Puppy temperament testing has been an important fixture for decades in determining suitability of dogs for service work, therapy work,...

You need to perform your own due diligence when you find a breeder you are interested in. Like every other industry, there are scammers,...

We cycle the food of our dogs and recommend that most families do the same, providing there’s no veterinary reason not to. Food rotation...

Anyone who has spent more than five minutes talking to us knows that we are big proponents of puppy parental responsibility—we all need...

As your puppy grows, you will need to increase his food. The best way to know when to increase his food is to run your hands down his...

Puppies are often in contact with the ground, have sensitive skin, and don’t have fully developed immune systems. For some, this can be a...

Female puppies can exhibit a clear or creamy vaginal discharge or have sticky or dirty hair around their vulva. You may notice them...

An umbilical hernia is an opening in the muscle under the skin where the umbilical cord was. We breed no dogs known or suspected to have...

Puppies are like kids, they can get several conditions that need attention but aren’t anything to panic over. One of those is UTIs. UTIs...

Clicker training is strongly based in behavioral science and is known as a form of “operant conditioning.” The point of this section...

We had initially titled this post “Unwanted Chewing” but chewing is such a natural activity for a dog we didn’t want the title to color...

Here is our suggested schedule for minimum training and socialization for your puppy. If you are an overachiever, there’s a whole world...

It’s not unusual for growing puppies to have low-grade (1 or 2 on a scale of 6) murmurs. Most puppy murmurs are innocent and not...

We support the recommendation from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that “due to the varied incidence and severity of...

We strongly do NOT believe in kenneling as a way of life for pet, companion, and service dogs. (We are talking about kenneling, not crate...

A good breeder will start teaching your puppy to have fun and positive interactions with a veterinarian, and also to tolerate restraint....

Bloat is an immediate medical emergency for a dog. A dog with bloat will first show signs after eating or drinking, which will cause...

The inner ears of puppies aren’t fully developed. If your puppy starts to salivate or even vomit in the car, place the crate as low and...

You’ll want to learn the signs of stress in your dog so you can support her if she isn’t feeling comfortable. Provide support without...

Impulse control is the ability to control thoughts and behaviors in a way that allows good decision making. We expect this of all...