Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog

Your puppy’s schedule will vary depending on many factors.  Including age, exercise needs, and your schedule. When I’m asked about what a typical day looks like I know that I’m actually being asked things like: “How many times should I take my puppy out?” “How much exercise should my puppy get?” “How much time is too much time in the crate?&#822...

Your puppy’s schedule will vary depending on many factors.  Including age, exercise needs, and your schedule. When I’m asked about what a typical day looks like I know that I’m actually being asked things like: “How many times should I take my puppy out?” “How much exercise should my puppy get?” “How much time is too much time in the crate?&#822...

When we imagine kids and puppies we think that they go together like peanut butter and jelly (or my preference – chocolate). The reality isn’t so sweet.  Your puppy and your kids LOVE each other.  But sometimes it’s that same love and excitement that causes scratches, tears, and a disheartening relationship. When we have kids and a puppy in the same house it takes a lot...

Debbie here!  I just wanted to jump into your podcast feed one more time this year.  First I want to thank you, my listeners once again for being a bright spot in an otherwise stressful year.   I also thought it would be fun to take a look back at this year’s most popular episodes and also talk about what’s to come in 2021. No training advice in this one.  Just...

If your dog listens to you inside your house that doesn’t mean they know what you want outside on their walk.  Even if you are asking for the same thing.  Dogs are very contextual and need to be taught how to listen even when there distractions.   The good news is, if your dog listens to you in your kitchen then you already know how to teach your dog to listen with distra...

When you are new at watching dogs play it can be confusing.  Dog play is actually play fighting so if you haven’t made a career out of knowing dog body language it’s easy to get concerned even when dogs are having a grand old time.  Learning dog body language is like learning any new language.  It takes study, time, and a whole lot of practice.  As a dog parent we d...

If your dog listens to you inside your house that doesn’t mean they know what you want outside on their walk.  Even if you are asking for the same thing.  Dogs are very contextual and need to be taught how to listen even when there distractions.   The good news is, if your dog listens to you in your kitchen then you already know how to teach your dog to listen with distra...

How do you handle potty training when all the adults in the housework full time?  This is a question I get asked a lot.  Mainly because my listeners know I do not like the use of potty pads (for more on that, check out Episode 009 ).   If you are going to be out of the house longer than your puppy can hold regularly, how do you handle that without using potty pads?   My short a...

Does it feel like your trainer just tells you to stuff your dog’s belly full of treats and say then they’re trained?  Treats are an essential tool to raising our well-mannered dog but the lesson on HOW to use the treats properly gets lost. And we really want to avoid that place where your dog will only listen if you have a treat in your hand.   In this episode I talk about: W...

Does it feel like your trainer just tells you to stuff your dog’s belly full of treats and say then they’re trained?  Treats are an essential tool to raising our well-mannered dog but the lesson on HOW to use the treats properly gets lost. And we really want to avoid that place where your dog will only listen if you have a treat in your hand.   In this episode I talk about: W...

We all have a hundred (ok, ok hundreds) of photos of our dog.  But how many are keepers?  If you are anything like me you have 600 pictures and 2 end up as keepers In this episode, let’s welcome Allison Shamrell to give us all her best tips on how to get better photos of your dog, even if all you have is a cell phone! This is a fun episode and I learned so much from Allison and I k...

We all have a hundred (ok, ok hundreds) of photos of our dog.  But how many are keepers?  If you are anything like me you have 600 pictures and 2 end up as keepers In this episode, let’s welcome Allison Shamrell to give us all her best tips on how to get better photos of your dog, even if all you have is a cell phone! This is a fun episode and I learned so much from Allison and I k...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Separation anxiety is always been something dog owners need to be aware of.  How to be alone is something that we have to teach our dogs.  In a perfect world we start this when they are puppies with crate training and the natural rhythm of our lives as we need to go to work, school, family functions or just out to dinner.   But right now we aren’t doing any of those thing...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

***This episode was recorded on March 22, 2020 and uses the best information available at that time.  With information is constantly changing, please keep informed and stay safe according to the most accurate, science based, up to date information available.*** In the best of times, it’s important to know how to socialize your puppy.  Even though these are not the best of times, so...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...

Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship… OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.  In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get...