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You take your new puppy to the hardware store. Within five minutes: β€œOh my gosh! A puppy!” β€œCan I pet her?” β€œCan my kids pet her?” And suddenly three adults, two children and somebody’s shopping cart are descending upon your puppy while you’re thinking:...

BREEDING 101: π—¦π—”π— π—˜ π—Ÿπ—œπ—§π—§π—˜π—₯, π——π—œπ—™π—™π—˜π—₯π—˜π—‘π—§ π—£π—¨π—£π—£π—œπ—˜π—¦! 🐩❀️

One of the things I enjoy most about raising a litter is watching the differences between the puppies emerge. They have the same parents, are raised in the same environment and receive the same early enrichment, yet they aren’t identical in either structure or...

𝗬𝗒𝗨π—₯ π—£π—’π—’π——π—Ÿπ—˜ π—œπ—¦ 𝗕𝗒π—₯π—˜π——. 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 π—’π—žπ—”π—¬.

One of the most useful things you can teach a Poodle is absolutely nothing. No puzzle toy. No training session. No walk. No game of fetch. No one entertaining them. Just…nothing. And for a breed as intelligent, people-oriented, and observant as the Poodle,...