NRC Nutrition Requirements for puppies

Puppies cannot regulate vitamins and nutrients like an adult dog can, and puppies require a daily balanced diet. Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF) model or Prey Model Raw (PMR) raw diets provide guidelines on items to include in a raw diet to provide essential nutrients and recommended calories for proper growth and development. The ingredients included in a puppy’s raw diet need to be selectedContinue reading “NRC Nutrition Requirements for puppies”

Starting Your Puppy on a Raw Diet

Starting Your French Bulldog Puppy On A Raw Diet Start With One Protein Source Regardless of whether you’re preparing your own raw or are using a prepared raw food, it’s best to start with one protein source. Give that one protein for a good week. If there are no signs of digestive upset, start yourContinue reading “Starting Your Puppy on a Raw Diet”

How to Socialize Your New Puppy

Socialization is one of the most misunderstood areas in dog training.The old-school concept of socialization meant you take your puppy out and get it used to interacting with people, places, and other dogs. When we explain that this thinking is exactly what causes many of the behavioral problems, people ask, “How can I get myContinue reading “How to Socialize Your New Puppy”

Raw Feeding Puppies: BARF Diet

Raw feeding for puppies: BARF Diet The BARF model diet is the most popular raw diet for puppies. A BARF diet can be home prepared with multiple ingredients to provide recommended allowances for most essential nutrients. Although, it is important to note that many ratio raw diets can be lacking in certain essential nutrients when specific whole foodsContinue reading “Raw Feeding Puppies: BARF Diet”

Marker Training for dogs and puppies

In technical terms, marker training is operant conditioning. Operant conditioning has been around for years. It is how dolphins are trained at SeaWorld. Operant conditioning forms an association between a behavior and a consequence. I can see new dog trainers reading this and shaking their heads thinking “Duh, isn’t that pretty obvious and what allContinue reading “Marker Training for dogs and puppies”

Traditional Spay-Neuter Shouldn’t Be the Answer for Every Dog

It’s time to consider broader use of alternative sterilization procedures that don’t remove the ovaries or testes, especially for large and giant breed dogs. A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that spaying and neutering dogs, especially large and giant breeds, and especially at an early age, increases the risk for a wide range ofContinue reading “Traditional Spay-Neuter Shouldn’t Be the Answer for Every Dog”

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