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Why Walking your Dog is Important – Kitty and Canine Stress

Why Walking your Dog is Important – Kitty and Canine Stress

President’s Day Sale at PetFoodDirect.com – Save Up to 40% on 5,000+ Items!Ever wonder what it’s like to be stuck in a house for nine hours a day? Cooping up your pooch or feline for extended periods of time without multiple long walks a day can seriously effect their health. Overeating due to idle time ...

Help your dog get over Separation Anxiety.

Help your dog get over Separation Anxiety.

Help your dog get over Separation Anxiety. Article Source: Renee Premaza, Dog Obedience Instructor & Behavior Consultant (609) 280-9338 www.Jerseydogtrainer.com Separation Anxiety in Dogs Separation Anxiety in Dogs is the second most common reason dogs are sent to a shelter. Unfortunately, some dogs never get out of the shelter, or have to be put to sleep because ...

After You Get Your Puppy Free E-Book by Ian Dunbar

After You Get Your Puppy Free E-Book by Ian Dunbar

Free PDF versions of Ian Dunbar’s books!!! The “After you get your puppy” book covers potty training, destructive chewing, barking, separation anxiety, socialization, handling, puppy biting, bite-inhibition and preventing adolescent problems. The “Before you get your puppy” book is a MUST READ for anyone thinking of getting a puppy. Puppies should be raised in an errorless ...

New Puppy Printables – Helpful Info

New Puppy Printables – Helpful Info

Puppy Printables are PDF documents you can print and use to assist you with New Puppy Printables The Doodle Do – Groomer Instructions, Your Doodle Puppies, 1st Year Vaccine Schedule, Puppy Development, Before you get your Puppy, Puppy Socialization, Dog Training E-Book, Puppy Mouthing, Puppies and Cats, Puppy Aptitude Test, Ear Care, Born in a Puppy Mill, 7 day Potty Training Schedule, Housebreaking ...

What do dogs see?

What do dogs see?

Dog Vision: What do dogs see? Most of people have their own dogs as the pets. And many dog owners know the facts: dogs have a much great ability to see in the dark. But few of them know what do dogs see? In fact, dogs see the world very differently to humans. Their eyesight ...

Is my Puppy Sick? What to look for…

Is my Puppy Sick? What to look for…

“Is my dog sick?” “Should I visit the vet?” These are questions that most dog owners will ask at some point. Learn how to examine your dog if you think he’s sick. First – get to know what is normal for your dog. Each is an individual and you know your pet better than the ...

“The Doodle Do” – Instructions for Groomers

“The Doodle Do” – Instructions for Groomers

If you own a Goldendoodle or Labradoodle then you’ve probably experienced taking your beautiful Doodle to the groomer only to have it come back looking somewhat like a poodle. If your just adopting your Doodle puppy then your in luck because I’m here to forewarn you. This does not need to happen to you. There ...

Playbiting & Mouthiness

Playbiting & Mouthiness

Playbiting & Mouthiness Puppies explore their world and initiate interactions with their mouths. This is normal puppy behavior. When puppies play, they bite one another. If a play bite is too hard, one of the puppies will yelp and stop playing. This teaches the rough puppy to inhibit his bite if he wants play to continue. We ...

The Ugly Truth about Australian Labradoodle Founder - Rutland Manor

The Ugly Truth about Australian Labradoodle Founder - Rutland Manor

The Ugly Truth about Australian Labradoodle Founder - Rutland Manor Knowledge of Rutland Manor’s fraudulent behaviour is growing and the anger is spreading. If you paid up to $30,000 and in some cases even more for a ‘breeding bitch’ that was purchased from a puppy farm for a few hundred dollars wouldn’t you be angry? Breeders ...

Test Your Dog’s IQ

Test Your Dog’s IQ

Have you ever wondered if your dog is smart or maybe… not so smart? Well, I found a really cool e-book that will help Test Your Dogs IQ! Just Click Here to read the free e-book (.pdf file) on how to test your dogs intelligence. Example Test Activity… Here is just an Example of one of ...

Homeopathic Recipes for Breeders

Homeopathic Recipes for Breeders

Miracle Potion (Liver) for Fading Puppies 1 Administer 3-4 drops of beef liver broth to weak and fading puppies every hour for 24 hours. Boil the liver for 15-20 minutes in a small amount of water, let it cool to room temp.-put just the broth into a dropper and give to puppies. You may see ...

