Everything in the world is for the first time for a puppy and there are so many important “firsts” to check off in the vital early weeks for owners too. There is a lot of mis-understanding about puppy socialisation. Although it should involve meeting other dogs, it actually refers to the first three months of […]

Ah, house training. A sometimes fraught area and probably one of the first things that needs to be trained. Puppies have an approximately 45-minute bladder capacity at 3 weeks old , 75-minute capacity at 8 weeks old, 90-minute capacity at 12 weeks old and a 2 hour capacity at 18 weeks old. Normal urine production is […]

As an actor, I was used to first night nerves, but this first night had nothing on it! My puppy crashed out within half an hour of getting back but I was wide awake all night. Has he stopped breathing? Is he warm enough? What if I roll over and squash him? There are pros […]

He’s coming home! – puppies are all about milestones – so many due to pass in the first few weeks and months of life. So, for my pup, the biggest of big days – he is due to leave the only world that he has ever known and embark (and bark?!) on something completely new […]

Welcome to the Puppy Blog: after 5 years waiting a puppy is finally born. Find out what happened in the adventures of a new Australian Shepherd puppy… Finally the call that I had waited 5 years for came at 9am on a Monday morning – a puppy is born. There were 8 whelps, 2 bitches […]

Welcome to the Puppy Blog and meet Travis the Australian Shepherd. Struggling with your puppy or just wonder if you’re doing it right? Raising a puppy is hard work – even for the professionals. You are not alone, we all have problems and expected difficulties and, of course, the ultimate joy in raising a happy, […]