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Five Steps to Stop Puppy Biting

Fact: Puppies have a developmental need to bite. Here’s a plan for directing and fulfilling that need – with your skin intact!
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Puppy Essentials: How to Prepare for a New Puppy

Bringing your new pup home can be stressful for canines and humans alike. Agreeing on routines before the pup arrives and ensuring everyone follows them is the most essential puppy essential.
Female owner with Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy in nature

How Far Can I Walk My Puppy?

How long should you walk a puppy depends on her age. A new puppy should go on a walk for no more than five or 10 minutes – here’s why.
Labrador mother with her puppies

What Is the Runt of the Litter?

Being the smallest puppy at birth may earn a pup the title “runt of the litter,” but that’s not necessarily a detriment. What matters is how that puppy develops.
Chihuahua standing in front of Border Collie

When to Stop Feeding Puppy Food

The dog must be physically mature before you stop feeding puppy food.

Socializing Puppies with Other Dogs

How to help your puppy feel comfortable around other dogs.
Cute labrador puppy dog getting a vaccine at the veterinary doctor

Common Puppy Diseases

Some common illnesses in puppies are deadly. Vaccinate your puppy!
A puppy taking a bath in the kitchen sink

When Can Puppies Take a Bath?

The age you can bathe a puppy literally depends upon how dirty he is.
Puppies usually stop teething around seven months of age. They chew on everything until they do.

When Do Puppies Stop Teething?

Tips for keeping your home, possessions, and self from being chewed to bits by your teething puppy.
Fat puppy

Single Puppy Syndrome

Singleton puppies miss out on opportunities to learn basic canine communication and behavioral coping skills from their littermates, sometimes setting them up for frustration and sensitivity to handling later in life.
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Pup Won’t Go? Steps to Take for Puppy Leash Training

You just brought your new puppy home and you can’t wait to head out on that first walk. You’ve been picturing this happy moment...
resource guarding in dogs

Starting Young: Resource Guarding in Puppies

It might come as a shock when your sweet fluff of a baby dog suddenly and fiercely stakes a claim to the treats that...

Latest Blog

The “Magic” Skunk Formula is Science, Not Magic…

Decades ago, a chemist named Paul Krebaum (may his name be honored forever) cracked the chemical code of the stinky, sulfur-containing substances called “thiols” that are in the musk that skunks spray to defend themselves. Krebaum harnessed the power of oxidation, formulating a solution that changes the odorous thiols into odorless acids. He shared the recipe with a workplace friend who had been complaining about the smell of his cat, who had been skunked. Soon, other scientists heard about the formula and it went viral!