Our pups are now really starting to use their mouths for everything! They chew and taste stuff regularly and with that comes the magic word “NO” which we teach to mean “Cease and Desist”. Little spats on the nose, muzzle grabs, muzzle shakes...
At 8 weeks of age, our pups still do NOT have much control of their body functions so frequent potty breaks outside are a must. I try to take them outside at least once every hour and of course we’re doing tons of new environment explorations.
This video shows another pup, yellow pup, being tossed house retrieves and developing that retrieving desire and conditioning the return. We’re slowly working on hold as well yet you can NOT tell it…
Building retrieving desire and recall in the house is simple and even more so if you’ve done all the work with pole and wing/bumpers when your pup first came home. In the house, it’s super fun and pups learn the recall very strongly.
Our pups at 8 weeks of age are getting more and more free range to roam around the house and explore. Still, a watchful eye is kept on them to make sure they do not get into things they shouldn’t. Puppies chew everything! They will eat the paint off the walls if...
