Puppies!     updated 12/21/07
With training, she grew
up into this sweet dog!

    "The narrow time window for developing a "soft mouth" begins to close at
    4 1/2 months of age, about the time when the adult canine teeth first show.
    Providing your puppy with an ideal forum to learn bite inhibition is the
    most pressing reason to enroll him in puppy classes before he is eighteen
    weeks old. "- Dr. Ian Dunbar

    All puppies need to be taught acceptable behaviors and that important job falls
    to each and every person who owns a puppy.  Be realistic in your expectations
    for your puppy.  A puppy is like a human toddler.

    You wouldn't expect a toddler to instinctively know what is right and wrong or
    understand the dangers of running into the street, would you?  You wouldn't
    leave a young child alone in your yard to amuse himself, would you?  Imagine all
    the awful things that could happen if you did.

    The entire book, "Before You Get Your Puppy" by Ian Dunbar is free
    online!  This book is a great one to read even if you've already gotten your
    puppy!   

Download and print the documents listed below.
Does your puppy look
like this one?  Get to a
puppy class now!
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