" perspective that I find...
Sorry, I hit send prematurely on the last post. I then edited to add the rest of the planned material, but got timed out for spending more than 5...
I wanted to pop my head up to empathize with you here, as your post pretty exactly sums up my current feelings, and my bigtime descent back into...
Our pup is only 12 weeks old, but I could have written this exact paragraph about him. He is going to bed around 10:30/11, and waking every...
The one I most commonly have heard (in my whole 2 weeks of dog ownership!) is the number of months old + 1 to give an idea of the number of hours...
Hi Snowbunny, That you for your really helpful response! It didn't take long for us to notice that our little Labrador already had the ability...
Hi all, We have now survived almost 2 weeks with our new pup (Rory the Fox Red Labrador) and, after managing to finally get to our own bed last...
Hi Lex I have been following your posts with great interest, as my wife and I are now one week into our own puppy journey - and have already had...
Can I perhaps jump in on this question? We have a 9 week old pup who has been with us for a week now. We have various puppy-suitable chewables...
