How to Raise Puppies & Kittens and Foster
When raising a litter, desensitizing your puppies to crates is one of the best things you can do for them and their new owners. Plus, the first stages of crate training are easy! Just put a few crates in your puppies' play area and let them explore on their own. Remove the doors or secure them open so they don't bang around and scare the puppies. That's it!
Read MoreIan is an O.G. when it comes to puppy socialization and dog training. He shares his thoughts on simple things we can do with our puppies to reduce behavior problems as adults and more.
Read MoreNew owners are seeking out and finding tons of videos, articles, books and classes to help integrate their new pet into their home, and the world at large. Properly socializing puppies through their first year of life will drastically reduce the kinds of behavior problems that often lead to dogs being surrendered to shelters.
Read MoreNeonatal handling helps to stimulate a puppy or kitten’s neurological, endocrine and circulatory systems at a point when their brain’s are undergoing massive development. Studies have shown that exposing neonatal mammals to small, brief amounts of stress effectively inoculates them to future stress, meaning that they will be more stable, calm and able to deal with stress as adults.
Read MorePuppies whine to communicate that they want or need something. Our first line of defense is to meet their needs so there is little reason to whine. But, inevitably, we will miss something, forget or wait too long and have a whining puppy. It’s bound to happen.
If your puppy is whining and under 4 weeks old, sick, injured or very distraught, attend to them immediately. But in most other cases, your best long term solution is to only respond when your puppy is quiet. Fortunately, puppies learn very quickly so it should only require a few instances before they learn that whining doesn’t work.
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