Understanding Your Dog

As a bulldog owner, it is your responsibility to properly care for your pet, which includes grooming. Grooming up-keeps general hygiene, can prevent illness, and even potential injury. I can not stress enough that regularly grooming your bulldog can and will prevent illness. Good grooming habits is the basis for a healthy, happy bulldog. Another…

So, you have a new puppy! Or maybe you are getting ready to add one to your new home. Regardless of where you are in your bulldog puppy adoption journey, there are a few things that you really need to consider. From where your bulldog puppy is coming from to the very important one of…

  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 Handling an aggressive dog Resolving gulping, stool swallowing, and marking What’s socially unacceptable canine behavior? Aggression for one. Even though aggression is a normal form of canine communication that’s similar to our anger, it’s not cool. Other socially unacceptable behaviors include eating stool, marking, and ingesting socks. These behaviors are intense…

  In This Chapter Feeding your puppy well Giving your pup a good workout Participating in organized adventures On a day-to-day basis, you can do so much — from feeding your puppy an appropriate diet to making sure she’s getting the right exercise — to influence your puppy’s health. A healthy puppy is a happy…

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…