Archive for the 'General Care' Category

Five Things To Do Before Bringing Your New Puppy Home

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Those little balls of fluff are adorable, but life can become miserable without accomplishing at least these five tasks first:

Buy a crate. A crate is an indispensable tool for house training, as well as keeping your belongings and your puppy safe while you are gone. Crate-training takes a few days if your breeder hasn’t [...]

Choosing Toys for Your German Shepherd

Most German Shepherds take their play ultra-seriously — so it’s up to us to find toys that satisfy this powerful play drive, are safe, and last more than 20 seconds once the dog starts using them!
My German Shepherds love fetch above all games, so toys that feed this frenzy are the ones I gravitate toward. [...]

German Shepherd Site Herder

Here are a few blogs and blog communities whose pages you should bookmark (besides this one)! All About Dog Training Blog Carnival offers a variety of articles on dog training, currently in its second edition; ClickerTraining.com offers both a community training blog and blogs written by users; and the Dog.com Community is packed with features [...]