Bocker the Famous Labradoodle – Videos

Bocker the Famous Labradoodle – Videos

This is the famous Labradoodle named Bocker… The Famous Bocker the F1 Labradoodle Bocker on the View Bocker’s Tommy Hilfiger Commercial! One Famous Doodle! Bocker on the cover of Labradoodle: Comprehensive Owner’s Guide (Kennel Club Books Designer Dog)

What is Kennel Cough?

What is Kennel Cough?

Kennel Cough Kennel Cough is a common upper respiratory disease in dogs caused by one or more airborne infectious agents that irritate the interior of your dog’s throat. Symptoms will usually show themselves within three to seven days after the initial exposure and last about ten days to three weeks. Your dog can then continue ...

Goldendoodle and Labradoodle Videos

Goldendoodle and Labradoodle Videos

This is one of the first videos I saw of a Goldendoodle and I just fell in love! The famous Youtube Simba showing off at 11weeks. His owners did a great job with him. Too Cute! So Smart. Simba at 8 weeks.. Simba showing off again this time at 2 years old.. Smartest Goldendoodle Puppy ...

Facts about Puppy Mills – How to Stop them!

Facts about Puppy Mills – How to Stop them!

Puppy mills usually house dogs in overcrowded and often unsanitary conditions, without adequate health care, food, water or human company. The breeding dogs are bred as often as possible to increase profits and probably will never see life outside of the puppy mill. The owners rarely pay attention to the health or happiness of the ...

What’s the Benefit to the Dog?

What’s the Benefit to the Dog?

Before getting a dog, its important to consider how the dog will benefit from the relationship and to choose the right dog for your lifestyle. Article By: Dr Sophia Yin With 72 million dogs in the U.S. and 400 million dogs worldwide, humans have established many different relationships with dogs. An estimated 3/4 of the ...

Puppy Do’s and Don’ts

Puppy Do’s and Don’ts

Puppy DO’s Identify your puppy with a tag placed on a collar. Tattoos can also be used. I also recommend all puppies are microchipped. Take your pet to the vet for yearly checkups. Supply your puppy with clean, fresh water at each meal and throughout the day. Keep your young puppy indoors until they’re fully vaccinated.  ...

Bringing home puppy – Puppies First Car ride!

Bringing home puppy – Puppies First Car ride!

There are possible stresses involved for all puppies and dogs when they’re going to a new home. To be prepared is key. This is a very important time in your new puppy’s life and it is important to know how you can help make the transition as smooth as possible. The following information should help ...

Finding the Best Pet Insurance Plan..

Finding the Best Pet Insurance Plan..

Pet insurance is a must have for any new pet owner because it can save you from massive veterinarian bills. You only need to pay a small premium every month to give you peace of mind and to keep away from those scary vet bills that come very quickly if your pet runs into any ...

Puppy Training – Tips for Multiple Puppies

Puppy Training – Tips for Multiple Puppies

I’ve been training multiple puppies for our families and let’s be honest this is very tough! They like each other so much it’s difficult to create a bond between you and each individual puppy. I found these tips to be to be useful and so I thought I would share… For some families, having two puppies can ...

Potty Training Schedule

Potty Training Schedule

Along with the many joys of a bringing home a new puppy, you also have the huge responsibility of potty training your pup. It is a process that will involve patience and understanding on your part, and can take anywhere from six months to a year. The videos collected on this page are some of ...

The Ultimate House Training Guide

The Ultimate House Training Guide

Had enough of picking up piles and soaking up stains? Of keeping constant watch over an unpredictable pup? Of returning home to that smell? Well, your carpet cleaning and odor killing days are numbered. Soon you’ll be able to focus on what really matters when it comes to dog ownership:companionship, NOT cleaning. The Ultimate House Training ...

Famous Labradoodle goes Plush!

Famous Labradoodle goes Plush!

New York celebrity and fabulous spokes dog for Royal Treatment products, Bocker Labradoodle can now be yours…in plush puppy form, that is! This adorable labradoodle uses Royal Treatment and then basks in all the compliments he receives (well, wouldn’t you?). And Bocker is about to go global – he’s starring in Julia Robert’s new film, ...

Interview with a Doodle Breeder..

Interview with a Doodle Breeder..

I recently did an exlusive interview with Nancy from doodlesville.com. Nancy has been breeding Goldendoodles, Labradoodles and Aussiedoodles since 1999. She’s a very easy going, down to earth woman who was very knowledgable and easy to talk too. Please read Nancy’s interview below: How did you become a breeder? I started showing dogs when I ...

