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Happy Hound News |
Update on Jack
"We fell in love with Jack the first time we met this well trained puppy. Meeting Marcia and Jack at the Ottawa Pet Expo was pure fate.
Well trained puppies ....what a great concept. Jack's calm disposition and breed
(miniature Goldendoodle) totally appealed to us as well. The fact that Jack was so well trained made our decision to bring him home an easy one.
Jack has been a welcome addition to our lives...and a joy to be around. He is loving, obedient, calm and cuddly! Marcia's hard work and training shine in Jack.
If you are looking for a trained puppy think no more...Marcia's trained miniature Goldendoodles prove that her experience, knowledge and techniques work well."
Extremely happy in Mississauga!
Sincerely,
Patrick, Phyllis & Jack McCaul
Puppy Training Program!
Happy Hound is pleased to offer breeders or new puppy owners the Perfect Puppy Training Programs.
Your new puppy can come, stay in my home and with positive reinforcement, train with me so you can bring home a Perfectly Trained Puppy!
Your puppy will learn to:
- Be well socialized to a ton of people and dogs with an extensive checklist.
- Know all the basic commands such as Sit, Down, Stand, Stay, Come
- Be completely Housetrained
- Be completely Chewtoy trained
- Be conditioned to the word “Yes” which will communicate to the puppy they are doing what you want them to do.
- Understand and know the Off command
- Love to be groomed
- Be trained for while you are at work to spend the time happily in their puppy pen
- They will understand the power of their teeth and will not bite
- Understand how to work for their dinner through mentally challenging toys
- Be trained to not jump up on people
- Be trained to not beg at the dinner table
This program is designed for puppies under 1 year of age. Your puppy can spend 4 weeks with me and then come home to you as a Perfect Puppy!
Please send me a note if this program might be of interest to you.
Marcia@happyhound.ca
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Training |
Is your dog showing signs of Separation Anxiety after the Holidays?
8 steps to prevent Separation Anxiety
Below is a list of items to help your dog deal with their separation anxiety. Please check out the tips below to help us get through this together.
- Anytime anyone enters the house, completely ignore your dog for 5 minutes. Easier said then done!
If you give them huge amounts of attention while you are in the house, they will think that every time someone is in the house then attention happens yet every time people leave it’s not so fun to be by themselves. This will help them realize that they are completely fine on their own.
- If you want to give your dog some attention then putter around the house for a few minutes then instead of wrestling, petting or snuggling with your dog, take them around the block…after about 5 minutes of ignoring them. Just to clarify, ignoring means do not touch, talk or even look at them.
- Your dog needs a 30 minute walk a day minimum. As a suggestion, each person in the house can choose their day to walk the dog. This will not only burn them out physically yet really turn them into a family dog rather than just one person’s dog. Some days you might not be able to do your 30 minutes…give them whatever amount of walk/run/bike/rollerblade/skateboard that you can.
- Have your dog follow you around the house as this will help tire them out physically.
- Once a week, take them to an off leash area where they can walk and play with other dogs. When you bring them to a place then keep walking with them. They can have a good sniff/play with the other dogs then keep walking so that the play doesn't get too intense; however, this will still give them the opportunity to see other dogs and tire them out.
- 5 minutes before you leave the house, please give your dog a Bullwrinkle stick, stuffed bone with canned dog food mixed with their kibble or stuffed leftovers in a bone from the freezer (which means someone will have to prepare these stuffed bones once a week and have them handy for the last person who leaves the house). If there are no more stuffed frozen bones in the freezer then grab one of the frozen fresh bones (a very inexpensive way of entertaining them) which were purchased from the grocery store.
- Key: once your dog is totally focused on their bone (probably about 30 seconds to 1 minute) then grab your keys, jacket and put your boots/shoes on then leave. We need to start to associate with the last person leaving with “Wow, I get a great bone or Bullwrinkle when they leave”.
- Upon your return, do not touch, talk or even look at them. Go over and quietly pick up the bone and place it away until the next time the last person leaves the house.
Please let me know if you have any questions at all as I would be happy to help in any way that I can.
Happy Training!
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Featured Treat |
Crumps’ Natural Beef Tendersticks
 The Beef Tendersticks are fabulous training treats for all types of dogs especially for your doggie who loves to train.
These training treats are great since they are 100% beef and made in Canada. They break easily and are wonderful for small or large breeds.
Please check them out here at www.happyhound.ca/toys_treats.html |
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