Home Section 3 – Training

HEALTH is the first consideration for your dog. Puppies should be fed four times per day, and be taken to a veterinarian often for vaccinations, check-ups and parasite control (worms). LOVE has to come from you, including you showing your child and others how to handle your dog. Never tease or exploit your dog, and do not encourage bad behavior. TRAINING comes after potty training, health considerations and coming when called are going smoothly. No dog will train himself. Dogs are like children in that they have to be taught how to behave, and also like children, they need constant reminders. Lennie hears noises, especially other dogs barking, and becomes upset. When that happens, he has to lie down on his side, and that takes away his upset. I will include that in ‘training.’ Do NOT assume your dog can understand your language. He will come to understand discrete words, but not language.