Yes, it’s training terminology. It actually means ‘becoming used to something’, a rather grandiose term. I’ve been getting Zeke ready for his first steps into the big wide world outside of the back garden. Every day I’ve been building up Zeke’s exposure to his harness and lead, initially letting him
Gosh, only a week and we’ve come so far! Zeke is eleven weeks old now, and he’s grown so much already. He’s got long gangly legs, lovely floppy ears, and big paws. He needs to grow into them all! Toilet training overall is going fantastically, if I’m not tempting fate.
I’ve very pleased to report that training with Zeke is going really well! It does help he’s a bright little thing. Zeke has two crates, one downstairs where he has a mattress, water bowl, and safe toy. This is his quiet space for naps during the day, and yes puppies
I have news. Happy news. A friend passing through the area asked to stop off to say hello, we’d not seen each other in person since 2020. My friend had her five-month-old puppy with her, and so, we very carefully introduced him to Truly. It was a controlled introduction on
Truly died on Thursday, I don’t think she ever really got over losing Jake. Her deterioration was gradual, but more noticeable in the last few days. She was on the full dose of pain killers each day, but finding it painful and difficult to move around. Not wanting to go
A glimpse of spring. Today it was still light after 5pm! Oh, the joy of more daylight and longer days. I know we have a cold snap or two ahead, and maybe some real winter weather, but I’d trade the dry for some extra daylight anytime. If like me you’re
In this week’s blog I thought I’d help promote Dogs Trust’s half term workshops, designed to help children understand how dogs communicate to improve safety between them. If you don’t have a participating venue near you, I’ve also included below a link to Victoria Stilwell’s website. I love this site,
I’ve been working my way through the mandatory and recommended book list for my Coape Diploma. All the books are so well chosen, each one I’m learning more about dogs (and new things about cats!). I tweeted this week about one of the books in particular, it’s called ‘Dominance in
It’s never too late to start! If you’ve gained a four-pawed family member in the last two years, you will probably have missed out on ‘in person’ dog training classes. I know many trainers took their classes to the virtual world, which was a good compromise but it didn’t offer
Welcome to 2022! As you would no doubt expect, it’s been a difficult time. Everything that happened in Jake’s last week or so has played over in my mind, questioning myself if I did the right thing at the right time. The grief has been palpable, tiggered by the little