A handful of puppy training tips..

A handful of puppy training tips..

New dog owners often have the same response after the first few weeks of intermittent sleep and random deposits on their floors when they get a new puppy:  ”It’s like having a baby.”  In actuality, it’s like having a baby that can run. Raising a puppy is not easy, particularly if it’s your first. And ...

Canine Parvovirus – Symptoms

Canine Parvovirus – Symptoms

Canine parvovirus is an acute, highly contagious disease of dogs that was first described in the early 1970s. The virus has a tendency to attack rapidly reproducing cells, such as those lining the gastrointestinal tract. For best results, patients should be hospitalized and placed on IV fluids, massive doses of antibiotics, anti-vomiting drugs, intravenous feeding and serum ...

North American Retrievers (Double Doodles)

North American Retrievers (Double Doodles)

North American Retrievers, also known as ‘Double Doodles’, are the up and coming hybrid! North American Retrievers (NAR’s) are an ideal cross for many reasons. They are mostly nonshedding, and will continue to be more so as the generations continue. They come from the mixing of 3 great breeds, the Standard Poodle, the Golden Retriever, and ...

Dog Crate Sale!! Free Shipping!

Dog Crate Sale!! Free Shipping!

Dog Crates help you in training and containing your pet. We offer the widest selection of functional and exquisite dog crates that will surely match your pet crate need and budget as well. We carry Pet Crates of many styles, sizes and options to choose from. If you are looking for top brands such as ...

Potty Training Tips

Potty Training Tips

Potty Training Tips Feed your puppy on a strict time schedule so you have a better idea of when they’ll need to go potty. Take your puppy directly to their designated potty place after they eat, sleep or play. Seclude your puppy. Don’t give them free reign of your home because that will just set ...

What is Leptospirosis?

What is Leptospirosis?

Leptospirosis in Dogs What are the signs of leptospirosis in pets? The clinical signs of leptospirosis vary and are nonspecific. Sometimes pets do not have any symptoms. Common clinical signs reported in dogs include fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, refusal to eat, severe weakness and depression, stiffness, severe muscle pain, or inability to have puppies. ...

Miss Hunny – Our Guardian Puppy

Miss Hunny – Our Guardian Puppy

This is our first Guardian Puppy. She is an F1 Goldendoodle Female and we chose her out of a litter of 4 beautiful puppies. Her breeder predicts her to be 40-50 pounds full grown. She is a medium Goldendoodle. Her Sire is a white Moyen poodle. Her dam comes from a beautiful line of English/American ...

Puppy Proofing your House!

Puppy Proofing your House!

Puppy Proofing your House! Puppies are very destructive, fun-loving critters. Just accept that if an object is within a puppy’s reach, it is going to get chewed up. Puppies have a deep-set urge to chew on any and everything. So make the decision early on that the puppy will not have free range of your ...

Puppy Rule of 7 – Socialization

Puppy Rule of 7 – Socialization

A young puppy has so much potential and starting off from scratch means you have the opportunity to make impressions on her that will last for the rest of her life.  Your dog’s early experiences will shape her personality, how she sees the world around her and how she deals with stress.  A well thought ...

Doodles – Designer Dogs or Mutts?

Doodles – Designer Dogs or Mutts?

Designer Dog or Mutt? Designer Dog?? What the heck is a designer dog some might ask?? A “designer” dog  is a cross between two purebred dogs.  A purebred dog is one that has been bred over many generations to breed true. Meaning each puppy that is born looks and has the same temperament and characteristics ...

Puppy Mill Videos

Puppy Mill Videos

  Boycott Rutland Manor Australian Labradoodles. Our Dogs deserve better! Puppy mill puppies are typically sold to pet shops—usually through a broker, or middleman—and marketed as young as eight weeks of age. The lineage records of puppy mill dogs are often falsified. Illness, disease, fearful behavior and lack of socialization with humans and other animals ...

Vaccinosis

Vaccinosis

Vaccinosis Do Your Research Before You Vaccinate!!!!!!! You can’t make an animal MORE immune to a disease by vaccinating them over and over - no matter what a vet tells you. By Ed Frawley Read this article as a FREE eBOOK REPORT ANY REACTION YOUR PET HAS TO Medication to the FDA! The unfortunate thing about ...

