Human Training for Puppies

Five Ways to get your Human off the Sofa – Guaranteed Results

by Alfie Entlebucher on September 15, 2011

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As my first birthday is fast approaching I’d like to share some important discoveries with other puppies out there – before I wake up one morning all grown up and sensible. My Top Tips for getting Couch Potato Humans up and Running 1. Dig a hole. A hole can be dug just about anywhere, not just [...]

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Why Puppy Socialisation is important

September 11, 2011
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I ran into a really big dog the other day. And when I say big, I mean really HUGE. He was a twelve month old Great Dane and his human said he weighed in at 75 kg – that is three times my weight! My humans have trained me to get along and play with [...]

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Blog Work in Progress

July 3, 2011
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Hello again, my blog is back online now. I was only away for a couple of hours though, did you miss me? My humans have worked really hard transferring my blog to a new blog template called Thesis. I’m hoping it will work better than the old blog template which was a bit temperamental at [...]

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Gardening

June 26, 2011
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The sun is back and the humans needed help with some gardening. I volunteered for snail eating and shredding of green stuff that had been cut off the plants. For some reason they refused to let me drive the lawnmower, which was a real shame as it looked so much fun!

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Why Having a First Aid Kit for Dogs is a good idea

June 21, 2011
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I had a bit of an accident on Sunday. I was running around in the park and suddenly I felt something sharp underneath my left front paw. As I was in the middle of a complex game of chase, I didn’t stop to investigate the damage but as soon as I got off the grass [...]

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A puppy’s Smokey Rescue Mission

April 30, 2011
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Humans can be so ungrateful sometimes. Take yesterday for example. My humans had gathered a big pack of friends and they were relaxing in the sunshine with a beer or two. I was resting in the shade, supervising the activities whilst gnawing a marrow bone. Suddenly something shiny and white caught my eye and I [...]

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Right foot forward

March 26, 2011
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Every dog needs to work out an acceptable waiting time for their morning walk. That is, how long are you willing to wait from being let out of your crate until you and your human are dressed and ready to leave the house. You can’t expect your humans to jump straight from bed and into [...]

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The battle of the sofa

March 23, 2011
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My humans have decided that I’m old and well behaved enough to come into the living room now. Of course I’m taking full advantage of the situation, being a bit poorly and all. Yesterday evening for example, I spotted one of my humans snuggling up in the sofa with a cosy blanket. I was quite [...]

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Bright, white smile

March 10, 2011
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Today I’ve been rolled around in mud, chewed on, tumbled through the air and chased across a football field. All in all it could have been a great experience but if you have two adult dogs chasing you with their very sharp teeth visible its not so much fun anymore. I think I did it [...]

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Saturday Treasure Hunts

February 27, 2011
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Saturday morning walks are the best. The humans are collecting the recycling and rubbish, transforming our street to an obstacle and adventure course perfect for an inquisitive puppy like myself. This is how it all works. The humans from the council know that I’m taking my morning walk around 8AM so they are off to [...]

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Training

February 24, 2011
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I am of course a fully trained Entlebucher dog but I’m starting to draw the conclusions that my humans are not very good at teaching me the rest of the stuff I need to know when living in a big city. Take lead work for example. My humans told me it would be fine if [...]

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Entertainment

February 13, 2011
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I believe a good dog should be able to find his own entertainment wherever he goes without having to ask his humans for toys all the time. Yesterday for example, I went with my humans to the pub. They were meeting some human friends there and their friends had brought their human puppies along as [...]

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Emergency system check…

December 12, 2010
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I ran an emergency system check late Friday night. My human had taken me out to the garden for the last toilet run of the day when I stumbled and fell over some root or something in one of the flower beds. Because I was running so fast, I tumbled and rolled several times before [...]

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Week two in London

December 3, 2010
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Its a good thing I have two humans looking after me. I think the strain of trying to keep up with me and my human training regime is starting to wear them out. They have divided night and day into shifts and still they look sleepy most of the time. It must be because they [...]

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Genius

November 29, 2010
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I think I might be a genius. It is just incredible how quickly I taught my humans to give me treats in return for a plain ‘sit’ or ‘down’! Today, they even gave me cheese for the effort. I reckon if I keep this up, by Christmas they will be giving me the entire turkey [...]

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