Love Dog

  In This Chapter Playing games that encourage cooperation Mixing games and obedience Puppies learn best through playing. How you play together, especially in those first few months, influences your relationship more than my mere words can convey. This chapter presents ten groovy games for you to play with your puppy. Read them over, try…

  In This Chapter Using your puppy’s old habits to create new tricks Letting your puppy show off a bit Tricks are a real delight and can be fun for your pup to learn if you have the right approach: Training doesn’t have to be all work and structure. After your puppy knows the basic…

  In This Chapter Tackling your blood-sucking parasite problem Recognizing the signs and symptoms of internal parasites Gee whiz. How can I make this chapter fun and entertaining? It’s a difficult task, considering that I’m completely bug phobic. Thinking about any bug — flea, worm, tick, or otherwise — nesting on or in my dog…

In This Chapter Knowing how to react to a barker Controlling a puppy who digs Admonishing mounting Resolving separation anxiety Building a timid puppy’s confidence Watching your household and yard get reconfigured by the paws of your puppy is never fun. But, before you set out to admonish her, you need to spend some time…