How to train a Corgi puppy – everything you need!
Welcoming a new Corgi puppy to your home can be one of the happiest days of your life…but
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How to keep your dog safe at Halloween
While Halloween is a thrilling time for humans, it’s not necessarily well received among dogs, and can even be a potentially dangerous season for them. With spooky costumes, eerie decorations, and tempting treats filling our homes and streets, it’s up to us to create a dog-friendly Halloween experience that keeps your pup safe and happy. After all, a dog-friendly Halloween means fun for everyone, and we all want to enjoy fright night, right?
How to train a King Charles Cavalier puppy – everything you need!
Congratulations on your new puppy! You chose well, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have one of the best temperaments there are. They are bright, affectionate, and gentle, and will simply love to be around you.
Puppy Adolescence – Accessories to Help Your Teenage Pup
Dog adolescence can be a tough time…we feel for you! But we’re also here to help you through it. Here are some goodies you can buy to help smoothen the road, as well as some extra training tips to make that teenage phase go by easier.. We’ve rounded up our essential items to help your pup through those terrible teens. From choosing the correct equipment to walk your dog, to finding treats, toys and chews we’ll help you get the best out of your teenage dog.
Puppy Adolescence – Understanding Your Teenage Puppy
Dog adolescence can be a testing time. Just when you thought you had this puppyhood thing figured out, your sweet and innocent puppy turns into a teenage tearaway! Selective hearing, bags of attitude, some serious stink eye and a whole heap of false bravado comes around when dogs go through adolescence. But here’s the thing…they think they’re big and brave, but really they are still sensitive and need a lot of emotional support from us!
Puppy Adolescence – Training Your Teenage Puppy
Well we won’t lie, adolescent dog training can be demanding, but is also one of the most important times to train your dog. Puppy adolescence is an in-between phase within their developmental period. Remember your teenage years? Those confusing and slightly triggering times?
Introducing a puppy to a reactive dog
How to introduce a puppy to a reactive dog might seem like a funny question to ask. But it’s actually quite common for people who have a reactive dog to want to get them a friend to keep them company, comfort and social time. It honestly does make sense; we all want the best for our dogs.
A Guide to Choosing Your Puppy’s Name – From Expert Puppy Trainers!
Choosing a puppy is already a difficult task. Now imagine having to decide their name! . The struggle to find that perfect puppy name is real. In this article, we’re helping you come to the right puppy name – and an almost more challenging task – to agree on it with your partner!
How to teach your puppy “place”
Place training a puppy or how to teach a dog place might not roll off the tongue quickly but how about ‘teaching your dog to go to bed’ when you put it like that it makes more sense. Training a dog to place or bed involves teaching them to target a mat, bed, platform or crate and stay there until released.
Positive Reinforcement Puppy Training: What does it mean?
Positive reinforcement puppy training isn’t just a catchy phrase we like to use. It really is the most up to date and ethical way of training dogs! Truly the golden ticket to success. We at Zigzag have come a long way in the fields of dog cognition and understanding how they feel, and have adapted our methods to train them accordingly.
How to train a Poodle puppy – everything you need!
Training a poodle puppy should be the easiest thing in the world, right? They’re the original circus dogs, picking up tricks to wow and entertain, but all that quick learning can also land them in trouble when they’re bored too!
5 Ways to Mentally Stimulate Your Puppy
Mental stimulation is a definite must for dogs and puppies. It basically helps make sure every dog can
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