Coccidia and Giardia

Coccidia and Giardia

If a dog gets diarrhea as a result of parasites, the most common causes are Coccidia or Giardia. Both will cause diarrhea, but each requires different medication. Both Coccidia and Giardia are protozoan pathogens that cause the same types of symptoms, and both are contracted the fecal oral route. The only definitive way to distinguish the ...

Best Dog Food – Reviews

Best Dog Food – Reviews

Avoid generic or store brands. These may be repackaged rejects from the big manufacturers, and generally contain cheaper — and consequently poorer quality– ingredients. Commercial pet foods and some pet food ingredients have been implicated in a number of diseases in companion animals including… Allergic skin disease, obesity, food intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic ear ...

Best Large Breed Puppy Foods

Best Large Breed Puppy Foods

For those of you who love to baby your BIG baby dogs, you will be happy to know that some large breeds are considered puppies for up to 24 months. This means they need a healthy food that tastes great day after day. Large breed puppies have a genetic tendency to grow rapidly. Controlling growth ...

How to stop puppy mouthing!

How to stop puppy mouthing!

How to Train Puppies : Train Your Puppy Not to Bite Biting and mouthing are normal behaviors for puppies. Dogs don’t have hands so they investigate objects and their environment with their mouths. To a curious puppy, everything about this big world is brand new and exciting. He learns as he goes along. You can ...

How To Calm Your Dogs Worst Fears

How To Calm Your Dogs Worst Fears

Is your dog or puppy shy and leery of people; afraid of strangers, certain situations or objects? Is your dog fear snapping or is your puppy fear biting? Is Shyness a Problem or Not? It is natural for some dogs to be shy of things that are new and unfamiliar. During development, a dog becomes socialized ...

The Name Game!

The Name Game!

For this exercise you will need two people. Both people need to sit on the floor facing each other six or eight feet apart. Have a long leash on your puppy. One person has the loop end of the leash and the other person has the puppy. Hold the puppy so he faces the person with the loop. Have the ...

Puppy Rule of Twelve – Socializing

Puppy Rule of Twelve – Socializing

The Critical Period of Socialization ends by three months of age! This is the crucial developmental stage during which puppies learn to accept and enjoy the company of other dogs and people. Thus your puppy needs to be socialized to people by the time he is twelve weeks old. However, since his series of puppy ...

Funny Pet Videos

Funny Pet Videos

Here are some funny Pet videos I found online. I will be adding to this list as time progresses..   The Piggy Spa for Pet Pigs? WTF? If you have not seen this.. you HAVE too! Puffy Puppy (Pomeranian puppy) Cute Puppy in Korea (not sure what kind of puppy this is) Dog Attacks his ...

Worst & Best Dog Food Brands

Worst & Best Dog Food Brands

This is a list complied by the Whole Dog Journal. It then comes down to which food off of the good list works well for your particular dog.

Crate Training Your Puppy

Crate Training Your Puppy

Table of Contents What Is Crating? Prices and recommendations Proper use of a crate Crating do’s and don’ts Decreasing Crate Time Does everyone use a crate? If you try to keep your puppy in a crate overnight, do not put the crate in a place where you can’t hear him. If your puppy cries for ...

Training Puppies To go Potty Outside

Training Puppies To go Potty Outside

When a new puppy arrives in the house, it’s an exciting time for everyone. In order for the homecoming to proceed as smoothly as possible, it’s a good idea to spend a little bit of time in preparation. One of the major challenges of dog ownership (particularly for first-time owners) is the issue of house ...

Paper Training your Puppy

Paper Training your Puppy

Indoor potty training is a common housebreaking method for puppies and dogs that do not have easy access to an outdoor potty area. Indoor potty training involves teaching your dog to potty inside the house. Traditionally people used newspapers, hence the common name “paper training” but now many people use litter boxes filled with special ...

The Pass Out Pooch – Video

The Pass Out Pooch – Video

Narcoleptic Mini Poodle This Poor miniature poodle is Narcoleptic and tries so hard to stay awake and play but he just can’t..and I can so relate and the older I get the more I want to sleep too! Haha! Narcoleptic Golden Retriever

Puppy Growth Chart

Puppy Growth Chart

Most new puppy owners are interested in projecting how large their pup will grow. Here’s a handy chart.. A standard Doodle is considered a Medium to Large breed dog depending on the Sire and Dam size and weight. Download the Puppy Growth and Socialization Chart from Pets Corner! Puppy Growth Chart – How Big Will ...

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