Many of the questions I get are about housebreaking in general, and the use of an indoor pet toilet, the Piddle Place in particular. I’m working on a full product review but until it’s ready for publication this video will show how simple it is to use. I have Rory’s Piddle Place in the corner of a room, out of …
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Dog Treats: Made in USA, Grain-Free
As evident in recent, tragically frequent Facebook posts, low quality foreign-sourced dog treats continue to bring heartache and death to dogs of all breeds. The FDA has over 5800 reports of illness associated with jerky treats alone, and has issued an import alert. For your convenience here are the American-made grain-free dog treats offered by Amazon.
Read More »Teach Your Dog to Love Fireworks and Other Loud Noises
Like most dogs my two-year old Havanese Rory was no fan of fireworks or loud percussive noises. Last year I elected to forgo the local July 4th fireworks show to alleviate Rory’s stress. I had planned to stay in for this year’s show as well until on the afternoon of July 4th, fellow Havanese lover Ellen Whitehouse-Vaux mentioned to me in a …
Read More »How to Train Your Havanese to be Alone
More to come in this description box. But this video is of the beginning steps of how to train your dog to love being left alone as well as how to set up a error free environment to leave your new puppy in. This video is low quality 1-because its so long, but I wanted you to get a sense …
Read More »Havanese Grooming 101
Very instructive video by Darlah Potechin of Talemaker Havanese demonstrates the fundamentals of bathing and grooming your Havanese puppy or adult. Darlah and her husband Nathan are both extremely active in the breed, as owners and breeders. Darlah is co-chair for Havanese Rescue in Canada. Nathan publishes Havanese Breed Magazine and serves as president of the national Havanese breed club, the Havanese …
Read More »Dr. Karen Becker On Raw Food Diets
Holistic veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker discusses the myths and truths about feeding your pet a species-appropriate raw food diet. Includes a foundation about basic nutrition for domesticated pet carnivores, sources of antioxidants, fiber, trace minerals, and fatty acids, moisture-density, the financial bias of the veterinarian industry, and why prey model diets sometimes get a bad rap. See raw diets available via Amazon. …
Read More »Video of Havanese Using Piddle Place Indoor Toilet Option
I haven’t posted this video of Rory “doing her business” on the Piddle Place indoor toilet option thinking it kind of invades the little girl’s privacy but that’s probably just my anthropomorphism run amok, and people tell me it’s “inspiring” in an odd sort of way. I get that. When you’re struggling to housetrain your puppy you want to hold …
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Train Your Havanese Puppy Not To Bite
This video is on how to stop your puppy biting you. The technique of clicking the absence of biting was shown to me by my mentor Kyle Rayon, who is one of the most amazing and innovative trainers, though she is very modest!
Read More »My First Home Grooming Experience
▲ You can move the slider back and forth to see the before and after. ▲ I made the assertion in my review of Jodi Murphy’s Havanese grooming instructional DVD that I thought the committed Havanese owner could successfully learn how to perform pet clips on their dogs at home. Sunday afternoon after my Seattle Seahawks lost to the Chargers …
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